Indian Politics

In the second blog of this series, let us examine recently written history as the ink dries. The following are my reflections on the 2023 Uttar Pradesh municipal corporation elections. These elections ran parallel to the Karnataka statewide elections but were overshadowed by the scale of the latter. Furthermore, the…

Step into the realm of India’s LGBTQ+ rights battle, where victories have been won, but the fight for complete acceptance still lingers in the air. After a long fight with the queer-phobic mentality of the country, on 6 September 2018, Indian lawyers successfully legalised LGBTQ+ relations in India. Many stated…

Let me recall Nov. 8, 2016, in a stunning plot twist, the government declared overnight that the ₹1000 and ₹500 notes would no longer be legal tender. People’s faces turned paler than the finest ghost makeup as they realized their pockets were filled with mere pieces of paper. …

Wrestlers’ Protest at Jantar Mantar: Battling Sexual Harassment in Indian Wrestling — Unmasking the Shadows of Power and Demanding Justice againt the BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Introduction In a powerful display of unity and determination, a group of wrestlers has been engaged in an ongoing protest at Jantar Mantar…

IS PRIME MINISTER MODI “STAGGERINGLY INCOMPETENT”? Read Parakala Prabhakar’s Book, The Crooked Timber of New India ‘THERE IS A BOOK…’ SERIES By Frank Raj Indiaspora ‘Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.’ — Immanuel Kant Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the kind of leader…

Starbucks India recently ran an ad campaign that was very thoughtful & had a very profound message — one of love, mutual respect, and inclusion. If you are someone who has not watched the ad, here it is: Now, we all know why a multimillion-dollar company runs ad campaigns…

Switch From Godse to Gandhi, Abandon Hate Ideology! Don’t Let History Call You ‘Staggeringly Incompetent.’ Prove Parakala Prabhakar Wrong! LETTERS TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI…7 By Frank Raj Indiaspora I admire you, Modi-ji, and I’d love to see you turnround and change All you have to do is use your political insight and make an exchange Politics, after all, is the art of adjusting your ways; one must rearrange As long as…

LETTERS TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI…6 By Frank Raj Indiaspora MODI-JI, veteran scribe Ashok Wankhede has a brilliant take on Hindutva Gujarat’s famous dish he says can never be a full meal, referring to Dhokla Has the jumla ideology dished out for nine years nourished, or it is Khokla? Is a Thali of…

Sung to the Tune of ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’ — By Frank Raj Indiaspora THEY’RE staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar Trying to get me into Tihar Jail The Chief Justice said, “Register two FIR’S!” But I don’t give a damn for his laws CHORUS Shri Ram, you know it ain’t easy; you know how hard it can be The way things…