How Vote Bank Politics Is Harming India

Gujarat elections are over and the results are out for everybody to see. Detractors of Modi have taken a beating but this clan has shifted the goal posts now. Modi fell short of his previous tally of 117 seats, you see! In the process of undermining his tremendous achievement, they are even maligning the electorate of Gujarat. Some lesser known leaders from BJP's "secular" ally JD(U) started their same rant on TV channels - "There is no change...

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The Three Mistakes of Arvind Kejriwal

 So, as you have guessed, this piece is on Arvind Kejriwal. Before going through the rest, please think on your own for once (so that you can’t blame me for making you biased). Who is Arvind Kejriwal, in your eyes?  An IIT Kharagpur graduate who dares to be different? An ex-IRS officer, who didn’t care about his lucrative job? A genuine crusader against corruption who is to be supported blindly given the fact that India is regularly...

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OF Medicine,A dying mother and PREJUDICE

The Case “Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital Galway last month. Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying, and died of septicemia a week later… Ms Halappanavar asked for a medical termination. This was refused, he (Praveen Halappanavar, her husband) says, because the fetal heartbeat...

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The Great Indian English Medium Drama

“It must be an English Medium one” “Of course, it is” “Umm….why not a Bengali Medium school?” I intruded into the discussion about picking out a school for our cousin and the rest of the lot unanimously threw me out of the boundary with the simple words, “Because we are sane.” Well, it did hurt me. I handed them a few logic, fought my cause but was frankly outnumbered. Even my parents, who sent me to a school with a very much vernacular atmosphere,...

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Our Own Prince

“For the hereditary prince has less cause and less necessity to offend; hence it happens that he will be more loved; and unless extraordinary vices cause him to be hated, it is reasonable to expect that his subjects will be naturally well disposed towards him; and in the antiquity and duration of his rule the memories and motives that make for change are lost…” Niccolò Machiavelli?  Of course it is; Il Principe, chapter-II, De principatibushereditariis....

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Welcome to The Analyst!

Hello Dear,  We are going to start our venture of providing "passionate, logical, cutting edge, fearless, explicit, pin-pointed, and offbeat analysis" with this post! Yes, we are going to open our blog - The Analyst. This is our first post. Hope, this will be a start of an epic journey! And we are hereby publishing our logo. Just give it a look  and please don't forget to give your feedback! ...

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