Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is lionized by India’s liberals for his English — they fawn over his vocabulary, they swoon over his accent, and they proclaim him an intellectual because he uses words that they need a thesaurus to understand. But beneath Tharoor’s veneer of linguistic sophistication might lie what […]
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Former Congress Spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi Trolls Party 5 Months After Quitting
What’s the acceptable time period to start badmouthing your former employer after you’ve quit? Five months, if you ask Priyanka Chaturvedi. Former Congress Spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi today tore into the Congress party, five months after resigning as its National Spokesperson. “The social media of Congress continues to plumb new lows. […]
Urmila Matondkar Quits Congress 6 Months After Joining Party
The Lok Sabha elections are over, and chips are falling where they belong. Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar, who’d joined the Congress in March this year right before the Lok Sabha elections, has now quit the party. “My political and social sensibilities refuse to allow vested interests in the party to […]