Category Archives: Commentary

‘One Route, One Fare’

Newspaper Hindustan Times reported, ‘One Route, One Fare’ scheme launched by Govt. airline. Government-owned Alliance Air has launched the “Fare se Fursat” fixed airfare scheme, which essentially means that the fare will remain constant regardless of the time of booking. Before I write anything about the consequences of this new government “scheme” of One Route, […]

On Ranveer Allahabadia and the Freedom of Speech

The recent issue surrounding content creator Ranveer Allahbadia, aka BeerBiceps, has raised a crucial question about the limits of expression in the Indian society. After a controversial comment on one of his YouTube episodes of India’s Got Latent, Allahbadia is now at the center of a social media storm. The internet is demanding an apology […]

Modi’s Budget Bluffs

I want to quickly comment on the recent budget of Modi’s third term government.  Firstly, government’s budget gets way too much attention than what it should ideally get. This is just a proposed budget, the actual budget will be different. Government’s daily policy actions have more impact on the economy than the budget e.g., Modi’s […]

On India, USA, and the H1B Visa

There is a raging debate going on between the patriot Americans from elected president Donald Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) party and his appointed DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) members, billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The debate is over the issue of legal migration by mainly Indians using the H1B visa program. The […]

On Kerala vs. New Delhi

Ministry of External Affairs

Recently the state of Kerala has appointed its minister of external affairs (secretary in charge of matters concerning “external cooperation”, similar to the Secretary of State position in America. This would be like Texas appointing its own, instead of only the Federal government doing it from D.C.). This move has irked the union government in […]