Oh King, Are you Hearing Impaired? An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of India

Posted on 26/05/2023 (GMT 2:00 hrs) Dearest Modiji,  Hello, hello, hello, Dear Government, can’t you hear my cries? Hey, superrich ruling party, are you hearing impaired? Last 3 and half years, we, the DHFL Victims⤡ are suffering from different psychosomatic disorders—do you know that? Oh, I do not expect knowledge or wisdom from you as you areContinue reading “Oh King, Are you Hearing Impaired? An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of India”

Mritkaal (Hindi)

Posted on 23/03/2023 (IST 21:25 hrs) Translated version of English agitprop Mritkaal (The Era of Pharmakon) Translated by: Atreyee Dutta Roy A skit/Agitprop Dedicated to the DHFL victims  Naatkiye paatr Ek auraat: Ek bharatiya sena ke shaheed ki muslim vidva aur DHFL ghotaley ki shikaar. Chaddi: Sattaroodh Bhagwa Party/Hindutvavadin ke sadasye ya karyakarta. Liberandu: EkContinue reading “Mritkaal (Hindi)”

Topsy-Turvy Indian Governmentality: The Curious Case of the DHFL Scam

Posted on 12/03/2023 (IST 23:58 hrs) Updated on 18/03/2023 (IST 12:40 hrs) Here are some posters on the DHFL scam that throw light on its ambiguities, ambivalences, contradictions, irregularities, illegalities, void spaces and above all, the tale of politically motivated transformation of an ongoing, solvent, profitable company to an insolvent, bankrupt company. Though the formerContinue reading “Topsy-Turvy Indian Governmentality: The Curious Case of the DHFL Scam”

Mritkaal

(The Era of Pharmakon) A Skit/Agitprop Dedicated to the DHFL Victims Posted on 05/03/2023 Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay ⤡ Akhar Bandyopadhyay ⤡ Dramatis Personae A Lady: a Muslim widow of an Indian army martyr and a victim of the DHFL scam Chaddi: a member or karyakarta of the ruling Saffron Party/Hindutvavadin The Man: a non-partisan political activistContinue reading “Mritkaal”