Dheeraj Kalgutkar

 I’m completely in with Modi’s plan of largely discounting 30 deaths in Kumbh or 1000 plus deaths under railway ‘accidents’ in his tenure. Modi knows all too well, more than any of us could ever grasp it, that the population of India is its largest problem. And it needs to be controlled. And since people are not taking care of it by themselves, he has taken it upon himself to prevent it by any and all means. Modi is a pakka Gujarati who knows his economics rather too well. He understands how to maximize capital. Mr Modi comprehends unlike too many of us that marriage and taking care of a wife is not just mentally exhausting but makes little sense economically as well; wife and kids are accountabilities that end up creating large holes in one’s pockets. That is why he stranded his wife before it made him a pauper. He knows how a legal wife leads to mental strain and as PM he cannot be under any extra stress or be emotionally occupied. Some things need to be done, hard decisions oug...

India’s highest court has ruled out that firecrackers be banned in Delhi NCR. And not very surprisingly it has ruffled the feathers of the old Hindutva crown. Some have welcomed it, as always and some have not, again, as always. But twitter has turned into the new battleground. Battles are no more fought in Kurukshetra or Kargil, new age warriors no more wield swords and battle hammers, they use their clickety-clickety keyboards now. But there is one thing that everyone seems to miss in all this hullabaloo. Ramayana. Yes, the old Hindu mythological text that tells the story of Ram, his wife Sita, his brothers, monkey-god Hanuman and other ensembles of the cast. If you are familiar with Indian Twitter scene, you must already be aware of certain patterns. Like for example, the Hindu right wing, especially certain hardliners, always take back their argument to ancient texts. They talk about how wonderful, scenic and peaceful life was in age-old times. But this time, they are caught...

अभी अभी सुनने में आया है कि मोदी जी का ट्विटर अकाउंट हैक हो गया है। भारत के प्रधानमंत्री दुनिया के अनगिनत देशों में शांति की गुहार लगाते लगाते कर्नाटक और तमिलनाडु पर आ ही रहे थे कि किसीने यह घोर आपत्तिजनक घटना को अंजाम दे दिया। भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमीत शाह जी ने इस पुरे व्याख्या की कड़ी से कड़ी कार्रवाई करने की बात बोली है। अलबत्ता यह सुनकर कारवाई खुद बौखलाई हुई है कि सिर्फ कारवाई में क्या कमी रह गई थी कि कड़ी से कड़ी कार्रवाई को बुलावा देना पड़ा। खैर आदरणीय शाह साहेब भी कर्नाटक और तमिलनाडु पे बोलने से चुक गये। हालांकि यह अटकलें लगाई जा रही है कि गृह मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने उनको इत्तला किया की इस घनघोर हैकिंग के पीछे किसी अरविंद का हाथ है। हाय रे अरविंद! मोदी जी तुम्हें काम न करने देते यह तो सुन सुन के हमारे कान पक गए। अब मोदी जी भी अपनी मनकी बात में मनकी भड़ास न निकाल दें। सुनने में तो यह भी आया कि मोदी जी ने दिल्ली के असली शाशनकर्ता को फोन घुमाया था पर जंग जी के घर से बोला गया कि वे विदेश में है। माननीय प्रधानमंत्री जी का दिल तो ललचाया, फॉरेन जाने के लिए नहीं ना पर जंग...