As Arvind Kejriwal ended his ‘fast unto death’ last week, I couldn’t help but wonder at the rise and fall of the man. He started out with a lot of promise, gathered a lot of middle class and upper middle class support with the dream he was selling- a dream [...]

Protest by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in front of Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s residence against razing of  500 houses in Okhla. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and others were detained. Photos By: Dijeshwar Singh

The new showstopper ruling the political circuit is Arvind Kejriwal, who currently is having a problem coping with dissent. The recent case here is that of Annie Kohli, the woman who barged in to Kejriwal’s press conference demanding answers about his new avatar. Kohli, a 55-year-old woman from Mumbai was [...]

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After the high drama within the highly publicised India Against Corruption (IAC) surfaced, the so-called ‘Team Anna’ eventually disintegrated. Essentially, the thrust of a new enterprise always focuses on embarking on a positive note. The very foundation of this movement lacked this core ingredient. While anti-graft-activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal made his [...]

On any given day, you’ll find me flopped out on my bright blue couch at home wondering, 16 years of media and writing in, what the hell I’m doing, whether I should just switch tracks and enter the Masterchef contest instead. Or play the piano. I read so sporadically, I [...]

By Karuna John The first time they were invited to join the ‘revolution’ the crowds were promised a chance to participate in the “Second Freedom Struggle”– freedom from corruption this time. Tired of having to grease palms for claiming what is rightfully their, they heeded the call. In the thousands, [...]

Anti-corruption activist and former Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal today announced a new political party in the national capital. Though Anna Hazare refused to be part of the political initiative, other supporters like Prashant Bhushan, Shashi Bhushan and Manish Sisodia were present at the launch. Photos: Dijeshwar Singh     [...]

At a Cambridge University summit, a fiery Brinda Karat shot daggers at the  Pranob Sen of the Planning Commission, saying all they were about is lies, lies and statistics. Outside the icy cold corridors of power and the Taj Hotel where the summit took place, another web of lies, lies [...]

By Karuna John Sticks and stones may hurt my bones but words will never hurt me. Unless they are in 140 characters.  As anyone trolled on twitter knows you need a skin thicker than a pachyderm’s to deflect the barbs and abuses that come your way. Perhaps the person who [...]