Emotionally Speaking

They didn’t let Arvind Kejriwal speak

In an unfortunate incident (that went mostly unreported in the media; see Aaj tak story), a section of JNU students virtually hounded out Arvind Kejriwal . He was barely allowed to speak at the Koyna hostel mess venue (23 March 2012, about 10 pm). Anyone who knows the campus, knows that it is the time-tested  [...]

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The Caravan Magazine on Narendra Modi

Copied from a mail by the Caravan Magazine: follow the link to read the story Ten years ago this week, in one of India’s most prosperous states, Gujarat, communal violence erupted: about 1,200 Muslims were killed when Hindu mobs ran laps around the streets, lynching men and children and raping women. The mobs used gas [...]

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Poem on Anna Hazare

The following Hindi poem on Anna Hazare has been written by JNU Student Rashwet Shrinkhal. The poem praises Anna Hazare and points out how the crusader is helping the nation. This poem was his response to a critical poem lampooning Anna Hazare on the net (Read the negative poem on Jairam Shukla’s blog) Excerpts: मैं [...]

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Quick rhymes on Osama’s death

These rhyming lines were written after Osama bin Laden’s death. These are just funny rhymes written mindlessly taking cue from newspaper reports. This will be useful for anyone looking for political humour, political rhymes, or poems/rhymes/slogans on Obama/Osama. The following lines also criticise Pakistan for obvious reasons. Osama is dead, Obama has said ‘Davy Jones’ [...]

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Prof. Matuk Nath Chaudhary and Julie in JNU campus: A multimedia report

The uninitiated may read about “love guru” Professor Matuk Nath and Julie, arguably India’s most controversial couple, here and here. Yesterday evening [10 pm to almost midnight], the duo [both one-time JNU students] addressed the JNU students at Sutlej hostel of the JNU campus and concluded it with a Q and A session. This is [...]

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Black Flags, Healthy Exchange, Entertainment: Rahul Gandhi in JNU Campus. A first-hand multimedia report

Rahul Gandhi, AICC General Secretary and MP, Lok Sabha was in the JNU campus yesterday [29 September 2009] to address a public meeting on the topic ‘Youth, Politics and Development.’ It was definitely not an ordinary meeting and a lot happened before and during the meeting. This is a first-hand report of the meeting with [...]

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