Modi

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India

Is democracy dead?

In the Annual predictions for 2018 [https://www.drishtikone.com/annual-predictions-for-india-pakistan-and-the-us-for-2018/], we had said that by the end of that year, credible voices will start asking if “Democracy is really relevant” anymore. Given the spate of books that have come out recently by mainstream voices, the question that needs to

Desh Kapoor

26 Jul 20 10 min read

India

CAA Law – Refugee Vs Migrant distinction is the key

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has become a goldmine for those who hate an independent India and want to ensure that the Indian government toes their line “or else”. And, it is also the single biggest communication failure of the Modi cabinet. CAA was needed. It was needed because there is

Desh Kapoor

05 May 20 4 min read

India

Pakistani Analysts Discuss uncomfortable Facts about Kargil War – Must watch

Kargil War was one of the actions taken by Pakistani Army that was devastating in many ways. It happened in the backdrop of the visit by Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Pakistan for the Lahore Summit. It reiterated to India as to how it was impossible to ever believe

Desh Kapoor

22 Apr 20 5 min read

India

Kejriwal’s Delhi Government orchestrates an Act of War Against India!

Arvind Kejriwal came to power in Delhi with the promise of free electricity and water. Specifically for the poor. As the Indian government has announced complete lockdown, it is imperative that the people stay at home. How Kejriwal’s Government engineered the chaos But the Delhi Government is now engineering

Desh Kapoor

28 Mar 20 4 min read

India

2020 Indian Budget – Modi Government needs the Punjabi Chutzpah!

Quite simply, the Modi government needs a “Punjabi mindset” added to its sensibility. That was my first reaction after catching up on the 2020 Indian budget. You see the Punjabi loves the immediate, revels in the outrageous, and replies by shock and awe. All of which are necessary, though not

Desh Kapoor

01 Feb 20 9 min read

India

Imperialism by Narratives – When Hindus have 'nothing to give up'

British poet, playwright, and writer, Samuel Johnson, once angrily retorted while discussing a girl who had converted from the Anglican Church to Quakerism “The heathens were easily converted, because they had nothing to give up; but we ought not, without very strong conviction indeed, to desert the religion in which

Desh Kapoor

27 Jan 20 6 min read

India

Mani Shankar Aiyar carries message from Islamabad to Shaheen Bagh

Mani Shankar Aiyar has done it again. Like he conspired with the Pakistani consulate and ISI representatives – while bringing along prominent Indian people in a special secret meeting in the run up to the 2019, he is again working on collusion with Pakistan. Read “What was plotted at Mani Shankar

Desh Kapoor

16 Jan 20 2 min read

India

Modi was NOT responsible for 2002 Gujarat Riots – The Complete Story

No other politician or world leader in modern era has been as outrageously hounded and vilified, using falsehoods and bigotry, as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Not only has he been demonized, but using him as a proxy, an open exercise in shameless Hinduphobia has been promoted globally. One

Desh Kapoor

11 Dec 19 6 min read

Hinduism

Extreme Hinduphobia Spread by Liberals is Endangering Hindu Lives Globally!

Extreme Hinduphobia is now being legitimately spread by liberals and liberal media the world over. And it has consequences! In Murshidabad, a family of an RSS worker – Bandhu Prakash Pal (35), his wife Beauty Mondal Pal (30) and son Angan Bandhu Pal (6) – was murdered by someone in a Muslim

Desh Kapoor

11 Oct 19 11 min read

India

Open Letter to New York Times’ Editorial Team on their Kashmir Op Ed

Dear New York Times’ Editorial Team, I have been a subscriber of your paper’s online edition for the last 2 years, which I canceled recently. For the last 20 years, perhaps the only news channel I ever watched was CNN. I found MSNBC too insipid and Fox outrageously insane.

Desh Kapoor

05 Oct 19 10 min read

India

Dalits Representation in Government – How have the Cabinets Fared since 1952

Dalits representation in Government is a good indication of how they are perceived and empowered by a government. A lot is said about BJP and Dalit empowerment, mostly by Congress. Over the years, what was Dalit representation in the cabinets since 1952? Check it out! [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?

Desh Kapoor

03 Oct 19 2 min read

India

Who is helping Pakistanis in the Anti-Modi and Anti-India Propaganda?

I have followed Pakistanis and their shenanigans for many years now. For at least a decade, I have read at least 3 Pakistani newspapers daily and listened to their local radio channels and watched their TV shows. I know all the main anchors, the analysts – good, bad and the ugly

Desh Kapoor

30 Sep 19 4 min read

India

Indians showcase Howdy Modi, Pak protesters litter Houston streets

As expected, India’s ‘Howdy Modi’ rally was a huge success, while the Pakistani protest was a big failure! With Modi and Trump taking a lap of the stadium, the optics could not have been better for the two countries. On the other hand, Pakistan’s protest against the event

Desh Kapoor

23 Sep 19 2 min read

China

Kashmir issue may not even be discussed during Modi-Xi summit

Pakistan keep calling China its eternal friend. In fact, Imran Khan is at pains to dodge the whole question of Uighur Muslims and their pathetic treatment by the Chinese only because China is such a “great friend”. Despite the so-called great friendship between China and Pakistan, China has confirmed that

Desh Kapoor

18 Sep 19 2 min read

India

Howdy Modi event – US President Trump to join Modi in Houston

“Howdy, Modi! Shared Dreams, Bright Futures,” is the program being organized by Texas India Forum (TIF), a Houston-based non-profit body, at the NRG Stadium in Houston on September 22, 2019. The event was fully sold out with 50,000 registered attendees, at least a month in advance with thousands in

Desh Kapoor

16 Sep 19 3 min read

India

ISRO’s Achievements FAR outweigh the last 2 kilometers!

After a 384,000 km journey, the lander Vikram which was traveling at a mighty speed of 21,600 kmph (passenger jets fly between 500 to 900 kmph) had to slow down to 7 kmph before the soft landing. At the end of such an amazing and perfectly crafted journey,

Desh Kapoor

07 Sep 19 2 min read

News

Abusive Hinduphobic India-hater war monger Sheikh Rashid gets Electric Shock when he takes Modi’s name!

In what is a very fitting metaphor, the vile abusive Hinduphobic Imran cabinet Minister (Railway) got an electric shock when he was giving a speech where he had just called out Modi’s name… while abusing him of course! In a very fitting metaphor, the abusive Hinduphobic India-hater war monger

Desh Kapoor

30 Aug 19 1 min read

India

Why Modi Represents India and Riles up the Brown Sahibs

“Aa bhraa aithe bau.” (come bro, sit here) The Sikh boy with rustic looks and wearing a pant which looked more like a pyjama gestured to his friend in rustic village type heavily accented Punjabi, as I stood at the bus stop in Chandigarh. He had just come out of

Desh Kapoor

07 May 19 3 min read

India

Liberals’ Rabid Hatred for the NRI

On Janurary 21, 2017 – a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States – a facebook post [https://www.facebook.com/events/2169332969958991/] initiated protests globally. Women’s March as it was called was a worldwide protest against the man the liberals and the

Desh Kapoor

06 May 19 5 min read

Creative

How Local Folk-lore and Songs in Hindi Heartland are Celebrating Modi and Balakot

To make any message work in India, you don’t need top end communication methods. You need to make something a mass movement. It then takes on a new life of its own. While the Congress and opposition feel they can employ suave looking and smooth-talking spokespersons to conjure up

Desh Kapoor

06 Apr 19 2 min read

India

How Demonetization keeps paying the Indian taxpayer

Rs 37,500 crores that is $5.3 billion is lying in the Indian banks unclaimed. No one wants it. The owners don’t even want anyone to know that it was theirs. As far as the Indian tax payer is concerned, it is theirs – collectively. When Modi had said

Desh Kapoor

04 Dec 18 3 min read

Kerala

Rs 100 crores Development grant for Sabarimala Ignored by Kerala Government

Modi Government had earmarked Rs 100 crores for Sabarimala in Kerala as part of Swadesi Darshan, of which Rs 20 crores has been disbursed. Nothing has been done by the State Government and no utilization has been provided. Rs 32.96 crores for Toilets, Rs 100 crores for Development, Rs

Desh Kapoor

19 Nov 18 1 min read

FCRA

12 Bank Accounts of Controversial and Scandal Ridden Greenpeace Frozen in India

India’s Enforcement Directorate – Finance Ministry agency – has frozen 12 bank accounts [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/enforcement-directorate-blocks-greenpeace-indias-12-accounts/article25195371.ece] of Greenpeace. Its Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration was canceled [https://qz.com/india/495212/timeline-how-india-cracked-down-on-greenpeace/] in 2015 due to non-compliance. Globally, Greenpeace is known for large scandals

Desh Kapoor

12 Oct 18 1 min read

Modi

Shehzad Poonawalla Emphatically Destroys Petrol Price Politics of Congress

The oil and gas prices in India is a big deal today. The prices have risen while media is tom-toming how everyday is a new high. Well, every day as the prices rise – is always a new high. And it has been for last many hundred years. Listen.

Desh Kapoor

09 Oct 18 1 min read

Modi

By March Modi Government on track to build 60% more Highways than UPA-2

Four Lane Highways are being built at 3000 km a year. Under UPA-2, 24,425 kms highways were built versus 31,000 in 4 years of NDA. By March-end, the figure will touch 39,000 kms (60% more than UPA-2). Gadkari’s work has born fruit. Source: Times of India

Desh Kapoor

08 Oct 18 1 min read

Modi

India gets lot more Goodies from Putin along with S-400

India not just got the large S-400 missile defense deal from Russia, but also a lot of other interesting things. Access to Northern Sea Route that connects Europe with the Pacific Rim, natural gas supplies (Iran option [https://www.livemint.com/Industry/wj8PfRvGGyAfh1p8aoPX9K/Undersea-IranIndia-gas-pipeline-can-bring-cheaper-LNG-to-I.html] supplement) and development of other

Desh Kapoor

08 Oct 18 1 min read

Modi

Maoist freed District gets over 600 km of road Under Modi Road program

Rayagada district Administration, Odisha is constructing 618 km of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Why is this important? Because, 7 out of 11 blocks were Maoists infested, which are now free. With connectivity, health, food supply and business opportunities will improve. Source: Times of India [https://timesofindia.

Desh Kapoor

07 Oct 18 1 min read

Daily Bytes

Nitin Gadkari dedicates Upgraded and Swanky NH-44 in Meghalaya to the Nation

North-East and its infrastructure has been compromised for long in India. Which is strange and suicidal because it is one of the most contested area by the Chinese and where they are very eager to turn aggressive. Nitin Gadkari dedicates Upgraded and Swanky NH-44 in Meghalaya to the Nation #Modi

Desh Kapoor

26 Sep 18 1 min read

India

#JournosAgainstRivers: How Fake Journalists Are Against the National Rally for Rivers Movement!

Vinod Dua, the perennial face of “Hindi analysis” during the elections, along with Prannoy Roy on Doordarshan in the 1980s, gushes about [http://www.thehindu.com/society/my-faith-is-eclectic-and-so-is-india/article19284275.ece] how he loves to eat zebra, gazelle, crocodile, and octopus meat when in Kenya. All this, while parading his understanding

Desh Kapoor

05 Oct 17 13 min read

India

Baring the False Equivalence of ‘Congress and BJP are the Same’ Rhetoric

When asked about his entitled privilege as the heir apparent to Congress’ chief, Rahul Gandhi played said “So what, the whole India runs on dynasties”. And, the Congress team went into an over-drive equating the progeny of various BJP leaders who are also in politics but relative nobodies as the

Desh Kapoor

26 Sep 17 6 min read

India

Congress Treason: Justice Should be Ensured by All Indians, not Just Modi!

Today a friend pinged me to ask if something will be done with Sonia Gandhi and the many of those who are guilty of the crimes of treason and plunder against India as a country. I guess what he wanted to know – or rather be reassured through me for reasons

Desh Kapoor

30 Apr 16 5 min read

Humor

“Its enough! I am returning THE Taj Mahal!”

This is the season of Award Wapasi. Everyone is returning whatever award they can dust off from their closet to return to someone. Doesn’t matter who they return to as long as someone in the media covers it. Some have even gone to the studio with signed UNADDRESSED checks

Desh Kapoor

05 Nov 15 3 min read

India

ThinkIndia Speech of Modi and his vision: We finally have a Visionary and a Doer in our midst!

This conference appearance and interaction of and with Narendra Modi is special. In this, the attempt of the organizers was to discuss substantive stuff and not keep harping on the same “Gujarat 2002”. Honestly, that has become the lamest kind of discussion around Modi. Had Modi been in business, by

Desh Kapoor

09 Apr 13 2 min read

Politics

Laloo Yadav, tell us what YOU can do, not how you will stop others!

You know something is terribly wrong with things, when the leaders are not giving any idea of what THEY want to do to improve things. Rather, they keep emphasizing on how they would block others who are doing good work. By ANY stretch of imagination and benchmark, Narendra Modi has

Desh Kapoor

10 Mar 13 1 min read

Politics

Markandey Katju: Rushes out of Interview in Anger on being questioned; is he fit to run Press Council of India?

Justice Markandey Katju who has been locking horns with Arun Jaitley and BJP in general has been flouting all the norms of being impartial as the person at helm of the Press Council of India. Well, he has recently been showing anger against Narendra Modi as if he is on

Desh Kapoor

19 Feb 13 1 min read

Politics

Mamata Bannerjee publicly abuses her lady security guard at Kolkata Book Fair

We talked of Mamata Bannerjee in the last post. How Aakar Patel, equated her with Modi in terms of what she does and says. Well, here is some example of her behavior. This socially and behaviorally illiterate female was at Kolkata Book Fair on Wednesday. And while coming out she

Desh Kapoor

07 Feb 13 2 min read

India

Shameless Bias of Media: Rahul’s Melodramatic & Scripted Speech vs Modi’s Visionary yet Grounded Call to Youth

To know the bias and the shallowness of the mainstream media, this is a good comparison. Rahul Gandhi is a nincompoop with a silver spoon and his speech that day – where he brought up the “Power is Poison” statement – was scripted and made up. It was easy to know. On

Desh Kapoor

07 Feb 13 3 min read

India

Reactions on Rajdeep Sardesai’s program on Modi’s speech at SRCC: shallow, rhetorical and lacking in substance

This is the program on Modi’s speech at SRCC. It includes views of many youth, Aakar Patel (a Journalist), a Muslim professor from Jamia Milia, and Tania – a girl who rattled Mamata Bannerjee with a question. Let us look at some of the material discussed: Modi was planted by

Desh Kapoor

07 Feb 13 5 min read

India

UPA’s JnNURM Fiasco: Most of Urban ministry’s Model projects are from Modi’s Gujarat!

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) is a massive city-modernisation scheme launched by the Government of India under Ministry of Urban Development. The idea was to spend $20 billion over seven years. Fantastic idea. Well, not quite so as the UPA Government prepares to launch its 2014 poll campaign

Desh Kapoor

03 Feb 13 3 min read

India

Why Markandey Katju’s assessment of Modi doesn’t make sense

After Modi’s victory, there is a lot of discussion and debate on both sides of the aisle – those who support Modi and those who don’t. Here is one such remark by Markandey Katju [http://www.facebook.com/justicekatju/posts/506663236040894] > I have been asked my opinion about Mr.

Desh Kapoor

21 Dec 12 6 min read

India

Modi goes to “seek blessings” of Keshubhai after election win despite latter’s vicious campaign against Modi

After Narendra Modi won the elections in a thumping style again for the third time, he did something that one hasn’t really seen happen in Indian politics as long as I can remember. Keshubhai Patel was part of BJP at some point and has since leaving started Gujarat Parivartan

Desh Kapoor

20 Dec 12 2 min read

India

Modi wins: First time anyone has won repeatedly in a democracy despite an openly and viciously Hostile mainstream media!

Narendra Modi has finally won the Gujarat elections for the third consecutive time. As of last reports, BJP is likely to win 116 seats and Congress 60. Modi won his own election in Maninagar by close to 87000 votes against Congress’ Shweat Bhatt. Why is this victory significant? Anti-Modi Media:

Desh Kapoor

20 Dec 12 5 min read

India

Is Modi getting a Landslide in Gujarat?

It seems Narendra Modi is all set to win the Gujarat poll by a landslide. Apparently, the higher voter turnout was to push Modi’s margin up as opposed to pull him down. ABP-Nielsen Exit Poll is suggesting. Although News 24 suggests that Modi can get closer to 140 seats

Desh Kapoor

17 Dec 12 2 min read

India

Experts agree no other politician has done for Gujarat what Modi has

Experts are now unanimous that no other politician has done for Gujarat what Modi has been able to do. No wonder the Gujaratis dont seem to want any other party or “leader” replace him. > Explains former IIM director, professor Bakul Dholakia,”Modi has improved the living conditions and the earnings

Desh Kapoor

10 Dec 12 2 min read

India

Modi’s quips and funny tweets on Congress and Gujarat Elections

> #Modi [https://twitter.com/search/%23Modi]: If you are going on holiday for 15 days, do you give your keys to a stranger? NO? Then, how can you give Gujarat to a stranger? — Firstpost (@firstpostin) December 10, 2012 [https://twitter.com/firstpostin/status/278083143779622913] > #Modi [https://twitter.com/search/%23Modi]

Desh Kapoor

10 Dec 12 1 min read

India

Has Congress ditched Nehru-Gandhi family in Gujarat Election ads?

Indeed, that is an interesting observation. I have not seen the ads in Gujarat, but I would like the readers to share what they have seen and if this is true? > Modi said, in last 60 years history, the Congress party has always campaigned with the photographs of the Nehru/

Desh Kapoor

10 Dec 12 2 min read

India

Narendra Modi gives it back to Sonia Gandhi!

Gujarat [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=23.2167,72.6833&spn=1.0,1.0&q=23.2167,72.6833 (Gujarat)&t=h] election campaign is bringing in sharp repartee from both the sides and Narendra Modi [http://www.narendramodi.in/] has probably decided to not take it lying

Desh Kapoor

07 Dec 12 3 min read

India

Misleading and False campaign by Zakia Jaffri against Modi on Capitol Hill

Zakia Jaffri was at Capitol Hill trying to lobby to deny Narendra Modi the US visa – as the US seems to have become a bit lenient with him and cozying up. > “If he (Modi) succeeds to become the Prime Minister, my hopes for justice, along with the hopes of hundreds

Desh Kapoor

05 Dec 12 3 min read

India

Kejriwal’s faux pas: Modi-Congress “hand-in-glove” charge based on Sanjiv Bhatt’s “evidence”?

As is obvious for my posts on the blog, I have a high regard for Arvind Kejriwal as well as Narendra Modi. I believe both are important for the country. But Kejriwal now comes up [http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kejriwal-attacks-modi-says-he-is-hand-in-glovecong/198333/on] with something that has left me

Desh Kapoor

04 Dec 12 3 min read

India

Gujarat Riots 2002: Teesta Setalvad gets Bail in Criminal Case filed by her aide – the hitman in Best Bakery case!

There is a huge hue and cry over Gujarat riots of 2002. Entire careers have been made out of demonizing Modi and Gujarat amd even Gujaratis for what happened in Gujarat to the Muslims. No one even turns around to look to see if what was presented as “facts” were

Desh Kapoor

03 Aug 11 2 min read

India

How the UPA Government plundered Indian treasury with MNREGA

In this year’s (2011) Economic budget, the UPA Government has allocated Rs 40,100 crore for the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) program, in addition to the Rs.64000 crore sought by the Ministry of Rural Development for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

Desh Kapoor

02 Mar 11 4 min read

India

Machiavellian Activism in Gujarat riots that jeopardized harmony and national security

In India, since 2002 after Gujarat riots – which erupted after a handful of Muslim fanatics lighted fire to train bogeys carrying pilgrims from Ayodhya – there have been two personalities whose fate took a quick turn. One was coronated and the other was demonized. Most of that was the work of

Desh Kapoor

10 Sep 10 9 min read

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