Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. Tamulpur, in the Bodoland Territorial Council area, is heading into a tense election with an unsettled mood. Every vote here carries the heavy weight of past sacrifices, violence, and decades of Bodo struggle. In the 2026 Assam Assembly polls, the 43-Tamulpur (ST) seat is […]
Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. In the tea garden areas, it would appear that so-called ‘Friendly fights’ between the INDIA alliance partners will sour the pitch for the Congress, with the Trinamool Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha being the spoilers. It looks like advantage BJP, say political observers. […]
Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. The fierce personal attacks on 27-year-old Kunki Chowdhury, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate from the newly carved Guwahati Central constituency, reveal how nervous the BJP is about losing the seat. AJP has aligned with the Indian national Congress. Local buzz suggests that on […]
This isn’t a rant about the undeniable fact that the Indian media landscape is dominated by a few powerful conglomerates, many of which have notable connections to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But let’s get that out of the way first. Reliance Industries Limited has a significant presence in Indian media through its subsidiary, Network18. […]
FRANKLY SPICY BY EFFKAY IN THIS EDITION OF FRANKLY SPICY, EFFKAY TAKES OFF ON A REPORT THAT FIRST APPEARED IN MARCH 2024, IN THE HINDU NEWSPAPER. IT’S NOT YESTERDAY’S NEWS: THE BEAT GOES ON! In the magical land of Indian politics, there exists an enchanted entity known as the Prudent Electoral Trust. Since its birth […]
Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on March 18 assured the BJP at least one seat from the southern Indian state if the federal government raises the price of rubber to 300 rupees. Predictably, there were gasps and shocked responses from well meaning Christians across the land. Joseph Pamplany, some seem to indicate, is a modern […]
ROME – Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai has urged Christians and the church to engage in ‘dialogue’ with right-wing political and religious forces in India. Watching what’s happening in his country today, Machado believes the need for real conversation with the Hindu majority is more urgent than ever. Speaking to a newspaper in Rome, Archbishop […]
Raju Bista, a 33-year-old from Manipur’s Kangpoki district, is the new MP from Darjeeling. It took many by surprise when the BJP fielded Raju Bista in Darjeeling. The leaders of the party were smart enough to find a young Gorkha RSS worker from Manipur to represent them in the politically hostile hills district of West […]
Rural India is very thirsty. We are the country with the most people without safe drinking water. The necessity of people is water or free Wi-Fi? Kadipur, a village with population of around 8,000 hit the headlines after it became the first village in the capital to get “free Wi-Fi” in 2017. But, it […]
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was suffering from a pancreatic ailment for a quite long time. Four-time Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parikar (63) died at his private residence on Sunday. As news of Mr. Parikar’s death broke President Ram Nath Kovind offered his […]
Weeks after returning to power in Madhya Pradesh, CM Kamal Nath has banned the further payment of monthly pension to those detained during the Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and Defence of India Rules (DIR). According to the reports, CM Kamal Nath is set to introduce a proposal that will change the […]
New Delhi: The National Register of Citizens, applicable to Assam, which, in its first draft, has left out over 40 lakh people, has become a major challenge, echoing across the country. Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (Augist 1) called the BJP the biggest infiltrator in the country for dictating what people should eat, […]
