States - Different Truths

April 16, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

If Elections are Held Today, BJP Seen Losing

Anger against the Modi government is at its peak right now, not the least because of the Kathua and Unnao missteps, and the Dalit and farmer unrest sweeping the...

April 12, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Place, Rituals & Practices

Malayali Weddings: Simple Low-Key Affairs

Malayali weddings are utterly devoid of all the pomp and fanfare that mark lavish Punjabi / Sikh/Bania weddings. These are summed up as Band Baaja Baraati. At a Malayali...

April 10, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

One to One Strategy of Mamata for 2019 Poll is Workable: Perfect Understanding Needed between Congress and Regional Parties

Mamata had a meeting with the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on March 28 and it appears that Sonia was emphatic on the leading role of the Congress in this...

April 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

India-Hater Shahid Afridi is Out of Favour in Dubai: Police Chief Wonders why Pakistanis are Troublemakers

The only thing going for Shahid Afridi is the Muslim identity he shares with the Kashmiri. Otherwise, he is lost Pashtun in the Valley like his ‘Pashtun Idol’ Imran...

March 27, 2018
IPA Service
Cyber Crime, Politics

Loss of Face of Zuckerberg is a Gain for the Politician: BJP, Cong Propaganda Machines Engaged in Confusing

Cambridge Analytica changed all that. Zuckerberg failed his ‘friends’. The middleman was back in currency, shaping crowd-perception and then passing the altered crowd-information to interested parties. The Homo Digitalis...

March 27, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

UP: The Tough Battlefield Ahead of Elections

The forthcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh will decide if other parties would accept Rahul Gandhi’s leadership for a non-BJP alliance. These would also prepare...

March 26, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Ever Changing Political Psyche Puts Parties on Tenterhooks: Modi Losing the Rationale for a Repeat Performance

BJP lost not only in Uttar Pradesh but also in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and had come to the verge of losing the majority in the assembly elections in...

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Data Mining for Poll Started in India: Facebook can Influence, but to Limited Extent

It is possible to use Facebook data to influence Indian elections because India doesn’t have a data protection law. Therefore, anything that Cambridge Analytica does in India will be...

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
People, Potpourri

The Lie That Cambridge Analytica can Sway FB Indians: 90 percent of Personal Data are Fake

FB boasts it can influence more than half the human population. Maybe. But not all the personal data of 2 billion human beings locked in FB is authentic data....

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Industry, Trade, World

High Tariffs of Trump Regressive to Global Trade: Open and Free Trade Being Challenged

Trump is championing the causes of domestic economic protection, instead of freedom. His anti-immigration policy is unwarranted and this is not going to help in reviving the US sagging...

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