Mindspace | 3Kone Media Consultancy | Siddharth Sharma

Kalam to Kovind  Journey of BJP  from Statesmanship  to Pusillanimity             In 2002, NDA under Vajpayee, proposed the name of APJ Abdul Kalam as its Presidential candidate. In 2017, a far stronger NDA under Modi proposes the name of a career politician Ram Nath Kovind for the same post.       The choices & the underlying narrative couldn't be starker. Vajpayee promoting Kalam was primarily a sign of his statesmanship. Of course, the secondary benefit NDA accrued was that Kalam's name evoked immense respect amongst the citizens too for the sheer contribution Kalam had made to India's security. Needless to say, Kalam got spontaneous support from non NDA parties too to become one of India's most admired presidents.      15 years on, NDA which has a massive 49% votes compared to opposition's paltry 35% & 13% non-aligned votes in the electors collegium, choosing Kov...

THE GURMEHAR BINARY https://www.thequint.com/blogs/2017/03/03/gurmehar-kaur-binary-decoded-abvp-saffron-dna-is-the-real-problem-ramjas      Gurmehar Kaur has today become a rallying point. A student of Delhi University, she exercised her right to publicly state her opinions. In response, dozens of Page three gimmicksters and an few ministers jumped into the bandwagon to answer the 20 year old.       If the sinisters are threatening physical violence to her, Mr Minister of home seems to have donned a clairvoyant's robe to diagnose her mental state. In this theatre of the absurd, a few people seem hell bent on twisting the meaning of freedom of speech. It is an absolute right. Period. This fundamental right is guaranteed by the constitution of India. Period. The constitution does not subscribe to threat of violence. Speech and expression are in itself abstract, hence benign occurrences -whereas actions are tangible and the potential to ...