Rahul in a New Avatar?
Rahul Gandhi is the new star on the Congress firmament. His mother, Sonia Gandhi, has passed on the baton to him and he is the party President. Rahul is the great grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru. Thus the...
View ArticleMosul Tragedy, Decoding ISIS
MUSINGSAs the tragic news comes in of 39 of our men killed in the Iraqi township of Mosul, allegedly by the ISIS, one sits back shaken. There are too many disasters and human tragedies taking place in...
View ArticleRemotely-controlled Weapons hit Democracy
by L.K. SharmaNational electorates have lost their primacy in deciding the outcome of their elections. They have the vote and they go to the polling booths, but their choice may be determined by a...
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Mamata, Ram Navami Violence, Dalit Anxiety
EDITORIALWhen West Bengal CM and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee arrived in the Capital on March 27 to hold discussions with several Opposition party leaders, she was speaking about building a...
View ArticleBid to Change our Understanding of Religions and their Origins
BOOK REVIEWby M.P. RajuCommon Prophets of the Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus by Bharat Jhunjhunwala; pages: 448; Paperback, Rs 140; 2018; published by Bharat Jhunjhunwala. Available on Amazon.Can...
View ArticleData Protection with Concrete Walls and Uncrackable Encryption
Data is being acquired without much thought as to its security or end-use. Take for instance, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) collecting the names, mobile numbers and e-mail IDs of 1.3 million young...
View ArticleRSS' interpretation of ‘ahimsa-himsa' and ‘dharma-adharma'
In the RSS lexicon, the interpretation of the dualities of ahimsa/himsa and dharma/adharma acquires a meaning, which is arbitrary and subjective, leading inevitably to a militarised view of dutiful...
View ArticleThe New President of Indian National Congress
by Martand JhaRahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed by India's grand old party, the Indian National Congress, as its President. His anointment as the party President brought no surprises to anyone as...
View ArticleWhy Myopic Left Lost Tripura
by Sankar RayWho says the Communist Party of India-Marxist or the Left Front was defeated in the Tripura State Assembly polls in 2018 by the combine of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indigenous...
View Article“. . . . . . . . . Mukt Bharat”
by Sardar Amjad AliIn the present political scenario of the country, the battle the Congress under the leadership of its young President, Rahul Gandhi, with the guidance and inspiration of Smt Sonia...
View ArticleKashmir and Afzal Guru
MUSINGSNow that the government of the day has withdrawn the Haj subsidy, it ought to take another step forward and withdraw the subsidy and support it provides for all the pilgrimages and yatras and...
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Tamil Nadu-Kerala Water Conflicts: A Pragmatic Picture
by Velayutham SaravananThis article was sent to us quite sometime ago. But it could not be used earlier for unavoidable reasons.In the developing countries, competing demand for water with the...
View ArticleAn Anti-people Regimen
by Sandeep Pandey and Rahul PandeyThe 2018-19 Budget of the Narendra Modi Government has been touted as catering to the interests of the farmers, rural workers, women, Dalits and small businesses but...
View ArticleBJP-ruled States Outdo Others in Crimes against Dalits
by S.R. DarapuriIt has again come up prominently in the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) “Crime in India—2016” Report that the BJP-ruled States outdo other States in atrocities against Dalits...
View ArticleElectoral Democracy
We may be the largest Democracy,But what nuisance elections are;Especially when saffron begins to fade,And other shades reappear.It is best to have elections out of the waySimultaneously,While strong...
View ArticleUpsurge of the Underprivileged
From N.C.'s WritingsWhoever rules Uttar Pradesh gets the passport to Delhi. This has long been the rule during the days of the Congress hegemony. Actually, Uttar Pradesh can claim to have reared as...
View ArticleThey want a new assassin identified in the Gandhi case; they want BJP painted...
IMPRESSIONSThese are unusual days no doubt. But how unusual can unusualness get? Can the murder of Mahatma Gandhi be enacted again to show that he was not killed by the man who killed him? Can a...
View ArticleAnother Lost Opportunity
This article was sent quite sometime ago but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons.Nothing seems to work between India and Pakistan. The meeting of Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian prisoner...
View ArticleIndo-Pak Scenario through the Prism of Two Recent Developments
by Gouri Sankar Nag and Debabrata DasThis article was received sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons.This paper is an attempt to highlight certain issues constituting a...
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Dalit Anger, Muzzling Free Press
EDITORIALDalit anger at the perceived dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act) as a consequence of a March 20 order of the Supreme Court erupted in...
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