by Nitin Mehta | Mar 1, 2021 | Musings, Uncategorised
Dear EditorRituparna Chatterjee decries what she calls the creeping religious censorship in India’s Bollywood industry(5 March). Freedom of expression is an inalienable right in a democracy but that does not give one a license to insult or show utter contempt...
by Nitin Mehta | Jan 18, 2021 | Musings
In his interview Amartya Sen betrays his inability to tolerate any political ideology which differs from his. It is ironic then that he criticises the idea of Solitarism, which believes that human beings have one principal identity. For Sen and many left leaning...
by Nitin Mehta | Jan 5, 2021 | Musings
The BBC online coverage of India is dominated by negative stories of the country and I wonder why such a reputable establishment seems to give a carte blanche to its reporters. No other country gets such a biased coverage, not China, not any number of countries where...
by Nitin Mehta | Nov 24, 2020 | Musings
This one went viral!Dear Simon TinsdallYour article in today’s Guardian is a lot of breast thumping. You call the ruling party India, ‘ oppressive Hindu majority power ‘. Would you call the UK a oppressive Christian power considering the...
by Nitin Mehta | Nov 24, 2020 | Musings
Your moral outrage in the Guardian is not going to convince English readers if you are trying to impress them. The temple is being built after the clearance of the Supreme Court.It was originally a temple. Modi is a democratically elected leader who has brought about...
by Nitin Mehta | Nov 24, 2020 | Musings
In today’s article in the Guardian Jonathan Freedland ( COVID-19 lets tyrants wreak havoc as we look the other) says that Naredra Modi is cracking down on Muslim citizens and their leaders. He goes on to say right wing Hindus are branding, ‘corona...
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