Equal rights for Muslim or Hindu women cannot be earned from within the ambit of religion, it requires one to move out of the structure of organised religion.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
I am suggesting it again. Shekhar Gupta should keep Shivam Vij type authors away from ThePrint. ThePrint has a potential to grow and complete with main Indian media houses if Shekhar can keep journalist standards but not defined by fake liberals. Shekhar Gupta very well knows that for every thing there are competing interpretation that he frequently mention in his “Cut the Cutter” videos.
I was told by someone: “In every entity there are some self-limiting features”. The Print seems uninterested in enhancing its appeal. SG, in his second innings, wants to attract eye-balls through controversial articles.
Great article. This article coupled with the an earlier one by Sonali Ranade on Aristotle and Plato give a good insight on how the sarkar manages its hold on power and the public opinion. Coming to this specific article, it’s not just the messaging from the very top but even in quite a few of the WhatsApp memes and forwards that one can see elements of behavioral theory at work.
For eg. recently got a slickly produced video clip forward. The video showed portraits of few past (100 yrs or so) greats from different fields in science, arts etc to an audience. The audience is asked to recognize the people and they fail. The voice over mentions that it’s unfortunate that these greats haven’t been given their due and now it’s time to correct this. Very subtle and very effective. And mostly wrong, because the greats discussed in the video have their names associated with major institutions, in cases were brought in by past governments, and have been awarded as well. But the video chooses to gloss over this apparently minor detail.
Shivam’s articles are for NRI’s as very first line start with a reference of BIDEHSI (read US/UK/ all GORA countries) authors.. he has not read anything said by Indians or for Indians. He always have to go to SEEMAPAAR to justify his arguments.
All these FIBERALS don’t accept that this trait is most teasing for people like us who are “Desi and Gawanr” -according to Karan Thapar a fellow “KHAN MARKET” gangster .
Pawan is right. Most journalist who write in English know absolute nothing about great Indians to quote because Macaulay education has brainwashed them about India and kept them ignorant of Indian culture. Irrespective of what they write, their poor understanding on India is visible. Many of them hardly come out of their cosy living and churn out rubbish by rewriting the anti-India western stories.
Fiberals! ? Another addition to the list containing: sickulars, libetards!
Rahul is not interested in politics. Let him live the way he wants. Anyway Rahul has no brains.
I always thought that evms were the reason for this victory, now discovered emotional messaging as the reason. Further kindly note that in Kerala, TN, Orissa, Punjab, emotional messaging worked very well (without Rahul Gandhi), is the author saying the party of gandhis and Nehru, there are other leaders in the above states who did emotional messaging well. If so during the assembly elections why Modi was not able to do that. I am sure that the author with his huge wisdom will discover our various other reasons. Just remembering a quote, if you torture data, it will give you results what you want!
Apna time ayega. BJP and RSS (two sides of same coin) waited for nearly forty years to capture power, two short term and then near full term ended in 2004 under Atalji when RSS did not use its full energy and inspite of better performance BJP under Vajpayee lost. When BJP could not win second time it was called Kati Patang by its own senior member and Minister. Kite is flying high sixth year. People in India rarely think and vote excepting Kerala where very rarely same party combination get second term. Whichever party, they need to be kept on their toes they and leaders are not masters. People at the moment has no alternative, stagnation would be too dangerous. The fact people are slowly feeling pinch of inflation and related rozi roti issues until then wait and watch
How much I wish that Shivam Vij would learn how to write well. But, this guy just struggles. Just one example after a quick browse: “The Congress party, and especially Rahul Gandhi try to appeal to reason. Rahul Gandhi’s big failure has been the inability evoke emotions in people. Arvind Kejriwal’s decline in national politics has mirrored the decline in his ability to emotionally charge-up people.”
A school kid could come up with general statements like these.
Didn’t it occur to you that the author might have made the “general statements” for the benefit of the readers who may have difficulty understanding anything other that what a school kid can write?
Dear print, this writer seriously needs medical help. This neurosis about and obsession with Modi is possibly a sign of depression, very low self esteem, no friends and probable incel-hood.
Personally I – a drop in such a vast electoral ocean – would feel much happier if politics were a lot more about reason and honest messaging. Our problems are real enough. I feel an instinctive aversion to too much of emotion entering the sacred covenant between citizen and state. And when a large part of the electorate is not very educated or economically well off, emotion can connote manipulation, or stirring up hurtful passions. ( I was genuinely shocked, hope the statistic is untrue, to read last night that the figure for female literacy in India is just 59%, vs 91% in Saudi Arabia). Charisma and communication skills are important in politics, but they should be underpinned by substance. President Obama comes readily to mind, as a blend of both.
Whose “charisma and communication” has sidelined female literacy? Manmohan Singh’s? Because, as is your wont, you are indirectly pointing fingers towards Modi. But Modi came only in 2014.
Also, did Obama do anything about the gun law? Perhaps now you would say that had he continued as President for third time till eternity, gun reforms in the US would have happened. Stop presenting twisted logic.
Nowhere the author of the comment has meant to say that somebody’s “charisma and communication” has sidelined female literacy.
Instead of asking, “did Obama do anything about the gun law?”, you should have asked, “why couldn’t Obama do anything about the gun law?” In short order, Obama couldn’t do anything about the gun law for lack of suitable opportunity. Right now, after recent multiple shootings and so many deaths as a result, there is an outcry for restrictions on gun purchases, but Trump doesn’t even agree with a proposal of background check for a gun purchaser! He says those who go on shooting rampage are mentally sick or influenced by video games! The pro-gun National Rifle Association had contributed millions of dollars to his election campaign in 2016, and would contribute millions in 2020 election!
Bit patronising to lay all the onus only on the less educated and less economically privileged. For the last 72 years India’s political story has been only about emotions, starting with the love affair with Chacha Nehru and his ilk. A love affair that had all in its grip including the educated and economically well off. And when one is riding an emotional rollercoaster who cares about literacy, healthcare etc. etc. So no surprises if India remains at the bottom of the heap, even below Saudi Arabia. The current state of the pocket boroughs of the Nehru Gandhis in UP, are ample evidence of emotion over reason.
Shivam, it is indeed very painful to see you so depressed. Almost 2-3 articles of gibberish a week, don’t you tire.
A simple fact of life is this, Indian masses are intelligent, far more mature, patient, resilient and intelligent, people like you can acknowledge. If the current govt stop catering to the good of the masses, they will be rejected as well, however, you being a ‘journalist’ peep out of your ivory towers , see and experience the hinterland of hoi-polloi…. maybe you will understand that emotions do work, if and only if, backed by actions… don’t be a “koop mandukah” , there’s a vast world outside your well too….
Rahul Gandhi and Appeal to reason – isnt that an oxymoron!
I am suggesting it again. Shekhar Gupta should keep Shivam Vij type authors away from ThePrint. ThePrint has a potential to grow and complete with main Indian media houses if Shekhar can keep journalist standards but not defined by fake liberals. Shekhar Gupta very well knows that for every thing there are competing interpretation that he frequently mention in his “Cut the Cutter” videos.
I was told by someone: “In every entity there are some self-limiting features”. The Print seems uninterested in enhancing its appeal. SG, in his second innings, wants to attract eye-balls through controversial articles.
Great article. This article coupled with the an earlier one by Sonali Ranade on Aristotle and Plato give a good insight on how the sarkar manages its hold on power and the public opinion. Coming to this specific article, it’s not just the messaging from the very top but even in quite a few of the WhatsApp memes and forwards that one can see elements of behavioral theory at work.
For eg. recently got a slickly produced video clip forward. The video showed portraits of few past (100 yrs or so) greats from different fields in science, arts etc to an audience. The audience is asked to recognize the people and they fail. The voice over mentions that it’s unfortunate that these greats haven’t been given their due and now it’s time to correct this. Very subtle and very effective. And mostly wrong, because the greats discussed in the video have their names associated with major institutions, in cases were brought in by past governments, and have been awarded as well. But the video chooses to gloss over this apparently minor detail.
Shivam’s articles are for NRI’s as very first line start with a reference of BIDEHSI (read US/UK/ all GORA countries) authors.. he has not read anything said by Indians or for Indians. He always have to go to SEEMAPAAR to justify his arguments.
All these FIBERALS don’t accept that this trait is most teasing for people like us who are “Desi and Gawanr” -according to Karan Thapar a fellow “KHAN MARKET” gangster .
Pawan is right. Most journalist who write in English know absolute nothing about great Indians to quote because Macaulay education has brainwashed them about India and kept them ignorant of Indian culture. Irrespective of what they write, their poor understanding on India is visible. Many of them hardly come out of their cosy living and churn out rubbish by rewriting the anti-India western stories.
Fiberals! ? Another addition to the list containing: sickulars, libetards!
Rahul is not interested in politics. Let him live the way he wants. Anyway Rahul has no brains.
I always thought that evms were the reason for this victory, now discovered emotional messaging as the reason. Further kindly note that in Kerala, TN, Orissa, Punjab, emotional messaging worked very well (without Rahul Gandhi), is the author saying the party of gandhis and Nehru, there are other leaders in the above states who did emotional messaging well. If so during the assembly elections why Modi was not able to do that. I am sure that the author with his huge wisdom will discover our various other reasons. Just remembering a quote, if you torture data, it will give you results what you want!
Apna time ayega. BJP and RSS (two sides of same coin) waited for nearly forty years to capture power, two short term and then near full term ended in 2004 under Atalji when RSS did not use its full energy and inspite of better performance BJP under Vajpayee lost. When BJP could not win second time it was called Kati Patang by its own senior member and Minister. Kite is flying high sixth year. People in India rarely think and vote excepting Kerala where very rarely same party combination get second term. Whichever party, they need to be kept on their toes they and leaders are not masters. People at the moment has no alternative, stagnation would be too dangerous. The fact people are slowly feeling pinch of inflation and related rozi roti issues until then wait and watch
How much I wish that Shivam Vij would learn how to write well. But, this guy just struggles. Just one example after a quick browse: “The Congress party, and especially Rahul Gandhi try to appeal to reason. Rahul Gandhi’s big failure has been the inability evoke emotions in people. Arvind Kejriwal’s decline in national politics has mirrored the decline in his ability to emotionally charge-up people.”
A school kid could come up with general statements like these.
Didn’t it occur to you that the author might have made the “general statements” for the benefit of the readers who may have difficulty understanding anything other that what a school kid can write?
Dear print, this writer seriously needs medical help. This neurosis about and obsession with Modi is possibly a sign of depression, very low self esteem, no friends and probable incel-hood.
Personally I – a drop in such a vast electoral ocean – would feel much happier if politics were a lot more about reason and honest messaging. Our problems are real enough. I feel an instinctive aversion to too much of emotion entering the sacred covenant between citizen and state. And when a large part of the electorate is not very educated or economically well off, emotion can connote manipulation, or stirring up hurtful passions. ( I was genuinely shocked, hope the statistic is untrue, to read last night that the figure for female literacy in India is just 59%, vs 91% in Saudi Arabia). Charisma and communication skills are important in politics, but they should be underpinned by substance. President Obama comes readily to mind, as a blend of both.
Whose “charisma and communication” has sidelined female literacy? Manmohan Singh’s? Because, as is your wont, you are indirectly pointing fingers towards Modi. But Modi came only in 2014.
Also, did Obama do anything about the gun law? Perhaps now you would say that had he continued as President for third time till eternity, gun reforms in the US would have happened. Stop presenting twisted logic.
Nowhere the author of the comment has meant to say that somebody’s “charisma and communication” has sidelined female literacy.
Instead of asking, “did Obama do anything about the gun law?”, you should have asked, “why couldn’t Obama do anything about the gun law?” In short order, Obama couldn’t do anything about the gun law for lack of suitable opportunity. Right now, after recent multiple shootings and so many deaths as a result, there is an outcry for restrictions on gun purchases, but Trump doesn’t even agree with a proposal of background check for a gun purchaser! He says those who go on shooting rampage are mentally sick or influenced by video games! The pro-gun National Rifle Association had contributed millions of dollars to his election campaign in 2016, and would contribute millions in 2020 election!
Bit patronising to lay all the onus only on the less educated and less economically privileged. For the last 72 years India’s political story has been only about emotions, starting with the love affair with Chacha Nehru and his ilk. A love affair that had all in its grip including the educated and economically well off. And when one is riding an emotional rollercoaster who cares about literacy, healthcare etc. etc. So no surprises if India remains at the bottom of the heap, even below Saudi Arabia. The current state of the pocket boroughs of the Nehru Gandhis in UP, are ample evidence of emotion over reason.
Shivam, it is indeed very painful to see you so depressed. Almost 2-3 articles of gibberish a week, don’t you tire.
A simple fact of life is this, Indian masses are intelligent, far more mature, patient, resilient and intelligent, people like you can acknowledge. If the current govt stop catering to the good of the masses, they will be rejected as well, however, you being a ‘journalist’ peep out of your ivory towers , see and experience the hinterland of hoi-polloi…. maybe you will understand that emotions do work, if and only if, backed by actions… don’t be a “koop mandukah” , there’s a vast world outside your well too….
Killer move every one.
Shivam Vij has made (yet another) new discovery that he is reasonable and Modi voters are stupid. Wow. How refreshing.