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A Rogue Regime and its Morally Corrupt Advocates

This is not a Kafkaesque fantasy but is happening in Modi’s India, once the hallowed land of the Mahatma but today a cesspool of crime, bigotry and...

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The Wire

Mathew John

2024 Lok Sabha Elections Are a Fight to Win Back the Nation’s Soul

This election is the moment of final reckoning for our democracy. The choice is stark – between freedom and tyranny. Our situation couldn’t be...

16.04.2024 60

The Wire

Mathew John

The Back-Room Mischief Makers

The term “confession” has a dual connotation: you confess your love for someone or for something beautiful and inspiring, but you can also confess...

04.04.2024 10

The Wire

Mathew John

Of Narcissism and Submissive Masochism

Last week a senior journalist posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) an officially sponsored visual image relating to the January 22 consecration of...

20.01.2024 20

The Wire

Mathew John

Delirium Over Ram Mandir: A Nation Consecrated or Desecrated?

Not quite midnight’s child but born less than two years after India gained Independence, one cannot help but reminisce about the time when we...

11.01.2024 10

The Wire

Mathew John

Are Aging Politicians up to the Task of Solving Global Issues?

Wikipedia, with absolute indelicacy, defines old age as “ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings and is thus the end of the...

21.12.2023 10

The Wire

Mathew John

The Babri Masjid Demolition Inalterably Changed the Trajectory of India's History

The demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 was that seminal moment in our national life that inalterably changed the trajectory of our...

06.12.2023 20

The Wire

Mathew John

Arvind Kejriwal’s Fall From Grace

The incomparable James Baldwin pronounced with profound simplicity that “one writes out of one thing only – one’s own experience,” and from...

15.11.2023 10

The Wire

Mathew John

Inarguably, the Most Corrupt Regime Ever

As with other shady dealings under the aegis of this regime, the coal import scam recently raked up by the Financial Times (FT) carries all the...

26.10.2023 40

The Wire

Mathew John

When Celebrities Bow Down to the Regime

Our indefatigable prime minister, when not travelling abroad, criss-crosses the country cutting ribbons at some inauguration or the other because...

08.10.2023 20

The Wire

Mathew John

Ugly Fans and Honourable Sportspersons

Hate holds dominion in today’s India. In a brilliant essay, Priya Ramani has diagnosed us – the people of India, that is Bharat – as having the...

25.09.2023 10

The Wire

Mathew John

Corner Credit, Deflect Blame!

First, let’s set the record straight. As so compellingly argued by a friend in a recent article, the historic Chandrayaan-3 accomplishment is the...

16.09.2023 30

The Wire

Mathew John

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