Today’s learning after spending time with a long-time practitioner of politics in India (and at some of the highest levels): ‘Politics isn’t about policy. Never was. It was always about power structures. A good politician will recognise this. And use it.’
Once you ‘see’ it, everything makes so much more sense.
Modi's lasting success has been the creation of a powerful 24x7 propaganda machine that creates an "overpowering illusion of achievements", and not actual achievements on ground. That illusion is what silences a majority of citizenry into believing the lies, against their…
Harish Khare warns of the "demonstration effect" of CJI Chandrachud's appeal to God. "Every district judge will now feel emboldened to weave his or her religiosity into judicial pronouncements. As it is, very many members of lower judiciary any way feel inclined to anchor their…
HELLO 🚨
Dear INDIA parties,
As you undergo the elections to the very important State Assembly Elections in Maharashtra alongwith Jharkhand, please ensure the following.
1. Train your polling agents very very well. You cannot afford to send unaware polling agents this time.…
There's this gentleman @dieworkwear who is one of those you read online and instantly wish they were friends with you!
I always ask kids what they'd do with unlimited power (wealth, fame, etc.). And I receive different answers, some of them very different from the idealistic ones I would have answered at their age. I asked some friends to parse them. This is the result.
