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Aatish Taseer stands to lose OCI status; MHA claims no link with TIME article criticising Modi, says writer hid father's Pakistani origins
•Reacting to the home ministry statement, Taseer wrote on Twitter that he was not given 21 days to reply to the home ministry notice but just 24 hours.
In crediting Narendra Modi with disempowering India's elites, TIME cover story ignores regional parties' achievements
Partha P Chakrabartty •Time Magazine’s cover story on Narendra Modi declaims him as India’s ‘Divider in Chief’ but its lead essay, written by journalist Aatish Taseer, seems to credit the BJP with disempowering the elite, a feat actually achieved by the many regional parties of India.
BJP dismisses Time magazine's cover story 'India's Divider-in-Chief' as work of a Pakistani citizen
Fp Staff •The TIME magazine has featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover of its international edition with a controversial headline 'Divider in Chief' and a secondary one that reads 'Modi the Reformer' as the country enters the final phase of the mammoth general election.
Aatish Taseer’s Time essay is part of known agenda: Prop up Rahul, discredit Modi, undermine wisdom of Indian voter
Vijay Chauthaiwale •Aatish Taseer’s main complaint is that Modi did not spare even the “unassailable” Jawaharlal Nehru, as if Nehru can do no wrong
Writer Aatish Taseer's Wiki page vandalised after he publishes story critical of Narendra Modi, BJP terms author 'Pakistani'
Fp Staff •Aatish is a London-based author/ journalist who is the son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Pakistani politician Salman Taseer, who was assassinated for his vocal criticism of Pakistan's notorious blasphemy law
Gangrape of Dalit woman: Silent 'award wapsi' gang no conscience-keepers but political actors battling to maintain relevance
Sreemoy Talukdar •While the breast-beating at loss of influence is understandable, the core charge against Narendra Modi is that he has altered the basic character of the Indian state.
In The Twice-Born, Aatish Taseer goes beyond Ganga, Varanasi to explore India's socio-political landscape
Nimesh Ved •Aatish Taseer explores the questions a young democracy located within an ancient civilisation faces, but his attempt is weakened by his unwilling to get out of his comfort zone
Bangalore Literature Festival 2018: From panel discussions to much awaited LitMart, there is much to look forward to
Ruth Dsouza Prabhu •From the LitMart for aspiring authors to panel discussions on poetry, history, politics, crime and more, to discussions on the burning issues of the day and dedicated children’s literature specials, the 7th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival has so much on offer
31st October: Vir Das-Soha Ali Khan film shows aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination
Fp Staff •31st October, as the newly released trailer makes clear, is about the persecution of the Sikh community in Delhi in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination
Ancient India through Indian eyes: A critique of Aatish Taseer's attack on NRIs
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