The agricultural bill threesome was not enough. Here is another three from hell. The new labour act passed in September 2020. This year will be branded as one of the darkest years of India after independence in history if judged without bias. From every angle India is heading for dark ages, soon the whips and…
Author: Sharmishtha Basu

Women are Own Mistress
Men since time immemorial have searched for or have invented reasons to claim women as their property like cows and horses. There is nothing new in that, even now, many societies declare women as property of their nation, fathers and husbands! Women have to act as per as their society, nation, religion, father or husbands…

The New Agricultural Bills
The outrage of farmers came to light when the new agricultural bills were passed without consulting the opposition or consent. These are the small, big incidents that tell us India is slowly turning into a fascist state, forgetting the democracy, secularism that has given it prosperity after independence and a reputation. I have a mixed…

New Parliament House or Hospitals?
The country is crumbling under the vicious attack of a pandemic that struck out of blue and proved us how big a failure our medical system it. It is the bravery of the doctors, nurses and healthcare staffs that is keeping the battered system standing, and they are overworking, under-paid and quite often not paid,…

Bravo Bajaj! Bravo Parle!
In a time when Titans like Tata are pulling out advertisements showing Hindu-Muslim marriage because of bullying by fanatics Bajaj and Parle are setting really soothing examples, that all tycoons can’t be bullied, some of them still think of India as a country where every religion can thrive together and they are not ready to…

Defying Deification in Indian Politics
This essay is addressed to those pious worshippers of mortal Gods, those who pick up the Gods and Goddesses that dwell in seats of ministers, MLAs and MPs and worship them with all their heart and soul and are ready to troll, thrash and kill anyone who offends their faith or their Gods. This is…

The Dance of Democracy
Indian government’s incapacity in handling big crisis have been bluntly proved by Covid19, the bigger problem is they are not learning anything from the lesson. I am not an expert of these things. I can only share what I have read in papers, heard in alternative news channels and felt. Just like any intelligent person…