Abhijit Iyer Mitra  

As India goes to polls, narratives play a decisive factor. Every political party, be it the Congress of the BJP tries to weave one to suit its political agenda. But as long as these five lie busters and their ilk are around, every Congress narrative that is built on falsehood stands a chance of getting exposed.

 

 

Strategic expert alleges FB is trying 'to interfere in the internal process of elections in India at the behest of foreign powers'; Facebook continues to block MyNation page without even an explanation

We have now established that it was Balakot not Balakote that was hit. Why is this important? Mostly because Pakistan will tend to play down anything that hits it severely. For example, the Kargil retreat negotiated by Nawaz Sharif was portrayed as nothing much and the casualties of that war which Sharif claimed were greater than the 1965 war were suppressed completely with funerals held in secret. Clearly then, the blow is severe

The Hindu article shifts the baseline of argument from 2007 to 2009 to 2011. Iyer-Mitra argues that $ 1.9 billion is the money spent on research and development, which was reported by him in 2016. Regardless of the number of aircraft bought, the non-recurring amount would remain the same, says Abhijit. 

An open letter from MyNation editor-in-chief to one of the most erudite and refined Indian politicians, who has let himself and his state Odisha down by victimising a journalist for a prank