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Modi's messaging machine: How NaMo wins the PR war
Modi is the first truly modern politician who has created an echo chamber made up of twitterati, journalists, bloggers, official and unofficial pro-Modi groups, and the party apparatus. #social media #Narendra Modi #WideAngle #Public Relations agency #Feku on Twitter
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The fake debate: Communal Modi fanboys vs Sickular Commies
Our political discourse is blinkered by a false partisan debate based on wild generalisations and name-calling. An op-ed debate points to a very real consensus that could emerge if our most heated arguments were over ideas and not Modi v Rahul. #Narendra Modi #Rahul Gandhi #WideAngle
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Delhi rape: Why cant we think above candlelight marches?
The outrage over the gangrape in Delhi has a predictable ring to it. A couple of days from now, it will fade away. #sushma swaraj #WideAngle #Delhi Police #Justice #Girija Vyas #Delhi gangrape #Candle light vigils
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Delhi rape: How a luxury bus brought India's lies to the fore
Each time a sensational rape hits the headlines it is an unwelcome reminder that our so-called "new" India is delusionary bubble, breached easily by the other 'old' India that we try so hard to insulate ourselves from. #Mamata Banerjee #WideAngle #Haryana rape #Chauthala
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Rupert Murdoch tweets up: The anti-semitism of Israeli hawks
Murdoch's tweet accusing 'the Jewish owned press" of being biased exposes the greater truth of avenging defenders of Israel who lack any genuine understanding of its history or its people. #Israel #WideAngle #Palestine
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Naveen Jindal to media: Dear Pot, f-you, sincerely, Kettle
What Jindal really exposed is the gap between media rhetoric and action. We the media can no longer sleep with the devil, and pretend to be vestal virgins. #Tehelka expose #WideAngle #Naveen Jindal #Zee News #Jindal-Zee News Sting #Corruption in Media
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Arvind Kejriwal: Retrograde socialist or India 3.0 leader?
Free marketeers and liberals alike agree that Kejrwal's vision document is much too socialist for his urban middle class base. Or is Kejriwal himself proof that we are witnessing the birth of a new, new India which has little time for old ideological battlelines? #Arvind Kejriwal #WideAngle #IAC
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Why India will never have a Bill Clinton
We have no Bill Clinton because he is the exemplar of American retail politics. His greatest strengths unintentionally highlight the vastly different Indian brand of netagiri which treats the voter like as an immature and inferior child. #Rahul Gandhi #WideAngle #Bill Clinton #Democratic National Convention
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This feudal life: Why censorship and corruption is A-okay in India
Barack Obama had to take it on the chin from Clint Eastwood on national television. Our leaders don't even take kindly to being parodied on Twitter. Why? Because we are feudal society where the powerful assert status by punishing their critics. #Mamata Banerjee #Narendra Modi #Arvind Kejriwal #WideAngle #Barck Obama #mota maal
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The tragedy of Anna Hazare: Why we all should care
Lost in the heated debate between Anna critics and supporters is a more critical question: How can a non-violent movement sustain itself against the media and against professional politicians? #Anna Hazare #UPA #Congress #BJP #Baba Ramdev #WideAngle #Aruna Roy