COMING SOON – NL INTERVIEW WITH NATWAR SINGH
Natwar Singh on the oil-for-food scandal, his pact with BJP’s Brajesh Mishra and India’s funding of the LTTE. Support Newslaundry. Pay to keep news free and independent.
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MORALITY SYNDROME
Somewhere along his evolutionary timeline, Richard Dawkins turned from a priest to a preacher. The difference is subtle; indeed, in many parts of the world, perhaps non-existent. But to those of the...
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A NEW SWARAJYA
In the launch edition of Swarajya, circa 1956, C Rajagopalachari made a compelling argument for the need of a “gadfly-Weekly-paper” that is governed by a sense of “Truth and public welfare”. In an...
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WHY SOME CALAMITIES ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
Let’s begin with an admission: I have never really experienced life-threatening floods in spite of having spent a good part of my life in Assam. Yes, the roads often get waterlogged after every...
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THE PLAYBOY CONNECTION
Hugh Hefner had worked tirelessly in his office, handpicking each and every word and picture that went into that first issue of Playboy featuring the iconic Marilyn Monroe photographs published in...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS NATWAR SINGH – PART 1
NL Interviews – Natwar Singh talks about Nehru’s foreign policy, the oil-for-food scandal and Sonia Gandhi’s reaction to it. Click here to watch Part 2 of “NL Interviews: NATWAR SINGH”. Click here...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS NATWAR SINGH – PART 2
NL Interviews – Natwar Singh talks about being pushed out of the Congress, why Priyanka Gandhi met him before the release of his book and protecting political families. Click here to watch Part 1 of...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEWS NATWAR SINGH – PART 3
NL Interviews – Natwar Singh talks about lobbying for national awards, India funding the LTTE and US interference in Indian politics. Click here to watch Part 1 of “NL Interviews: NATWAR SINGH”....
View ArticleCLOTHESLINE – EPISODE 46
A weekly wrap of the good, the bad and the funny from the world of news. Pakistani news is scary, Karan Thapar bats for Pakistan and Sambit Patra gets trolled. Support Newslaundry. Pay to keep news...
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THE OH CAPTION! MY CAPTION! CONTEST #1
Fill in the blanks and be part of a Clothesline gag. Enter our photo dialogue contest and you (and your winning dialogue) could be featured in next week’s Clothesline. You wring ‘em clean, and we’ll...
View ArticleAN OPEN LETTER TO MAMATA BANERJEE
Dear Madam, The first time I took notice of you was in the year 2006, when you were protesting against land acquisition in Singur for the proposed Nano factory. I was in the second year of my...
View ArticleDEAR ABHINANDAN SEKHRI: A SCHOLARLY DEBATE IS NOT A SALMAN KHAN MOVIE
Two recent pieces on Firstpost on the issue of religious conversions caught my attention: the first one by Jaideep Prabhu for its erudition and depth, and a response to it by Abhinandan Sekhri for its...
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TOI AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MINISTER
That Narendra Modi is a no-nonsense Prime Minister is hardly a secret. His paternalistic approach to his cabinet is equally well-documented. So it came as a surprise when The Times of India (TOI), a...
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WINNERS SPEAK
Ever year, the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards felicitates journalists from print and broadcast media for their contribution to the field. This year, 59 journalists were awarded last...
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TOI VS HT: THE NUMBERS GAME FACE-OFF
Quite a few people on the Internet, as seen here and also here, want to know which is the better newspaper – The Hindustan Times (HT) or The Times of India (TOI). It’s unlikely though, that either of...
View ArticleINDIA’S UNENDING BATTLE AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE
The manager of the restaurant Dipten Banerjee denied the allegations made by Suzette Jordan. His statement has been widely reported by the media. First-hand accounts of continuing discrimination and...
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DD FIRES “ELEVEN JINPING” ANCHOR: KNEE-JERK OR NECESSARY?
Doordarshan means business when it says it doesn’t want to wear that sarkari tag anymore. And if its new-found zeal on social media wasn’t proof enough, it has also fired a news anchor for not...
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IN PROTEST: A JADAVPUR TEACHER SPEAKS OUT
Photo credit : Shutterstock There is a lot of misinformation flying around about the current protests at Jadavpur University (JU). I am currently a teacher in the university and I wish to clarify a...
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THE INDIA-US-IRAN DIPLOMATIC TRIANGLE
Photo Credit: Shutterstock During his recent visit to India, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said, “India need not choose between closer partnership with America and improved ties with China”. It is...
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OMG: TOI GETS A LESSON ON HOW TO BE SEXIST
Dear TOI, I have been following your battle with yourself; with gentle nudges from Deepika Padukone. Your responses to her response paint a picture of a woefully out-of-touch media house digging its...
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