Dheeraj Kalgutkar

So yesterday I posted this cartoon from Kureel on Reddit India page. Not that I believe in what cartoon portrays but the cartoon was talking something a part of social media was whining about   —   Malda is not covered by media in ways how it covered Dadri! On Facebook there were friends who were tagging me in posts (photoshopped images from different parts of nation served as from Malda, photos of leaders who visited Dadri included among other images) and asking, why am I not writing blogs on Malda when I was ‘quick’ to write on Dadri! Guess many have faced this in their own respective circles. I had to remind my friend that I wrote a piece on Dadri only after my Prime Minister spoke on Dadri, that he should hold his horses! Coming to the post on Reddit   —   contrary to what was running on other social media sites, Reddit had some sensible arguments, in fact most of them were not agreeing with the cartoon, they were talking about how Dadri was different from Malda. And one co...

His subordinates are taking his silence as tacit approval The Indian Prime Minister who was till now silent on growing intolerance in the nation and recent lynching to death of a Muslim citizen over rumors of beef eating has finally broken his silence for good. “Dadri incident or the incident against the Pakistani singer is sad and unwelcome. But what is the role of the central government in it?” the Prime Minister asked. PM is right in asking such an question, it was not under the jurisdiction of Centre government that these incidents occurred, but is there nothing that he could have done to ease the tension that prevailed aftermath of it? For those who are unaware of latest turn of events in India, a 50-year-old man, Mohammad Akhlaq, was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son severely injured on a dreadful night in UP’s Dadri, allegedly by residents of Bisara village, after rumors spread in the area about the family storing and c...