Coincidentally after the opposition parties came together to form INDIA (Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance), the ruling BJP is desisting from the use of word India in official communiqués and its parent organizations RSS has issued a fatwa that only word Bharat should be used for our country. While inviting the representative’s participants of G 20,...
India or Bharath, we are the same. I am still the good old monkey, dancing at the mercy of some foolish masters!...
We celebrate Independence on 15th August 1947, while Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on 14th August. It was a massive struggle by the people of India which got us freedom from the clutches of colonial rule. Celebration of Independence Day reminds us more of the anti...
After Prime Minister Modi's much-celebrated visit to the United States, there was a growing debate as to the level of success compared to the previous visits by Modi himself or the former Indian prime Ministers. In an Economic Times report, various industrialists in India called it trend a setting or landmark visit. However, an article in Time magazin...
The country is witnessing horrific violence in different regions. The Manipur violence, going on for over three months as it has shamed the nation for the treatment meted out to the three young girls, it has led to the death of over one hundred innocent lives, (more Kuki) and also displacement of close to a lakh of people, more f...
Most of the vacations are for adventurers and thrilling experiences. Some places automatically drag your mind and heart at ease. There are places you may wish to visit again, like Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon of the United States, or the Azores of Portugal; places of inspiration are a joy forever....
The Law Commission’s notification and Mr. Modi’s strong advocacy for UCC has revived the debate around UCC yet again. As such UCC has been part of BJP’s elections Manifestoes all through. Its 1996 manifesto mentioned UCC under Nari Shakiti. Despite that it has never worked for the content of the draft. What will the laws ...
After the state High Court verdict on Meitei being recognized as ST, claiming quota in jobs, education and Adivasi land, the state of Manipur has seen unprecedented violence in which over one hundred people have died and close to a lakh have been displaced. The accompaniments of such violence are too horrid to be recounted yet again; the plight ...
On a State Visit to the US Capital, the India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Whitehouse press meet that “Democracy is in India’s DNA, it is in India’s spirit, in its blood, the democratic Indian government works on the basis of a democratic Indian Constitution, and if there are no human values, no humanity, no human rights, ther...
Sir, what is this life if we have nothing to die for? The young management professional Manjunath is said to have asked his professor Debashish Chatterjee while he was an IIM-Lucknow student. And he literally did that - died for a cause, which he couldn't set aside, despite the non-c...
