By Rama Rao Malladi* Yet one more person has become the victim of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. And he was arrested on Sunday, Dec 19, from the city of Taxila, which, as a centre of high learning, was a big draw for Buddhist scholars in ancient times. The sedate English daily, Read more ………
by Atul Cowshish There was nothing very surprising in Mamata Banerjee’s rhetorical question, ‘Where is UPA’, but her tone seemed to suggest that she was ready and willing to take the lead in uniting the anti-BJP forces under a single banner to achieve the ostensibly difficult task of throwing the Read more ………
by Hari Jaisingh The teachings of Adi Shankaracharya – the eighth century exponent of Advaita Vedanta – came alive recently when a majestic statue of the scholar was unveiled in Kedarnath. A legendary character, Shankara was born in a village named Kaladi, situated on the banks of the Periyar in Kerala. He belonged to Read more ………
by Atul Cowshish We always believed that India has more diversity than other countries—in race, religion, caste, class, communities and what not. But going by a current controversy, two distinct classifications are possible—one pronounced by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut who apparently ridiculed India’s Independence and the other by stand-up comedian Read more ………
By Tushar Charan Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have thought that his ‘U-turn’ on thhe three controversial farm laws would go down well with the farmers but not only it has failed in that respect but has opened up possibilities of more such protests by determined civil society groups staring Read more ………
Technically, the central government is within its rights to take the ordinance route for extending the tenure of chiefs of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to five years. Currently, the two central agencies have a fixed tenure of two years. The scuttle with which this exercise has been Read more ………
Interestingly, not much is in public domain about Meher Baba’s work for the uplift of the marginalised sections though they were considered as Harijans (children of God). His intervention proved beneficial to Harijans politically and socially.
by Atul Cowshish Navjot Singh Sidhu, who as former Indian opening batsman knew where his off stump is, succeeded in hitting his rival, Chief Minister Capt. Amrinder Singh, out of the ground in Punjab. But now he must brace himself up for a tough test in the weeks ahead. He Read more ………
A widely circulated video of a young IAS officer posted in Karnal, Haryana, shows him instructing the police to break the heads of farmers who were agitating as chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, was to address a meeting in the town. Following an outcry, the deputy chief minister, Dushyanat Chautala, Read more ………
It is interesting that while the BJP has not been heard talking about ‘Congress-Mukt’ (Congress-free) India for a while, it is the Congress itself which appears to be in a hurry to help BJP achieve its ultimate goal of establishing a one-party rule in the country. The handful of states Read more ………
Even as one of his many advisors was boasting and bluffing about Pakistan having an ‘option’ if the US continued to spurn it, Prime Minister Imran Khan, former playboy-cum-cricketer, was lamenting before an audience of foreign journalists at his residence that the US saw Pakistan as nothing but a ‘scavenger’, Read more ………
