Parakram Parv — at What Cost?
by M.M. KhajooriaIt is established that there have been surgical strikes across the LoC in the past. So what was special about the last surgical strike meriting so much of publicity and controversy...
View ArticleIndia - Russia Joint Statement
DOCUMENTThe following is the Joint Statement issued after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India and the fruitful talks held by the Russian delegation headed by him and the Indian...
View ArticleTurning Once Again to the Traditional Friend
The Indo-Russian defence deal, signed last week during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi, is a significant development. To make this deal possible, hectic behind-the-scene...
View ArticleSwami Sanand's Death a National Tragedy
TRIBUTESwami Sanand breathed his last at a hospital in Rishikesh on October 11, the 111th day of his fast for the protection of the Ganga river. Known earlier as Prof G.D. Aggarwal, he was widely...
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Silver Lining in the Murky Scenario
EDITORIALWhile the Election Commission has laid out the schedule for the Assembly elections in five States (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram), the poll campaign has yet to...
View ArticleWhere is Vivekananda's India?
IMPRESSIONSHere is the noblest summing up of civilisational values by an Indian: “I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not...
View ArticleLohia and Two Segregations of Caste and Sex
by Vivek Kumar SrivastavaThe following article has been written and is being published on the fiftyfirst death anniversary of the Dr Rammohar Lohia (March 23, 1910-October 12, 1967)Gandhi and Ambedkar...
View ArticleRafale Three
Internal documents are disloyal things,They spill the crony beans;Macron must these documents burnFor more morsels of our means.When we say government to government,We mean boss to boss;And any boss...
View ArticleCPI-M not a party of India, but of Kerala only
by Arun SrivastavaThe Tripura election was a big setback This has been the confession of the General Secretary of the CPI-M, Sitaram Yechury, just at the time his political line of having understanding...
View ArticleMidnight Raids by Security Forces: A Wild Threat among Youth in Kashmir
by Aijaz Ahmad Turrey and Tajamul MaqboolLife in the Kashmir Valley, especially South Kashmir, has become hell for residents on account of increasing and continued nocturnal raids by the Indian...
View ArticleMunicipal Polls in Kashmir
The four-phase process of election of representatives in 79 municipal bodies in Jammu and Kashmir has started after a gap of thirteen years, with some alarming signals. The two dominant political...
View ArticleGood Bye, Gandhi!
by L.K. SharmaIt was the best day for Gandhi, it was the worst day for Gandhi. The President, Prime Minister, Governors and Chief Ministers paid tributes to Gandhi's memory, some Hindu nationalists...
View ArticleListen, Why Don't We Look Right?
MUSINGSWith the recent arrests of members of the Right-wing outfit, Sanatan Sanstha, allegedly involved in murders of progressive rationalist liberals, I have been sitting introspecting on the very...
View ArticleSabarimala Shrine and Women's Entry
by Ram PuniyaniWe live in a democratic society where all of us are supposed to be equal. In pre-industrial society the inequality was very much there and it was based on birth. In Indian society this...
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Oscillating between Hope and Despair
EDITORIALAs we go to press news has just come that Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar—who went on an overdrive on his return to India (following a prolonged trip to Africa) on Sunday...
View ArticleOh No, Not I
by Pandurang VombatkereWe roamed this earth once wild and free,We lived on fruits and wild honeyAnd meat and nuts and roots and leaves;We prospered from Nature's bounty.Then we grew clever and used our...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name? A Lot!
MUSINGSFrustrated lot, the rulers of the day can do no better than to go hacking names of our cities and villages and roads! Plucking off the traditional names. Planting new names to further the chaos...
View ArticleM.J. Akbar, Minister and Former Editor, Sexually Harassed and Molested Me
by Ghazala WahabThe following is the article that appeared in The Wire giving details of the experiences of a young journalist, Ghazala Wahab, who worked in the New Delhi office of The Asian Age...
View ArticleWater Audit of Liquor Industry is Badly Needed
COMMUNICATIONThere have been several reports in recent times that the serious situation of drinking water scarcity is being aggravated in many areas due to the liquor industry.A report in India Today...
View ArticleFloods in Kerala or Nature's Fury
by K. SaradamoniThe floods in Kerala just before the State's widely known festival of Onam appear to have subsided. But the havoc these caused will take a long time to be resolved. The government and...
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