Ashish Shukla's Blog, page 28

January 22, 2017

Jallikatttu: Nehru on mind of a judge

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, gaols, prisoners, judges, Sing Sing Jail, New York Prison, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Mott Osborne, Jallikattu, Tamil Nadu

Pt. Nehru found judges too cold-blooded

With protests in Tamil Nadu over SC activism, it's time we look back at how Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru viewed judges in their all-powerful role.


 




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Published on January 22, 2017 00:18

January 18, 2017

How we mistake Real as Fake News

Imperialists, fake news, West, European empires, US Empire, Cambodia, Cuba, Rwanda

How Humanity is made to fall in line

The press, mass media, gained mastery in saying nothing, addressing nothing, criticizing nothing related to the plunder of the world




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Published on January 18, 2017 20:58

January 15, 2017

The Great Void: How we got here

Berlin Wall, Donald Trump, Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union, Military Industrial Complex, John F. Kennedy, Age of Great Expectations, White House, Roosevelt, Reagan, Great Depression of 2008, George W. Bush, Trump Tower, 9/11, birtherer, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, nihilism, Hillary Clinton, Berine Sanders, Vermont, ne plus ultra, Gui generic, de rigueur

The US we know is over

The fall of the Berlin Wall in October 1989 abruptly ended one historical era and inaugurated another. So, too, did the outcome of last year’s U.S. presidential election.



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Published on January 15, 2017 21:30

January 11, 2017

Obama: The war criminal butcher

Barak Obama, House, Senate, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq, Middle East, United States, refugees, Europe

Obama: A crocodile sheds tears

There is no doubt that US President Barak Obama is a war criminal as are his military and intelligence officials and most of the House and Senate.



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Published on January 11, 2017 21:42

January 9, 2017

Why Streep rang so hollow on Trump

Meryl Streep, Donald Trump, Golden Globes 2017, perfumed elite, California, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Hollywood, Iraq invasion, Saddam Hussein, ISIS, terrorism, WMD, refugees, Europe, Hillary, NATO, Ukraine, Libya, presstitutes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Streep another specimen of "perfumed elites"

Actress Meryl Streep’s withering attack on US President-elect Donald Trump in her speech at Golden Globes 2017 Awards function in California on Sunday has made the “perfumed elites” tizzy for its u



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Published on January 09, 2017 23:09

January 6, 2017

Why Rs24,000 withdrawal limit must stay

Demonetization, RBI, e-payments, BJP, Mayawati, Mamata, Rahul, Yadav pariwar, India

Strongs reasons to keep cap on Rs24,000 withdrawal

It’s a fervent hope that the cap on Rs 24,000 withdrawal a week on individual bank account stays till mid-2017.



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Published on January 06, 2017 21:53

January 4, 2017

So what happened to Rs. 15 lakhs Modi promised?

Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jantar Mantar, CWG scam, Coal Scam, 2G scam, AAP, Rs 15 lakhs, Congis, AAPtards, Election Commission, IBNLive, Ashutosh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Gujarat 2002 riots, Rajdharma, Ambani, Arvind Kejriwal, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas

So what happened to Rs 15 lakhs Modi promised?

A few days ago, I saw some young friends of Congress raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Jantar Mantar in the Capital.



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Published on January 04, 2017 23:35

January 3, 2017

Dr. Pathak, a pan-Indian hero you don’t read about

Alwar, Rajasthan, Sulabh Shauchalaya, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, scavengers, UN-Habitat/UNCHS (UN Centre for Human Settlements), WHO, UNICEF, UNEP, UNDP, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Mahatama Gandhi, Swachh Rail Mission, Bettaih, Bihar,

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (top right), his Sulabh Shauchalaya (below) and the ex-scavengers now on fashion shows in New York.

Alwar in Rajasthan is a two-hour drive from Delhi, the Capital of India.



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Published on January 03, 2017 21:15

January 1, 2017

Pregnant women are not just Muslims

Narendra Modi, Muslim women, Hindus,Buddhist, Indonesia, Pakistan, population, Pew Research Centre, Lakshadweep, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Rampur, Bangladeshi refugees

Decline in Muslim population growth rate

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of financial aid to pregnant women in his new year’s address has led to suggestions that Muslim women would benefit the most from this scheme as they pro



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Published on January 01, 2017 19:41

December 23, 2016

India’s "Second Independence": the real deal

India, Second Independence, BJP, 2019 General Elections, TINA, bhakt, saffron-brigade, Left, Bengal, Licence Raj, Goonda, Mafia, real-estate barons, Air India, benami properties, Britain, Anglo-Saxons, United States, CIA, imperialist, NGOs, Human Right Groups, Sanjeev Sanyal, Hindol Sengupta, Subhash Kak, Rajeev Malhotra, Delhi Sultanate, Mughals, British rule, socialist Congress, Orientalists, North-South Divide, Aryan-Dravidian divide, Aryan invasion theory, Vedas, Sanskrit, Narendra Modi, Hinduism

Young India Rising: The Second Independence

We are entering into a stretch of political landscape which could simply be termed as the “Second Independence” of India in coming years.



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Published on December 23, 2016 00:26