Tag Archives: Bharatiya Janata Party
Time for proof is now, Mr. Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi is free to voice himself but on the question of the Election Commission “stealing votes”, as he has been claiming to the press, he needs to offer the proof he claims he has right away. By repeatedly claiming … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Op-eds
Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar Assembly elections, Election Commission of India, electoral fraud, electronic voting machines, Maharashtra Assembly elections, Model Code of Conduct, political capture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, public trust, Rahul Gandhi, voter list inflation
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Enfeebling the Indian space programme
There’s no denying that there currently prevails a public culture in India that equates criticism, even well-reasoned, with pooh-poohing. It’s especially pronounced in certain geographies where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enjoys majority support as well as vis-à-vis institutions that … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged Axiom Space, Axiom-4, Bharatiya Janata Party, Board of Control for Cricket in India, Chandrayaan 2, Covaxin, Department of Space, Election Commission of India, Falcon 9, HUNOR, Indian Space Research Organisation, K Sivan, NASA, political capture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, S Somanath, Shubhanshu Shukla, SpaceX, V Narayanan, VG Somani, Vikram lander
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Correlation isn’t causation — the EVM edition
The space to disagree with the Election Commission’s position vis-à-vis the integrity of electronic voting machines without finding oneself backtracking into the Congress or the BJP camps is shrinking, and both national parties as well as the Supreme Court have … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Election Commission of India, electronic voting machines, Indian National Congress, Maharashtra, paper ballots, software testing, Supreme Court of India, voter-verifiable paper audit trail, voting
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A nationalism of Sunita Williams
The headlines in Indian mainstream media over the course of June 6, after Boeing (finally) launched its Starliner capsule on its first crewed test flight betray a persistent inability to let go of the little yet also false pride that … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Boeing Starliner, Lok Sabha elections, Sunita Williams, women in space
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The meaning of 294-227
As of 4.25 pm on June 4, the NDA alliance stood to win 294 seats in the Lok Sabha while the INDIA bloc was set for 225 seats. This is more than a pleasant surprise. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes
Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Constitution of India, Lok Sabha elections
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The party-spirited cricket World Cup
Sharda Ugra’s essay and the BCCI-BJP combine’s presumption of zero resistance at the ICC Cricket World Cup Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Culture
Tagged Amit Shah, Asia Cup 2022, Bharatiya Janata Party, Board of Control for Cricket in India, International Cricket Council, Jay Shah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Narendra Modi stadium, orange jersey, Pepsi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ram Siya Ram, Sharda Ugra, Star Sports, Wisden Almanack, World Cup 2023
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Reassurance by electoral bond
The electoral bonds release has been reassuring on one count. For some time after the (new) BJP first rose to power in 2014, with a groundswell of support (but arguably also because of the ‘first past the post’ system) I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, electoral bonds, Indian National Congress, political financing
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Schrödinger’s temple
On January 22, in a ceremony led by Prime Minister and now high-priest Narendra Modi, priests and officials allegedly consecrated the idol of Lord Ram at the new temple in Ayodhya, with many celebrities in attendance. (‘Alleged’ because I don’t … Continue reading
Ram temple at science ‘festival’
The Surya Tilak project had courted controversy in the past with Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra flagging it on social media in November 2021. The CSIR officials, however, defended the project arguing the scientific calculations that went into making the system. … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds, Science
Tagged Ayodhya, Bharatiya Janata Party, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, India, India International Science Festival, Indian Science Congress, Ram temple, Ram temple consecration, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, religion, Surya Tilak, Vijnana Bharati
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