Cooped up in Kodaikanal
Continuing with the backpacking trip in the South of India in the last column, Soumya tells us about a trip to Kodaikanal, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...
Crime against Women in India: The Black Dot of Shame
Our society is ruled by two “M’s” – Males and Money. Genders were never equal and I doubt that they ever will be in this country. Ours is a social...
Smriti Irani is in Choppy Internet Seas: Packs Online Media Panel with Babus
Smriti Irani tried to hang the mainstream media with the accreditation sword citing fake news. But ‘fake news’ is double-edged. It bites both ways and Irani got bitten hard....
BJP Determined to Devalue Nitish Kumar
The major partner BJP has been systematically resorting to arm-twisting and giving a bad name to JD(U). The relation between the two has dipped to such a low in...
CPI(M) Once Again Betrays its Anti-Agitation Mindset: Opposition Dubs it as Development Terrorism
The CPI(M) committed the cardinal sin for a communist party by launching an agitation to counter the popular agitation of the ‘Vayalkkilikal’! The magnitude of the CPI(M)’s insensitivity can...
Elixir, a Voyage of the Mind: Bestseller and a Critically Acclaimed Novel
Where does our mind go, when we fall asleep? Can dreams weave a layer of parallel existence? Can there be another reality beyond all that we touch, see or...
Data Mining for Poll Started in India: Facebook can Influence, but to Limited Extent
It is possible to use Facebook data to influence Indian elections because India doesn’t have a data protection law. Therefore, anything that Cambridge Analytica does in India will be...
Cambridge Analytica Boss met Trump before 2016 Poll: False Information through Facebook is Confirmed
Journalists posing as potential customers of the firm have released video of Alexander Nix, the now-suspended CEO of Cambridge Analytica, bragging how his company secured that data and used...
Xi Makes a Changez Khan Pitch: Peaceful Life on Earth is Under a Threat
President Xi Jinping will be the ‘Changez Khan’ of the 21st Century. The man, like his sprawling country, is a glutton for land, a bear for ‘territory’; and when...
Apathy of BJP Workers, Collapse of Administration Led to Debacle
BJP leaders have attributed the low polling in both the constituencies to the demotivated party workers, who were angry due to arrogance and apathy of the party leadership. For...