The Caged Parrot (CBI). Chapter 6 The persistence of corruption in India, is not due to lack of laws or watchdogs to prosecute it but due to a deep inertia in preventing…
America-Iran War Outlook
The War Between America and Iran. It is one month since the USA and Israel started war on Iran. They started with a functioning strait of Hormuz. Today the biggest problem of…
Impossible Journey of India from Menu to Seat at Table.
The Karmic Trajectory of India How a nation’s means became its destiny India is now widely regarded as a rising major power or leading power in 2026, transcending traditional “middle power” labels…
Dhurandhar Movie as Seen by Ram Gopal Verma (RGV)
Review of Dhurandhar on Four Point Framework Dhurandhar, is directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh. It grossed over 1,305 crore worldwide as the highest-grossing original Hindi film of 2025. Its…
How to Identify AI Writing?
A Forensic Analysis of AI Writing. AI will do many great things but will not be guilty of enhancing the language or creating new metaphors as it only matches existing patterns. AI…
Is India Today and The Hindu is following Global Trend?
India Today is offering a free subscription. Hindu is also offering subscription for Rupee 1/- only. Earlier it was the Washington Post to offer itself in less than a dollar a month…
Trump Calls Modi to Resolve Blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Attempt to Unmount from Tiger. It appears that President Trump has now called PM Narendra Modi to resolve the blockade of Strait of Hormuz. This is the tweet by PM Modi: Received…
What Made Disco Dancer Movie a Commercial Success in 1982?
Disco Dancer: India’s First 100 Crore Movie. Cinema as an art is very versatile but when understood as commercial venture, it has the severe limitations. There are formulas of success but the…
Is India in Governance Crises?
Chapter 5 The Media Without Journalism India’s free press was constitutionally guaranteed. What was never guaranteed was that the press would want to use that freedom. It had freedom to criticise the…
Is India in Governance Crises?
Chapter 4 Lokpal: The Watchdog that Sets Wrong Example. India’s VIP culture in bureaucracy is not a side effect of governance. It is not a collection of bad actors in an otherwise…
India is Saraswati River Valley Civilization
Earliest Urban Civilization in the World. Civilisation of India is called Saraswati River Valley Civilization. Civilisation of India was wrongly believed to be limited to Mohanjodoro and Harrappa on the basis of…
Is India in Governance Crises?
Chapter 3 This was the question I had posed a few months back (in Chapter 1): If the bureaucracy, police, regulators, and enforcement apparatus are internally sabotaging the elected government, is this…
The Domestic Network that Connects Dhurandhar to Pakistan
Reasons for Opposition to Dhurandhar 2. Dhurandhar: Revenge is a movie about Pakistan’s institutional rot, but it produced an interesting side effect in India. Muslim politicians across the board opposed it. Alia…
What is so threatening in the Movie Dhurandhar: Revenge?
A Review of Dhurandhar: Revenge Dhurandhar in common parlance means someone extraordinarily capable. We assume that Ranveer Singh playing Hamza on screen is the Dhurandhar. Well, he is not. Clue lies in…
What USA Is Waiting for near Hormuz?
The Great Poker Game Unfolds near Hormuz War with Iran started on 28 February 2026 is now struck near strait of Hormuz. I had predicted, it was a commercial enterprise to strengthen…
From Dhurandhar One to the Boomerang of Critics
Producer of Dhurandhar Laughing on His Way to Bank. First part of movie Dhurandhar was released in 2025 and it invited the criticism similar to what its part 2 ‘Revenge’ has attracted….
A Satire on Journalism-Activism
A Satirical Advertisement This is a satire created by AI from my previous two articles which were the counterpoint to the articles of Raza Rumi opposing the Movie Dhurandhar: Revenge, published in…
The New Face of Journalism-Activism
Emergence of the Grant-Funded Journalism Professionals writing on contract are called copy-writers. Professionals writing for others e.g. biographies are called ghost writers. But these remain behind the scene. Their names remain hidden.Often…
Raza Rumi: The Critic Who Never Watched the Dhurandhar Movie, and the Pakistan He Never Visited
Dhurndhar Movie Critique without watching it. On 17 March 2026, two days before ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ released in theatres, Raza Rumi published a piece in Himal Southasian calling Hindi cinema’s treatment of…
How to Review Movies? Is There a Scientific Method?
Introduction: Moving past the Old Yardsticks to Review Movies For decades, films have been judged primarily on star power, narrative originality, technical finesse, and box office returns. While these metrics remain relevant,…
Sheshnaag 150, India’s Loitering Drone
India, Preparing for the War of Future A decade back, drone was a word known only to bee keepers. Then came the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The Drones outshone all military…
Review of Google NotebookLM
NotebookLM Is Overhyped Google NotebookLM is being marketed as the greatest product. Repeated advertisement on YouTube forced me to try it. It is claimed to be the best tool for content creators….
Was the War on Iran, an Economic Compulsion for USA?
What Caused the War on Iran? The war on Iran started on 28 February 2026 and has entered attrition phase. USA seems helpless to conclude the war it started with fanfare under…
The Tale of Pakistan, the Chirping Sparrow
Tale of Two Sparrows India was once the golden sparrow. Pakistan emerged from that same bird. Today Pakistan is the injured sparrow nearly eaten by cats. India is reclaiming its original identity…
The British Suffering of Karma.
The Vanishing British Names from Public Life. British ruled India for approximately 175 years. There Officers created townships like Dalhousie and Lansdowne named after their surnames. The people behind those names vanished…