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RSS Chief plays down communal attacks

Oct 23, 2015 - 12:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Since Prime Minister Modi and his ministerial colleagues have chosen to report to the RSS and invite its inputs on policy issues, it is important to take note of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s annual Vijayadashmi […]

A US-Pak nuclear deal would be a threat to India’s security

Oct 17, 2015 - 5:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

If a report in a US newspaper is to be believed, a US-Pakistan nuclear deal might be on the cards. The report says that such a deal is being considered around Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit […]

Shiv Sena brings disrepute to the world class Mumbai

Oct 17, 2015 - 5:15 am EDT I. S. Saluja 1

Shiv Sena is in the news, and for all the wrong reasons. Acting as law makers and law enforcement on certain issues, Shiv Sena during the last few days, have protested against some programs and forced […]

Site of India's first nuclear test in 1974 called smiling Buddha in Pokhran desert

Does India’s nuclear doctrine need a revision?

Oct 17, 2015 - 5:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 11

India’s first nuclear test in 1974 called smiling Buddha in Pokhran desert was, for tactical reasons, characterized as “Peaceful Nuclear Explosion”. The second series of five nuclear tests in 1998 (Pokhran II) was again accompanied by a […]

“Akhlaq's family members can wait. And the President of India should learn to wait. Prime Minister of India is busy consolidating his position. And for this he must win Bihar. India's core civilizational values can wait too", says the author. The sarcasm is obvious.

THE POLITICS OF BEEF

Oct 9, 2015 - 8:17 am EDT Karan Beri 1

On Sept. 28, in a village less than 60 miles from New Delhi, a Hindu priest announced in a local temple (under threat by some hot heads, he claims) that a Muslim family was consuming beef. […]

Why is the Cow a Political Animal?

Oct 9, 2015 - 7:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Vinoba Bhave said, ” We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors so we can see much further than they saw, not be limited by their limitations.” Chaturvedi said the most appealing explanation he found for […]

RETURN OF AWARDS – Writers stand up for right to dissent

Oct 9, 2015 - 6:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Writer Nayantara Sahgal has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award she won in 1986 for her novel “Rich Like Us” to protest against the increasing attacks on the right to dissent, which she says are “unmaking India.” […]

China as a Peer of the United States: Implications of the Joint Statement

Oct 3, 2015 - 6:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

China is emerging as a peer and partner of the United States in international affairs. India’s response should be to work with China in the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and in China’s ‘Road and belt’ initiative […]

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Go Beyond Rhetoric | Systemic coordination is required for Swachh Bharat

Oct 3, 2015 - 6:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

In one year the Swachh Bharat Mission has created a buzz in the urban areas about the need for sanitation, thanks to an increased spending on advertising, but a systemic plan to clean India is […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the Digital India Week in New Delhi. The Digital-India initiative is also like the other big-ticket, high-visibility measures that have been kickstarted in order to get foreign investment. Small is not beautiful for the government.

Learn ABC of the Grammar of Governance

Oct 3, 2015 - 6:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

During his US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to his audience: “Reform in governance is my No 1 priority. We are for simplified procedures, speedy decision making, transparency and accountability.” As the Chief Minister of […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama in New York - Photo courtesy PTI

India, US and a New moment

Oct 3, 2015 - 6:07 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States has taken place at a moment of significant opportunity for India. The Chinese economy, which had seemed invincible, has faltered and is facing deep structural problems. India is […]

GANDHI JAYANTI

Oct 2, 2015 - 7:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as ‘Mahatma’ (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was born in Porbandar, Gujarat, in North West India, on 2nd October 1869, into a Hindu Modh family. Gandhi Jayanti is a gazetted holiday in India […]

Quota war: Deprivation vs. Discrimination

Sep 25, 2015 - 3:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The demand for OBC status by the Patels of Gujrat has set stage for a review of the reservation policy as such. The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has already called for such a review. The […]

ERODING CIVIL RIGHTS! Is India’s Democracy in Danger?

Sep 18, 2015 - 9:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Our country is facing the destruction of the very idea of India as a great, multi-religious, multi-cultural civilization. We are facing the gravest danger we have faced since independence. Our freedom is not merely under threat, […]

Syrian Refugee Crisis and U.S. Asylum Laws

Sep 18, 2015 - 9:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Throughout its history, the United States has been a refuge for oppressed people from around the world. The Pilgrims, the Quakers, the Amish, and countless others came to this country in centuries past; while in the […]

Moving towards accountability

Sep 18, 2015 - 12:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Accountability for past excesses is not easily achieved in post-conflict societies, but its need and relevance cannot be brushed aside. Fostering peace and reconciliation among formerly feuding sections of society, and finding constitutional solutions to core political […]

Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Sep 17, 2015 - 10:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Another major crisis is unfolding in Europe. Still struggling to find solutions for the Eurozone and Ukrainian crises, The European elite was hardly prepared to face a serious refugee and migration challenge. The problem has […]

A Sarsanghchalak’s very own Sarkaar

Sep 11, 2015 - 10:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

15 years ago, this month, a prime minister of India had traveled to the United States for the annual United Nations General Assembly mela. During that visit, he found time to attend a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event in Staten […]

Corruption in Nassau County

Sep 11, 2015 - 10:41 am EDT I. S. Saluja 1

The recent arrest and indictment of Harendra Singh of Singh Hospitality Group on multiple criminal charges has focused on the human weakness for amassing wealth by hook or by crook. The charges against Singh include bribery […]

Religious Accommodation in the Workplace and U.S. Constitution

Sep 11, 2015 - 10:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Defying the Supreme Court and saying she was acting “under God’s authority,” Ms. Kim Davis, a county clerk in Kentucky denied marriage licenses to gay couples on Tuesday [09/01/15]. Ms. Davis has preferred to go to […]

The Tribute in Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It is produced annually by the Municipal Art Society of New York.

14 YEARS LATER, US REMEMBERS THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 9/11 ATTACKS

Sep 11, 2015 - 9:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The […]

Harendra Singh is led out of the FBI office in Melville early Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

Indian American Harendra Singh arrested on bribery, obstruction charges: Sources

Sep 9, 2015 - 10:45 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): In what could be seen as a decisive action by FBI against Harendra Singh, a prominent Long Island restaurateur, FBI agents arrested him on multiple criminal charges at dawn Wednesday, September […]

Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi made many promises which he is yet to fulfill. His government's scorecard is disappointing

NDA’s Abysmal Scorecard – A tendency toward ‘liberal’ cozying up to corporates

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The UPA government was rightly thrown out for its poor performance on the economic front (among other fronts). The NDA government was voted in with a massive mandate which – despite its insistence to the contrary […]

Both PMs will have to move from their rigid stand and be ready to accommodate one another's point of view

Breaking the India-Pak Logjam

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

On both sides of the India-Pakistan border, columns were written after the aborted National Security Advisers’ meeting. Most retired Indian diplomats and analysts argued that flip-flops on Pakistan betrayed the absence of coherence and strategy. Journalist-apologists […]

Radicalisation of Muslim Converts

Sep 3, 2015 - 8:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Terrorism, particularly Islamist terrorism, has been at the forefront of news coverage for over a decade. While print and television media have thrived on Islamist extremism content, one aspect of the discourse has been under-reported, […]