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Primary task at Cong plenary: Rescuing the polity from the creeping authoritarianism

Mar 2, 2018 - 2:52 am EST @theindpanorama 1

It is already a matter of considerable dismay that otherwise decent officials, educated aides and learned advisers have acquiesced in the organized worship of a man who grandiloquently pretends to know profoundly about everything, from […]

Beware the IRS Impersonator

Mar 2, 2018 - 2:02 am EST @theindpanorama 3

It is tax season. It is time to pay taxes. And I hope all are serious about the tax paying business. There are some who are more active than a conscientious tax payer. It is […]

Listen to the Imploring Voice of the People, Mr. President

Feb 23, 2018 - 7:29 am EST @theindpanorama 1

President Trump seems convinced that more guns in the hands of more people can secure school and community. In his listening session with survivors of Stoneman Douglas High School Parkland, Florida shooting which resulted in death of 17 young students, Trump […]

NiravGate: Another Case of Organized Loot

Feb 23, 2018 - 4:26 am EST @theindpanorama 2

India’s biggest lender, State Bank of India has reported 1,069 loan fraud cases in the last five financial years but has not disclosed the amount. That is the magnitude of “accepted failure” in SBI under […]

Russian Meddling with India – Was the 2014 Indian Election rigged?

Feb 19, 2018 - 12:42 am EST @theindpanorama 1

“Do you see a correlation in getting the innocent Hindus to develop anti-Muslims sentiments through the communal riots, leading into to complete takeover of the Uttar Pradesh? The likes of which were done here in […]

A ‘good guy’ with a gun against a ‘bad guy’ with a gun formula does not work, Mr. President

Feb 16, 2018 - 3:58 am EST @theindpanorama 0

US needs to come out of its primitive view on guns Another carnage, followed by a spate of condolences and condemnations. President of USA tweets he was sorry for the “terrible” shooting. ‘My prayers and […]

Flying on wits alone, Modi’s biases can involve India in Islamic world’s quarrels

Feb 16, 2018 - 2:12 am EST @theindpanorama 1

“This paradox in Modi foreign policy of selectively engaging Islamic nations, even ostentatiously hugging their leaders, while allowing the fringe at home to bait Muslims can only work fitfully or in the short run”, says […]

Movies 2018

Feb 16, 2018 - 1:15 am EST @theindpanorama 1

By Mabel Pais The Insult “Compelling ….Rich with feelings that transcend the sprawling national backdrop.” Eric Kohn, IndieWire The Insult by Lebanese director Ziad (“The Attack”) Doueiri’s gripping political drama, is short-listed for the 2018 […]

India’s Tech Firms Must Re-invent or Perish

Feb 16, 2018 - 12:02 am EST @theindpanorama 1

“The complacency that caused Japan and South Korea to lose their edge at the end of the last millennium is about to afflict India. This is not to denigrate the talent base in the Subcontinent […]

The Grounding of Air India

Feb 9, 2018 - 9:57 am EST @theindpanorama 2

“If Air India, nationalized in the 1950s, is now privatized, we would have come full circle. However, its case is more symbolic than substantive. Today there is no dearth of air-travel service providers in India, […]

A moment for Indian liberalism

Feb 9, 2018 - 6:20 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Is a new liberalism, shaped profoundly by Indian cultural conditions, just round the corner? Liberalism is probably more challenged in India today than in any other democracy in the world. Why? First, conservative communities appear […]

Cease fire: on India-Pakistan LoC tensions

Feb 9, 2018 - 6:13 am EST @theindpanorama 0

India and Pakistan must restore calm along the LoC and International Boundary The 2003 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan is now alive only in the breach, with violations intensifying in number and much damage […]

New American Moment

Feb 2, 2018 - 5:30 am EST @theindpanorama 1

American State of the Union address to the Congress has conventionally been designed to enable the President to spell out his grand agenda for audience at home and abroad. Donald Trump’s State of the Union […]

Turning the diplomatic prism

Feb 2, 2018 - 4:22 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Dealing with Pakistan; renewing ties with Canada “Pakistan, Trudeau and Khalistanis need to be engaged not pilloried, while detoxifying the nation of bigotry and falsehood”, says the author. “The one issue that still rankles bilateral […]

How Trump is making China and India great again

Feb 2, 2018 - 4:09 am EST @theindpanorama 1

“With his constant tirades against immigrants, particularly from what he calls “shithole countries”, Donald Trump is giving many countries the greatest gift of all: causing the trickle of returning talent to become a flood”. “At […]

Emergency and Now

Feb 2, 2018 - 3:59 am EST @theindpanorama 1

The author was District Magistrate of Chandigarh when Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan was incarcerated at PGI during Emergency. Over a time, he became an admirer of Lok Nayak and the two exchanged views quite […]

India@68

Jan 26, 2018 - 12:45 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Will Modi be India’s Gorbachev? Remember, Gorbachev, a modern man heading a medieval Communist Party, introduced Glasnost (Transparency), without exactly working much for Perestroika (Reconstruction) in the 1985-91 era. The result was the dissolution of […]

INDIA’S REPUBLIC DAY -A HISTORIC OCCASION

Jan 25, 2018 - 12:59 am EST @theindpanorama 1

History of January 26; Birth of constitution of India; Grand celebrations India is a proud Republic, with a vibrant democratic system with the largest constitution of the world, which guarantees inalienable equal rights to all […]

Indian diaspora is growing

Jan 22, 2018 - 2:14 am EST @theindpanorama 1

The author sees a growing number of overseas Indians is taking part in the electoral process in the countries of their adoption, which, he says is good for them. The Indian diaspora now total 31.2 […]

Priorities for the United Nations in 2018

Jan 22, 2018 - 1:43 am EST @theindpanorama 1

The author, who was India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from April 2013 to December 2015, takes a close look at the issues before the United Nations, and lists the priorities […]

America, Inspiring

Jan 19, 2018 - 1:54 am EST @theindpanorama 2

NJSO Celebrates Immigrant Composers at Winter Festival 2018 “This season, it (NJSO) celebrates the inspiration that is America, showcasing musical works by immigrants and foreign visitors…” Gabriel Van Aalst, President & CEO, NJSO “These composers […]

On Privatization of Air India: Ready for sale

Jan 19, 2018 - 1:18 am EST @theindpanorama 2

The decision to allow 49% foreign stake in Air India sets the stage for its privatization The Union Cabinet has approved a series of changes in foreign direct investment norms as the government prepares to […]

Pluralism is the Panacea to Trump’s Profanity

Jan 19, 2018 - 1:05 am EST @theindpanorama 2

“As a society, it is our responsibility to keep law and order and faithfully guard the safety of every citizen. Hate is one of the many sources of disrupting the peace in a society and […]

Indian Judiciary in Turmoil

Jan 19, 2018 - 12:55 am EST @theindpanorama 1

‘No Your Honour!’: An earnest plea to save India’s faltering democracy “Many of these actions by CJI have created dissension in the ranks that may point to not only selective justice for the powerful and […]

Relief on H-1B front: Tech companies must decrease dependence

Jan 12, 2018 - 8:26 am EST @theindpanorama 1

US President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Buy American and Hire American”, set the tone for immigration policies and their implementation. This resulted in an increasingly protectionist stance and rising apprehensions about the future of people […]