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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicMani Shankar Aiyar

Topic: Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark is hardly the game-changer BJP was looking for

The BJP intends to pin inflated analysis of the remark by Mani Shankar Aiyar and its supposed impact on election results, but overestimating its...

Mani Shankar Aiyar’s Hindi is so good we had to look up some of his words in a dictionary

Older interviews of Aiyar have him displaying his remarkable hold over both Hindi and Urdu, using words which are much more complicated than neech. 

Imran Khan can give Mani Shankar Aiyar serious competition when it comes to classism

Mani’s Hindi is excellent, and he may have a tough time convincing his critics in the BJP about his comment on Narendra Modi.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.