Arvind Kejriwal
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Why Hindutva Worries me: Annual Onam debates
In the first of a planned run of posts on his worries about Hindutva, Nachiketa calls the yearly Onam flame wars over whether the festival is Vamana Jayanti or a…
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Politics
Delhi riots (a)
A follow-up to the Delhi riots post, setting out questions about which North-East Delhi neighbourhoods saw violence and how widespread it was, and speculating about who organised it given that…
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Politics
Hussain Haqqani
Summarising Hussain Haqqani’s view that Sharif mishandled the protests while the military nudged Imran Khan and Tahir-ul Qadri, the poster doubts Khan has made much impact and compares him to…
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Politics
Arvind Kejriwal
Posts Aatish Taseer’s profile of Arvind Kejriwal, portrayed as a caricature of an aam aadmi whose flight from running Delhi is recast as renunciation, which the poster calls wonderful stuff.
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Politics
Varanasi votes (Brahmins vs. Sunnis)
Previewing the Varanasi vote, the poster sees a close contest between Modi, backed by caste Hindu votes, and Arvind Kejriwal, backed by many Sunni Muslim votes, with Brahmins and Bhumihars…
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Politics
Chanakya-II (sequel opens May 16)
The poster expects no absolute majority before 16 May, arguing the President would then hold maximum power, and recounts the recent Delhi episode involving Kejriwal and the Lieutenant Governor. It…
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Politics
Black money for (smooth) roads, (sturdy) lamposts
A satirical comment on the long-promised pursuit of black money, citing Nehru’s 1945 lamp-post pledge, Arvind Kejriwal and Lalu Yadav’s smooth-roads promise, with a news extract on the disclosure of…
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Politics
40 or 70?
A note questioning whether American support for Narendra Modi, from the Pew survey to a bankers’ cheer-leading squad, will bring any advantage, or whether Modi might prefer China.
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Politics
Mr AK-272 takes aim at media
A comment criticising Arvind Kejriwal’s threat to jail media persons said to promote Narendra Modi for money, comparing it to Nehru’s talk of hanging businessmen and calling it a bad…
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Politics
The Prince finds his voice (finally)
A comment on Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Modi in Gujarat, which the poster calls a day late after Arvind Kejriwal’s visit, and on Hitler versus Mahmud of Ghazni as insults.