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Desh Kapoor

Desh Kapoor

Seeker. Searching. Exploring. Indiscriminately chronicling his times.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s US visit starts off in a Humiliating way

Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s US visit starts off in a Humiliating way

Imran Khan is visiting the US. He will be meeting US President Donald Trump on July 22. Interestingly, the visit started off in a rather bizarre way. The Pakistani Prime Minister arrived not in a PIA (Pakistan’s official carrier) flight, but in a Qatar Airways commercial flight. Worse, there

Pick And Choose Issues – Old Strategy Of India's Urban Naxals | Haritha Pusarla | #SrijanTalks

Pick And Choose Issues – Old Strategy Of India's Urban Naxals | Haritha Pusarla | #SrijanTalks

#UrbanNaxals #SelectiveOutrage #BreakIndiaForces Haritha Pusarla examines the machinations of the Urban Naxal ecosystem and exposes the nuances of its functioning. Twisting unfortunate incidents to push their narrative, orchestrating protests by civil society against imaginary intolerance, inciting violence and chaos along religious and caste-based fault lines, influencing law-enforcement, judicial and electoral

Mahadev Shiva Temple in Goa which survived Islamic and Portuguese destructions

Mahadev Shiva Temple in Goa which survived Islamic and Portuguese destructions

A temple was built during the Kadamba rule in Goa in what is now a small village named Kadambi Surla dedicated to Shiva. This was deep into the forest for most of the past years. It consists of garbhagriha, antarala and a pillared Nandi mandapa. Mahadev Shiva Temple in Goa

Pakistan is hiring a lobbying firm in Washington DC but how do you sell a Turd?

Pakistan is hiring a lobbying firm in Washington DC but how do you sell a Turd?

Pakistan’s Washington DC office has hired a lobbying firm in US and its embassy there signed the contract with Tom Reynolds, a former Republican congressman, who was representing the firm. The Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was there as well. This comes at a time when Imran Khan

The ‘Dial-Tone’ Divide – Ask Not if India needs an opposition, but what KIND of Opposition!

The ‘Dial-Tone’ Divide – Ask Not if India needs an opposition, but what KIND of Opposition!

India as a democracy needs an “opposition”, is the persistent cry these days after the 2019 elections. It is as if this is the first time in the history of democratic India that one party has been so dominant while others have no existence. This was the norm during the

Portraits In The 10th Century Indian Paintings | Murals of India | Benoy K Behl | #SrijanTalks

Portraits In The 10th Century Indian Paintings | Murals of India | Benoy K Behl | #SrijanTalks

#AncientIndianPaintings #IndianArt #Portraits The purpose of the ancient Indian art was to transcend people far away from the realm of ego, that’s why there are not many portraits one will find, not even of the kings under whom the art was flourishing. It was under the Kushana rule that

India’s Democratic Success

India’s Democratic Success

Steve Wilkinson explores that when so many colonies did not transition to democracy, India did, despite sharing a common institutional legacy with its neighbour … source [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvwO4F4EAz8]