Ironies have Begun to Hit as Never Before!
MUSINGSWe are talking of bullet trains when even our slow moving trains have begun derailing. This year hundreds were killed in train accidents, not to overlook the latest tragedy at Mumbai's...
View ArticleA part-time Chief Minister
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that he would be taking five days off in a month to attend to his duties as the head priest of the Gorakhnath Temple. Television networks ran this...
View ArticleIndian Muslims on Trial Again
According to press reports, Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Ramdev, while participating in a TV show (September 30, 2017), said cow urine should be acceptable to Muslims too as something used for...
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BJP on a Sticky Wicket
EDITORIALJay Shah, the son of the second most important person in the country, BJP President Amit Shah, is in the spotlight at present.A report in The Wire website has pointed out that the turnover of...
View ArticleMuktidham
Recently there was a news item in a national daily about a piece of wasteland outside a village being earmarked by the concerned State Government as a separate crematorium for the untouchables, because...
View ArticleIs the BJP planning a Surprise Election?
by Mahendra VedIs Prime Minister Narendra Modi contemplating a surprise general election, say, early next year, ahead of the May 2019 schedule?Does he want to take advantage of the present situation...
View ArticleHow does Expectation work in India?
by Anshuman GuptaThe most pressing question today facing the Indian economy is how to boost the animal spirit to increase private investment in the economy. The expectation plays an important role in...
View ArticleRussia's Military Exercise ‘Zapad 2017' is causing Heartburn in the West
by R.G. GidadhubliRussia and Belarus have jointly conducted military exercises known as Zapad (West) 2017 running through from September 14 to 20, 2017, which was witnessed by the Russian President...
View ArticleOn the 70th Anniversary of Establishment of Indo-Russian Diplomatic Ties
Nehru had seriously thought of evolving India's foreign policy even before India attained independence. An outline of the foreign policy had already begun to emerge in his mind even before he assumed...
View ArticleTrump is Sinking in the Quicksand of West Asia
An amazing week is unfolding in West Asian politics. It began with three dramatic develop-ments on Monday (October 9)—Turkish troops crossing the border into Syria's Idlib province; announcement in...
View ArticleObserving the 100th Death Anniversary of a Great Freedom Fighter—in Memory of...
COMMUNICATIONThis is a time for India to remember one of its greatest freedom fighters who had become a symbol of great courage in his lifetime. In addition, and this is very relevant to our times, he...
View ArticleWhat Invasion has Shown Up • Need for World Publicity
From N.C.'s WritingsOctober 20 this year marked the fiftyfifth anniversary of the Chinese aggression on India. On this occasion we are carrying N.C.'s ‘New Delhi Skyline' published in Mainstream seven...
View ArticleDoubts about the Election Commission
The Election Commission has never done it before and had developed an independent status since T.N. Seshan. He had given it a stature which was admired by the electorate. But the way in which the EC is...
View ArticleWill China Ever Democratise?
by Bhartendu Kumar SinghThis article was written before the Communist Party of China's 19th Congress. But it is being belatedly published in view of the durability of its content.China's emergence as a...
View ArticleDeterring the Dragon at Dokola: the Lessons of the Crisis
by Gouri Sankar NagWhat began in mid-June 2017 came somewhat unexpectedly to an end on August 28, 2017, when both China and India reached an agreement to withdraw their respective armed forces—hitherto...
View ArticleChina's Communist Party has come of Age — the West should Wake Up
by Richard McGregorThe Chinese Communist Party Congress displayed all the qualities beloved by Leninist institutions over the ages, of deep secrecy mixed with stern pageantry, leveraged in the service...
View ArticleAgra Residents veto Communal Utterings on Taj Mahal
MUSINGSby Humra Quraishiwith the election scene gaining momentum in Gujarat, the Congress should invite the erstwhile civil servants who spoke out against the Modi-led government in Gujarat...who'd...
View ArticleMy Plea to Trump and Putin
by Mikhail Gorbachev(The following article by Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the leader of the USSR as its President from 1985 to 1991 (when the Soviet Union was still in existence), appeared in The...
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Need of the Hour
EDITORIALAt long last the dates for the Gujarat Assembly polls have been announced.Yesterday Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Joti disclosed to the media that voting for the crucial electoral contest...
View ArticleMy Earliest Recollections / Allround Decadence and Ray of Hope / Iraq Crisis...
From N.C.'s WritingsMy Earliest RecollectionsAfter N.C.'s demise on June 27, 1998 three pieces were recovered from his notes as evidence that he had started writing his autobiography. Since November 3...
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