Memorial Mass of late Father Stan Swamy at Saint Peter’s Church, Bandra. [ Watch Live ]

The big fat Modi Cabinet Rejig

“Caste and political implications may be given more weightage than sincerity and experience”. Amidst the buzz of a cabinet reshuffle, a source in the know of these developments in Delhi claimed to Vibes of India (VoI), that this Union cabinet rejig is aimed at killing many birds with one stone. He gave us a few […]

Kashmir’s Childless Couples Suffer Silently

Shagufta Jan recalls a sunlit Saturday a decade ago, which she and her friends spent in Gulmarg, as one of the last happy days of her life. Soon after, B.Sc., the final year student, the eldest of her three siblings, was married off once she graduated from college. I was a happy-go-lucky girl,” a visibly frail […]

No, it’s not Narendrabhai; we are stupid

It is not just Narendra Modi and his government. Covid-19 has also exposed us in many ways as a society as disasters do. It brings out the best and the worst of us on the surface, spectacularly. And it is also leading us to question and review our existing thoughts, approaches and accepted wisdom. Actually, […]

Mondays with Manjul, June 28

Legacy weakens as BJP reigns in its regime

Political legacies are problematic to inherit, sustain and fulfil. The Congress has partially frittered away the redoubtable endowment bestowed on the Grand Old Party (GOP) by its founding fathers and mothers. The Socialists have disintegrated into so many splinters that it’s hard to assess which of the left-over entities remembers the original principles of the […]

From the PEN collection of Salil Tripathi

Salil Tripathi wrote this poem to mark Shobhaa De’s memoir, “Seventy and to hell with it,” published in 2018. He read it at the Festival of Poetry held by PEN San Miguel, alongside PEN’s Women Writers’ Committee.” After they told you and warned you again and again Specifically, generally, contextually and concisely, What you can’t […]

Sidhu’s eyes are set on ‘Captaincy’ of the Punjab Congress Team

Follow @AadeshRawal Follow @vibesofindia_ Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met the three-member Congress party committee for the second time in Delhi and clearly stated that MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu cannot be made the party president. He also said that Sidhu needs to be stopped from talking to the media the way he […]