HemRaj Singh

blogs from New Delhi

Jantar Mantar Denotification: Far From A Political Masterstroke
Has the government of "masterstrokes" lost its infallible mojo? Jantar Mantar is an official protest site no longer, said Delhi Police. And thus brought to a close, at least for the time being, Central Delhi protests and, with it, the possibility of popular criticism piercing through the deaf ears o...
Posted on 20 October 2026 | 11:56 pm
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Clap-n-Clank-n-Light-a-Lamp: Politics of Sound and Light
The riotous enthusiasm with which Modi's call for a resonant - or deafening, as it turned out - show of gratitude was met and the subsequent praise for the demonstration and more than that for Modi's hold on the masses made for a spectacle that's interesting in many ways than one, none of which ways...
Posted on 8 April 2020 | 12:00 pm
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Inoffensive Padmavat: What do Rajputs do now?
From what I hear of Padmavat (haven't seen, and don't intend to for my own un-Rajput, un-kshatriya anti-garbage reasons), it seems the Rajputs have been burning buses in protest over a movie that glorifies them to the moon and back, and ridicules Khilji to the dark underworlds and further down. Such...
Posted on 4 February 2018 | 3:35 pm
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