Watch: Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Maino’s wedding video
Whenever I have a little time on my hand (which is actually very little these days), I like to browse through archives (both physical and digital) in search for hidden…Continue Reading →
Sisters, will you tie your brothers a Narendra Modi rakhi this Raksha Bandhan? Rs 20 only
The image of Narendra Modi continues to seep into our everyday lives, not only from the media but also from…
Watch: High excitement on the streets of New Delhi on August 15, 1947
This edition of the Movietone News from August 1947 captures the high excitement on the streets of New Delhi (complete…
Listen: Indira Gandhi announcing the Emergency on All India Radio, June 26, 1975
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the ‘Proclamation of Emergency‘ on the night of June 25, 1975, but it was in the morning of June 26 that the nation got to…Continue Reading →
40th anniversary of Emergency: The unofficial Google doodle
(This post is a part of a series on the 40th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in India) This…
Proclamation of Emergency, as published in The Gazette of India 40 years ago
(This is the first in a series of posts on 40 years of Emergency) 40 years ago on June 25,…
AAP’s Delhi sweep – the unofficial Google doodle
While it is true that Delhi does get more attention than it actually deserves, but then many astounding things happen in the nation’s capital that forces us to stand up…Continue Reading →
25 world newspaper front pages with Narendra Modi and BJP’s victory headlines
The elections in the world’s largest democracy (that is also a prominent emerging economy) is obviously an item of importance…
Vote for The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India
BBC News quotes a Cutting the Chai post in a feature on Indian political parties with strange names. The Election…
Indian political party election symbols from 1951: When Congress had bullocks and the hand was Forward Bloc’s
I just can’t seem to get over my fascination over Indian election symbols. And there are more posts to follow on this theme, here on Cutting the Chai (Also see:…Continue Reading →
An alphabet chart of Indian political party symbols
Now that the aam aadmi has got a party, the aam bachcha also needs to learn the letters of Indian…
Congress Ka Haath, Aam Aadmi Ke Saath. Indeed.
“Don’t underestimate the power of a common man” How Congress’ 2004 Lok Sabha elections campaign slogan turned true in Delhi…