A quintessential Bihari individual who is fond of debates based on facts, identifying gaps and fiction in historical narratives, deep research and jargon-independent content.
What is it? Is it when I was trying to ask him to give me a ride in his official government issued jeep while the sun stood bright on a summer morning before he went to work. He is wearing a brownish-grayish Safari suit smiling at me. Or is it when I ran to sit (...)
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Name of CPI in Palghar lynching got me wondering. I realized many of us don’t know what we call as left & various fragments they have which are all working towards the same cause in their own way. What is left and what is Left’s legacy in destroying independent India? There are about 25+ big and (...)
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Tiktok videos glamorizing dua over dawa. Attack on health workers. People wiping snot on notes. Urinating. Hiding travel history. Spitting. These are some ills that are on display in trying times. But what is the reason behind attempts to whitewash these crimes? Let us begin with some History. After 1950, every election in India has been made (...)
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A lot of my educated friends from other side of the political spectrum have started dissing a freedom fighter taking cue from their leader Rahul Gandhi. This mindless vilification of a man who spent his life in service of nation makes me furious! This thread is to urge all of you to read about Veer (...)
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Bengal has seen the classic example of left sine curve. From its glory days pre-independence, to the state of decay and eventual rot which we see today. Why is it so that in a nation with so much to do, so much poverty, social inequality and injustice, the left parties, which were essentially meant for (...)
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If a kid sees a massacre, what does he do? He cries, he is angry, he gets sad, he is scared, but more importantly, he is scarred. That is what happened with Udham. He had just witnessed Jalianwala Bagh massacre. 1605 rounds were fired that day. As he grew up, he realised what was going on (...)
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Editor’s Note: I consider myself a new age rebel. No matter how fashionable or modern I become, I shall be an eternal patriot. This often leaves me in conflicting places where I am accused of being patriotic only on 15th August or 26th January. I look at it a bit differently. You are always thankful (...)
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It was February 1906. A grand exhibition had been arranged at Medinipur in Bengal. The intention was to hide the injustice of the Britishers ruling India. On exhibition were articles like pictures and puppets which could create the impression that the British rulers, though foreigners, were doing much to help the people of India. This (...)
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“What if?” This question has always plagued mankind. From ‘What if I slept a little more’ to ‘what if I was born in Ambani household’, it has always filled our minds with joy and fueled countless sessions of day dreams in schools. Personally, I still wonder about very serious questions of life like, ‘what if Terminator was not killed in (...)
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coupkuː/noun a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.“he was overthrown in an army coup” “USA?” “Big buildings! Freedom! Babes! Miami! Hollywood! LA! Casinos! Democracy! Jobs! Security! Future…” Ask anybody this question, answers will be on similar lines. What people forget is how USA has sustained itself as the sole world power (...)
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