Kamakshi Balasubramanian

Jan 24, 2025 | countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |Kamakshi Balasubramanian |Mirza Yawar Baig |Philip Farruggio

Two women whom I have seen so far to have aged gracefully are my Amma (mother) and Zeenat Aman. These ladies do not have much in common; they belonged on two different ends of spectrums. Amma was a domestic goddess who took care of her family and home by creating a feeling of warmth and welcome. Zeenat Aman is a sensual woman, a Bollywood sensation, known to have made “scandalous” headlines back in the day for her seductive dance moves in many films.

Jul 27, 2024 | countercurrents.org | MA Krishna |Bhabani Nayak |Kamakshi Balasubramanian |Ajazuddin Shaikh

Democracy at Risk!: Can We Trust Our Electronic Voting Machines? It is a book (2010, 246 pages) by G. V. L. Narasimha Rao, a senior central leader  of BJP and a Rajya Sabha Member (2018-2024 April). ‘Field based evidences” are many. In the latest elections, this reporter was told by a couple of voters of Hyderabad how they, together with a few others, polled 3-4 votes each.

Jun 26, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Satya Sagar |M Adil Khan |Kamakshi Balasubramanian

Electoral results may also be viewed as reflective of major political signals displayed by voters as well as the lens used by them to judge politicians in the race. This holds significance as in recent Indian parliamentary elections no party succeeded in winning majority to form the new government. Certainly, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has returned to power with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister for the third term.

Jun 18, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Satya Sagar |M Adil Khan |Kamakshi Balasubramanian

If Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had not the lost the parliamentary seat of Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the Ram Mandir is situated, would the Indian elites, intellectuals, critics and others have been talking about Indian secularism being still very much alive? Look at the situation from another angle. After all, the population of Faizabad, less than a million, is not even a percentage of the total Indian population.

Jun 18, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Satya Sagar |M Adil Khan |Kamakshi Balasubramanian

As the trends of the recent Indian elections became clear, the Chinese rover that recently landed on the far side of the moon picked up a strange sound from Planet Earth. It was the collective sigh of relief of millions around the world at the comeuppance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. The devastating verdict delivered by Indian voters left the ruling party without a majority in parliament and dependent on patently untrustworthy allies to remain in power.