459 Articles by
Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee is a math lover who may or not be an Assistant Professor at IISc Bangalore. He is the author of Operation Johar - A Love Story, a novel on the pain of left wing terror in Jharkhand, available on Amazon here.
Opinions
Kerala model for coronavirus: No cities, no virus
The pandemic is not in states nor in countries. The pandemic is in cities.
Media
Watch out : ‘Fact checkers’ are trying to claim the fake moral space that big media lost
Welcome to the new reality of the media landscape. All the goodness of old propaganda journalism, cleverly re-branded as “fact checking.”
Politics
May 16: The hardworking Dr. Raghuram Rajan and the story of a gold import circular
Except for the very young, most Indians would remember May 16 as the day the results of the 2014 General Election were announced.
Opinions
Is Congress trying to help China by making racist comments?
So what do you make of it when someone like Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury puts out an offensive and racist tweet against China? Who really benefits from this?
Opinions
Pokhran: CPIM supported North Korea being a nuclear power, but not India
It may sound unbelievable today, but not every Indian was happy to see India take one step towards claiming its rightful status among nations of the world after the Pokhran test
Culture and History
Maharana Pratap Jayanti: What Asaf Khan told Mughal forces at the Battle of Haldighati
On the occasion of Maharana Pratap Jayanti, let me tell you a story. We all know about the Maharana’s legendary battle in 1576 against Mughal forces on the fields of Halidghati
Opinions
Leadership is looking at adversity as an opportunity: Yogi Adityanath pushes massive labour and agricultural reforms
Coronavirus crisis has finally given the Indian state the license to cut through the license quota permit raj and implement reforms, like the UP and MP govt have implemented
Opinions
After taking life of a baby at Shaheen Bagh, liberals using unborn child for propaganda
The rhetoric of victimhood got turbocharged when some internet trolls got into discussing Safoora Zargar's marital status.
Opinions
On migrant workers, ticket prices and bureaucratic language
And there is absolutely no justification for states asking the so called migrants to pay for tickets back “home.”
Economy and Finance
How did Raghuram Rajan miss his chance to “predict” Coronavirus recession after “predicting” doom 5 years in a row?
The Congress party uploaded a 28 minute long, valuable interaction between Rahul Gandhi and Raghuram Rajan on the impact of Wuhan Coronavirus on the Indian economy and the possible way forward.
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Opinions
The spin around Vikas Dubey encounter reminds about the police-raid against Mohammad Shahabuddin in Siwan
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While people are saying “dead men tell no story” after Vikas Dubey encounter, Md Shahabuddin narrated no tales even after jailed for years
News Reports
“I feel free after ages. This is an end to the era of terror”, says Lallan Vajpayee who was on the hit-list of slain...
Vikas Dubey had multiple attempts to kill Lallan Vajpayee in the party, Vajpayee celebrates the death of Dubey in Police encounter
News Reports
Journalist shares image of a Pakistani cannibal who ate a baby as ‘RAW agent captured in Nepal’
The photo of a RAW agent supposedly arrested in Nepal is actually photo of a Pakistani cannibal who was convicted of eating children
News Reports
NIA names 6 ISIS terrorists in the charge-sheet filed in the murder case of Tamil Nadu cop SSI Wilson
6 terrorists charge sheeted by NIA in the case of murder of SSI Wilson in January 2020 in Tamil Nadu
News Reports
Chinese app ban: Govt sends 70 questions to concerned firms, gives 3 weeks to respond
The response of the firms will be evaluated by a high-level panel and any discrepency may lead to a permeant ban.
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Fact-Check
The curious case of ‘Drone Boy’ who has made 600 drones using broken mixer grinders and televisions. A fact-check
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While 'drone boy' Prathap NM has claimed to have made 600 drones using e-waste, not a single photo or video of them exist
News Reports
Netizens ask Netflix to cancel comedian Kenny Sebastian’s special show after he hurls obscene abuses
Social media users are demanding that Netflix reconsiders special show of Indian comic Kenny Sebastian after he was allegedly found hurling obscene abuses to people on his Instagram page.
Politics
Jyoti Basu is the mass murderer India forgot
Please don’t feel bad about speaking ill of the Late Jyoti Basu. If there is another world, be certain that there are (at least) 28,000 voices from the other side backing you up.
Social Media
Only Muslims go to heaven, Ravish Kumar-like non-Muslims can only hope for a mild level of hell: Dr Zakir Naik explains
Naik said that virtues like honesty and charity cannot ensure qualifying marks for heaven or Jannah. Only Muslims can go to heaven and non-Muslims will go to hell by default, he says.
Social Media
After obscene comments, clip of comedian Kenneth Sebastian calling Sanskrit ‘most useless language ever’ goes viral. Watch video
In the video titled "Journey to the centre of my brain", Sebastian is seen thanking God because 'all the people who spoke Sanskrit are dead'.
