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Tales of corruption and incompetence

Hindutva India Tours, Leisure & Entertainment Retreats (H.I.T.L.E.R)

February 9, 2020Our favourite political personalities, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetence370, BJP, crime, democracy, demonetisation, ethics, governance, hindutva, J&K, Kashmir, Modi, politics, religion, satire, Uttar Pradeshadmin

Aren't we lucky to be witnessing the era of Acche Din? In 2020, you can extend the joy of being a Bhakt to every aspect of your life. This year, forego your normal, boring vacation and opt for a special package from Hindutva India Tours, Leisure & Entertainment Retreats (H.I.T.L.E.R). Our exclusive, customized tours are designed to provide you with first-hand experience of some of the greatest hits of our beloved nationalistic government. Relive Read more [...]

Note from a Magnanimous Hindu to those other Indians

August 18, 2019Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencebaba ramdev, BJP, Congress, corruption, democracy, hindutva, Kashmir, lok sabha, Modi, MPs, parliament, politics, rape, religion, satire, Uttar Pradesh, women rightsadmin

India is truly blessed that our population is dominated by those who identify as Hindu - the most noble and altruistic people in the history of mankind. Irrespective of your caste, gender or religion, we know what’s best for you and have now mobilized our government to work in your best interest. It’s been a tough ride for Hindus in India since we’ve constantly been under attack and oppressed. All we have going for us is a majority of the population, Read more [...]

Worst MPs of the outgoing Lok Sabha

April 10, 2019Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Our favourite political personalities, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAndhra Pradesh, BJD, BJP, Congress, corruption, Delhi, democracy, elections, J&K, Jharkhand, JMM, lok sabha, Maharashtra, MLAs, Modi, MPs, parliament, politics, Puducherry, Samajwadi Party, Telengana, Trinamool Congress, West Bengaladmin

Our parliament is made up of 543+ MPs who directly represent us and influence laws that rule our lives. Yet, during Lok Sabha elections, we stay obsessed with national political leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. The reality is that there is no single political leader who can magically transform the country. If we keep electing MPs and MLAs who are incompetent and corrupt, the system will stay broken. So before you vote for your favourite Read more [...]

#MeTooIndia – Five ways to blame women for getting sexually assaulted

October 20, 2018Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencecrime, media, rape, rural india, satire, women rightsadmin

India is gripped by an epidemic. Our most vulnerable population, men in positions of power & authority, are being forced to take responsibility for acts of sexual aggression. Never before has the status quo been challenged so brazenly. Going forward, there could be a possibility that entitled men may need to think twice before catcalling, inappropriately touching and/or sexually assaulting women. These are trying times for our men. But all is Read more [...]

Nirav Modi Scam – How much money is Rs. 11,380 crore?

February 18, 2018Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Tales of corruption and incompetencebudget, corruption, crime, farmers, health, healthcare, rural indiaadmin

The top 1% of India's population own nearly 60% of the country's total wealth. And our financial systems seem to have been fine-tuned to function best for this economic elite. If an extremely poor villager wants to buy a goat worth Rs 5,000, micro-finance institutes would happily charge interest rates of over 30%. Meanwhile it seems to have become a trend for our ultra rich to dupe public financial institutions of massive amounts of money and then Read more [...]

Kejriwal’s Debacle – we were warned at the very start

January 15, 2018Did you know?, Our favourite political personalities, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAAP, anna hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Congress, corruption, deceit, Delhi, democracy, elections, ethics, media, MLAs, politics, women rightsadmin

Kejriwal’s media-fed frenzied ‘movement’ inspired many to join the AAP. But even in the party’s early days, some key personnel chose to break-up with the party within months. And as they left, everyone said the same thing - there is no democracy in Kejriwal's party and little difference in the way AAP functions when compared to other (so called 'corrupt') parties. Hasya Kavi Kumar Vishwas is not a happy man these days. Though his smile Read more [...]

2017’s Best Hindutva Quotes (and a few lessons for surviving acche din)

December 29, 2017Our favourite political personalities, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencedemocracy, hindutva, Modi, MPs, politics, satireadmin

'The West' hates India. As do India's own minorities and liberal minded 'intellectuals'. Thankfully, our future is safe in the hands of BJP and its ideology. Today, our expertise in cow excrement has put us on the brink of redefining medical research. Our BJP leaders have shown us a path to hate everyone who isn't the majority. And being patriotic is now easier than ever before. Here are some of the best Hindutva quotes from 2017, and some important Read more [...]

These Indians are still “celebrating” Demonetisation

November 9, 2017Did you know?, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJP, deceit, demonetisation, ethics, governance, health, Karnataka, Maharashtra, policy, satire, telangana, West Bengaladmin

All stories showcased below are thanks to People's Archive of Rural India (PARI). You can visit this page to read PARI's coverage of demonetisation to learn how India's most marginalized have been affected by it over the past year. On Nov 8th 2016, the government decided to casually demonetise 86% of the country's banknotes in circulation. In terms of an operating strategy, the government very prudently decided to have none. They allowed Read more [...]

The Jay Amit Shah Story (told the correct way)

October 10, 2017Numbers don't lie, Our favourite political personalities, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJP, corruption, ethics, gujarat, politics, satireadmin

The Wire has dared to malign Jay Amit Shah by questioning the business practices of this financial prodigy. In reality, Jay Amit Shah is a genius who needs to be recognized & celebrated. Thankfully, The Wire is being sued for Rs. 100 crore for defaming an honest, hard-working businessman. Why can’t more Indians be like Jay Amit Shah? Instead of complaining about the economy and government policies, this chai wala’s right hand man’s Read more [...]

Assaulted, Abducted or Raped a Woman? Please be my MLA.

September 10, 2017Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJD, BJP, BSP, Congress, corruption, CPI, CPM, crime, democracy, DMK, elections, ethics, JDU, JMM, lok sabha, MLAs, MPs, NCP, parliament, politics, rape, satire, TDP, Trinamool Congress, TRS, women rightsadmin

India has always been a world leader at electing those with pending criminal cases. Our political parties have forever provided us with a steady pipeline of criminally tainted candidates . And as electors, we always deliver by continuing to elect legislators who are accused of every crime under the sun from petty thefts to kidnappings and murders. We currently have the most criminalized Lok Sabha in history. #AccheDin. All data is courtesy Association Read more [...]

Quiz: How well do you know the ‘other’ India?

July 12, 2017Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetence, Test yourselfcorruption, deceit, democracy, ethics, governance, health, hunger strike, quiz, rural india, satire, women rightsadmin

India is poised to be an economic super-power (at least that's what we've been told) and is expected to become the third largest economy by 2030. For decades, we have been obsessed with GDP and economic growth. What we don't seem to track and measure as diligently, is basic human development. How does India perform at indicators that look at stuff like access to healthcare, education, nutrition etc? Most of us in urban bubbles couldn't care less Read more [...]

A crash course in India’s Farmer Crisis

June 16, 2017Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Tales of corruption and incompetenceagriculture, Andhra Pradesh, BJP, Chidambaram, Congress, corruption, crime, deceit, democracy, elections, ethics, farmer suicide, farmers, gmo, governance, Haryana, health, hindutva, hunger strike, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, media, microfinance, Modi, Mumbai, NCP, Orissa, parliament, politics, Punjab, rural india, TDP, Telengana, TRS, women rightsadmin

Jan 2021: India's farming crisis has been on for decades and what we are seeing right now is just the tipping point of systemic issues that have existed forever. It is completely reasonable to hold the government of the day accountable irrespective of which political party is in power. Here's a post from 2017 explaining the various components of this crisis. India's leading rural journalist (and unfortunately one of our only ones), P. Sainath, recently Read more [...]

The ‘Criminal’ Quota in Indian Politics

June 6, 2017Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJP, bribe, BSP, Congress, corruption, CPI, CPI(M), CPM, crime, deceit, democracy, elections, ethics, governance, lok sabha, MLAs, MPs, NCP, parliament, politics, Trinamool Congress, women rightsadmin

Issues related to the criminalization of Indian politics are well known. Political parties are obsessed with winning elections, and have always provided tickets to candidates who are most likely to win - irrespective of a candidate's ability to be a competent legislator. All data is courtesy Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). To better understand the magnitude of this problem, we looked at what our nationally recognized political parties Read more [...]

New Rules for New India (making Hindutva great again!)

June 1, 2017Did you know?, Our favourite political personalities, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencebaba ramdev, BJP, corruption, governance, hindutva, J&K, politics, religion, satire, terrorism, women rightsadmin

Bharat Mata ki Jai! Bharat Mata has long been plagued with religious and cultural diversity. From Trump in the West to Kim-Jong in the East, we are faced with increasing global competition to create fundamentalist societies. Thankfully, we have been able to come up with our very own #MakeInIndia solution to keep abreast with the times. Our government's Hindutva governance is based on thousands of years of research and provides a unique solution Read more [...]

Why are we passing bills to make corruption easier for political parties?

March 26, 2017Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJP, BSP, Congress, corruption, CPI(M), CPM, deceit, democracy, ethics, NCP, politics, RTI, Samajwadi Party, SPadmin

Lack of financial transparency in the political system has always been one of our key challenges as a democracy. Recently, the government passed a bill in the Lok Sabha that will potentially lead to an increase in anonymous corporate donations to political parties as well as remove previous limits on how much corporations can donate to political parties. Here's a look at some of the key factors in play. Status Quo Currently, political parties Read more [...]

Political Parties vs RTI

March 12, 2017Did you know?, Numbers don't lie, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJP, BSP, Congress, corruption, CPI, CPM, democracy, NCP, parliament, RTI, Samajwadi Partyadmin

When politicians across party lines join forces, it is usually against our best interests. Here’s how our nationally recognized political parties have tried their utmost to stay out of the ambit of the RTI act.

Women’s Empowerment in Indian Politics is here to stay (just kidding) !

August 23, 2015Numbers don't lie, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAAP, BJP, BSP, Congress, CPI(M), CPM, elections, lok sabha, Mayawati, MPs, NCP, parliament, Samajwadi Party, satire, Shiv Sena, SP, Trinamool Congress, women rightsadmin

We heard them loud and clear last year as they screamed hoarse about the need for empowering women in India. In the lead up to Lok Sabha 2014, all political parties told us how they plan to tackle gender equality. And boy did they perform, when it came to taking action during the elections, i.e. giving tickets to women. Overall, only (8%) of candidates in Lok Sabha 2014 were women and currently just 11% of the parliament is female. Among the major Read more [...]

Lok Sabha Electoral Malpractice Awards for States 2014

July 23, 2014Numbers don't lie, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAndhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, bribe, corruption, crime, democracy, elections, ethics, gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, lok sabha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, MPs, NCP, parliament, police, politics, Punjab, Rajashtan, satire, Shiv Sena, Tamil Nadu, Telengana, Uttar Pradeshadmin

The recent Lok Sabha elections were historic in many ways from record voter turnouts to landslide victories. Equally enthralling was the battle to see which states come out on top in terms of committing most electoral malpractice. As per the Compendium of Instructions on Election Expenditure Monitoring published by the Election Commission in January 2014, we have created six award categories: 1) खुले आम रिश्वत Read more [...]

Aam Aadmi to the rescue, or maybe not

May 11, 2014Did you know?, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAAP, Arvind Kejriwal, BJP, Congress, crime, deceit, Delhi, democracy, elections, jan lokpal, lok sabha, MPs, parliament, politicsadmin

It's the season of political rhetoric. Indian politics, is known for candidates making tall claims and promises during campaigning followed by non-action. The Congress and BJP have mastered this and much of the electorate, for justified reasons, has given up on these two parties following through on any of their promises. But this time we have Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. An alternative view of politics. A party of the common man - the Read more [...]

Keeping Religious Stupidity in Check – Section 377 and beyond

March 23, 2014Did you know?, Tales of corruption and incompetence377, BJP, Congress, health, Karnataka, religion, Uttar Pradesh, women rightsadmin

There has to be something seriously wrong when leaders from every major religion in India come together and agree on something. This is precisely what happened with Section 377 in December. Championed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and supported by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Utkal Christian Council and Apostolic Churches Alliance, some of India’s most prominent religious bodies decided to launch into a battle against sexual pleasure. Read more [...]

Best Approaches to stopping Honest Bureaucrats: A definitive guide from Uttar Pradesh

September 1, 2013Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencebribe, BSP, corruption, crime, deceit, governance, lok sabha, Mayawati, MPs, police, politics, Samajwadi Party, satire, Uttar Pradeshadmin

Theft, dacoity and murder form the backbone of Uttar Pradesh’s economy. Unfortunately, from time to time certain individuals come along and try to challenge this status-quo. Earlier this year, Durga Shakti Nagpal, provided the UP establishment with a stiff challenge. This 28 year old had the audacity to take on the state’s sand mafia. She tried, but was eventually no match for the guile and deviousness of the state government. The illegal Read more [...]

India’s Politicians Unite Against Transparency!

June 8, 2013Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBJP, BSP, Congress, CPI(M), CPM, democracy, ethics, Mayawati, NCP, parliament, politics, RTI, satireadmin

This month saw the passing of a judgement by India's Central Information Commission (CIC), that classifies nationally recognized political parties as 'public authorities'. What does this mean? This means is that common citizens can now file RTI applications to political parties to obtain information. For instance, a citizen could inquire about internal elections in a party or about financial sources/expenditures of a party. The judgement is Read more [...]

Thank you for arresting those Facebook ‘liking’ girls

November 20, 2012Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencecrime, elections, governance, Maharashtra, Mumbai, police, politics, religion, satire, Shiv Sena, terrorismadmin

We are blessed to live in a nation where a quick thinking police force is ever-present to check heinous Facebook statuses that could cause widespread death and destruction. Maharashtra was on the verge of being ravaged by communal riots but for speedy action by the police. Shaheen Dhada from Palghar, had the audacity to put up a status message on Facebook that compared the demise of a political leader to that of a common man. Even more shocking was Read more [...]

The Impotent Rapist

November 23, 2011Did you know?, Tales of corruption and incompetencecrime, Mayawati, MLAs, police, rape, Uttar Pradesh, women rightsadmin

"My husband is a patient of sugar and blood pressure for the last 18 years and his left kidney is also not working. With existing physical condition he cannot rape and being his wife I can say this with certainty.” This is what Asha, the wife of BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi told the media in January this year. Naresh Dwivedi - Too Impotent to Rape In November 2010, Neelu (name given by media) was abducted and allegedly sold in a village Read more [...]

Mumbai’s Maladies – What ails the Police Force?

July 15, 2011Did you know?, Tales of corruption and incompetencecorruption, Mumbai, police, RTI, terrorismadmin

Mumbai's security & police force are maligned after every dastardly terror attack that the city faces. But is the police force truly as wretched as it is made out to be? Here we look at some of the issues faced by the police force. 1. Missing Policemen Mumbai's population exceeds 1.2 crores. It goes without saying that a fairly large police contingent is needed for such a large population. Often, estimates pertaining to the size of Read more [...]

Kaun Banega Cr000,000,000,000repati!

July 1, 2011Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetence, Test yourselfanna hazare, Congress, corruption, Delhi, governance, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, NCP, quiz, satire, Uttar Pradeshadmin

Are you fit to survive in today's world of scams & corruption? To help you explore the depths of your knowledge we bring to you a quiz called SCAMMED. Here you can gauge your awareness levels about various scams that have been unearthed over the last few years. We assure you that you will come across some mind boggling facts & figures during the course of the quiz. Click on START below to begin. In case you do not wish to take the entire Read more [...]

Saare Jaha se accha, Gandhistan humara

May 22, 2011Our favourite political personalities, Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetenceBSP, Congress, deceit, elections, ethics, governance, Mayawati, Nehru-Gandhi, politics, satire, Uttar Pradeshadmin

Watching the ‘’DLF’’ IPL has exposed us to ‘’Citi” moments of success and “Maxx” timeouts. However such style of branding has been on in the country for many decades. The Nehru-Gandhi name has been prefixed before countless government schemes and projects. Here we look at a supremely effective method of political branding by the Indian National Congress. A method which has succeeded in using the face of the country as an Read more [...]

The Forgotten Wikileaks

April 30, 2011Did you know?, Our favourite political personalities, Tales of corruption and incompetenceAMIM, Andhra Pradesh, Azhagiri, bribe, Chidambaram, Congress, corruption, DMK, elections, MPs, Owaisi, Tamil Nadu, wikileaksadmin

Most of the Wikileaks released by The Hindu focussed on Swiss Bank accounts and the Confidence Motion. However there was a very interesting leak* highlighting the latest innovations by Indian netas in bribing voters. Wah Sarkar presents to you 3 of our MPs along with their state of the art bribing techniques. 1. The Newspaper Briber M.K.Azhagiri (DMK) - MP from Madurai, Tamil Nadu ; Total Assets: 19 crores+ ;Union Minister for Chemicals Read more [...]

Chor Machaye Shor – A toast to Democracy

April 5, 2011Political Satire, Tales of corruption and incompetencecorruption, deceit, democracy, elections, ethics, governance, politics, satire, Tamil Naduadmin

We are currently in the midst of a spate of assembly elections. Wah Sarkar looks at a true incident which occurred a few years ago in Tamil Nadu. This is an amazing story which highlights the grit and will power of India's common man. Article may take a few seconds to load....... * Name of place changed Read more [...]

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