Viju Cherian tries to understand the ever-changing nature of politics and find a method to this madness. He keenly follows politics, international and national.
Articles by Viju Cherian
Vasan’s exit is not a blow to the Congress
Former Tamil Nadu Congress leader GK Vasan’s announcement that he was leaving the Congress and forming a ‘new Congress’ in Tamil Nadu was a development waiting to happen. Viju Cherian writes
Updated on Nov 04, 2014 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Kerala's Kiss Day campaign against moral policing: Is it just lip service?
Will Kochi witness a desi version of a kiss-a-thon of sorts on Sunday? Probably not. The group has its heart at the right place but not its head (or in this case its lips). And that’s because Kerala is not ready for such a change.
Updated on Oct 29, 2014 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, New Delhi
'UK, France, Germany approached Assad against their jihadi citizens'
In an interview to HT, Syrian ambassador to India Riad Kamel Abbas claims the UK, France and Germany asked the Syrian government to 'take care' of its citizens who have been radicalised and fighting in Syria. If his claims are true, the David Cameron government has asked a foreign government to execute its citizens.
Updated on Oct 22, 2014 07:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, New Delhi
IS is an American myth, says Syrian ambassador
Many European countries — including France, Germany, Denmark and Britain — have asked the Bashar al-Assad government to ‘take care’ of Europeans who have been radicalised and are fighting in Syria.
Updated on Oct 17, 2014 01:09 AM IST
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America’s West Asia myopia continues
Barack Obama’s plan to form a coalition to tackle ISIS sounds more like George W Bush’s flawed ‘War on Terror’ writes Viju Cherian.
Updated on Sep 11, 2014 10:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Attack on Gaza: Israel wins, the world loses
Israel has retreated to 'defensive positions' around Gaza claiming that its objective of destroying tunnels in Gaza has been achieved. But this is a pyrrhic victory — if at all there is a victor.
Updated on Aug 08, 2014 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, New Delhi
Lessons Modi can learn from Messi's WC campaign
Both Lionel Messi and PM Narendra Modi are leaders of their sides and have won the hearts of their people. They captain their sides and have earned the respect and honour of their teammates, writes Viju Cherian.
Updated on Jul 15, 2014 01:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Mind your language: why the Hindi debate matters in India?
India has got a rich culture and heritage and even if some see the British rule as an aberration in an otherwise ‘glorious’ past, the fact remains that English — the language used by the British — serves as one of the important medium of communication between different states. Poll: Should official communication be limited to one language?
Updated on Jun 23, 2014 02:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
ISIS far more dangerous than even al Qaeda
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has caught the world’s attention by the pace and brutality of its takeover of many Iraqi towns, especially Mosul and Tikrit over the last week.
Updated on Jun 19, 2014 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, New Delhi
Inside Iraq: What's happening there and why India should worry
What is happening in Iraq now is essentially the Shia-Sunni war that has gone out of hand. A Shia Iran’s influence over Iraq has got many of the countries in the region, especially Saudi Arabia, with a Sunni majority, uncomfortable.
Updated on Jun 17, 2014 02:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Why Modi is hopeful of southern comfort this time
The south has not been a blind spot for the saffron party, but it has made little headway. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi spent time and energy on cobbling up respectable alliances in the south and succeeded in all but Kerala.
Updated on May 14, 2014 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, New Delhi
The BJP could spoil Jayalalithaa’s Delhi dreams
The NDA along with the Congress and AAP has made the contest multi-cornered in many of the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, writes Viju Cherian.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 10:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
If Modi comes to power minorities may get suppressed: DMK's star campaigner Khushbu Sundar
She is a star campaigner for the DMK. An actor for more than two decades and now a politician Khushbu Sundar explains why the DMK is not against Hindi, why there wasn’t a 2G ‘scam’, why the Alagiri-Stalin tiff has not affected the party and her reservations about a Narendra Modi government. Excerpts of an interview to Viju Cherian.
Updated on Apr 23, 2014 11:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Slow starter in TN, AAP may still change the game
This time, elections in Tamil Nadu, will be different from just being a AIADMK-DMK fight. While the Congress is going alone in the state, the BJP has cobbled up a five-party alliance of regional parties. The entry of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has made it a five-corner contest in many seats.
Updated on Apr 21, 2014 02:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, Madurai
Despite 2G, Raja hard to ignore in the Nilgiris
A Raja, who spent 15 months in Tihar jail, is in Nilgiris to seek justice in the people’s court. Dismissing the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu as a ‘bundle of contradictions’, he says he is approaching the people based on his performance.
Updated on Apr 15, 2014 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, Nilgiris
Politicians seldom think twice before comparing people to Adolf Hitler
In the heat and dust of ‘Election 2014’, allegations and counter-allegations have been dominating primetime in news studios, headlines in newspapers and posts on social networking sites.
Updated on Mar 13, 2014 02:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian, New Delhi
US gets set to do business but is it big deal for Narendra Modi
America and Gujarat leader have come a long way since 2005 when the Gujarat CM was denied a US visa.
Updated on Feb 11, 2014 06:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
The crisis in the DMK will hit its poll fortunes
The crisis in the DMK couldn’t have come at a worse time. The party was just about recovering from the electoral drubbing it got at the 2011 assembly elections — of the 234 seats in the assembly, the DMK managed only a paltry 23.
Updated on Jan 29, 2014 09:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Make hay while the sun shines... brightly
Thirty Karnataka MLAs want to go to South America to study waterfalls. Aren’t there enough of them in India? Viju Cherian writes.
Updated on Dec 27, 2013 10:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Innovation can make even the profane sound pious
While orthodox views are still prevalent in all religions and more often than not supersede the moderate and liberal voices, not all hope is lost, writes Viju Cherian.
Updated on Oct 24, 2013 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Lalu down but don't declare him out yet
Senior Bihar politician has been convicted in decades-long fodder scam but it will be too early to write his political epitaph. History is replete with stories of political comebacks and the number of politicians whose career came to a halt because of a court verdict is far from few, writes Viju Cherian.
Updated on Sep 30, 2013 06:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Delhi gang-rape convicts get death but don't cheer yet
Rather than feeling elated over the verdict, we should feel sad: sad that the state has failed in reforming the lives of these men and thought it best to send them to the gallows. As long as the state fails, crimes will continue. Viju Cherian writes.
Updated on Sep 14, 2013 12:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
A coloured view of wearing the tricolour
How much do you love your country? And to what extent would you go to see its honour upheld and to ensure no one disrespects symbols that represent your motherland? This is a tricky one. Viju Cherian writes.
Updated on Apr 07, 2015 10:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Viju Cherian
Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test: the 'history' is all marketing
The talk that is being created around Sachin's '200th Test' reminds one about the hype surrounding his 100th century. The Test will also put undue pressure on the cricketer.
Updated on Oct 10, 2013 07:04 PM IST
The game of the name
By giving a rape victim a ‘name’, the media takes the ownership of a ‘brand’.
Updated on Apr 25, 2013 09:33 PM IST
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