Indian Americans need to get more involved in electoral politics Midterms on November 8 are just about less than 4 days ago. The Indian American community is participating in a big way both in the […]
The Supreme Court of India must do everything possible to curb the propagation of hate There is good reason for the Supreme Court of India to ask the police to be proactive in dealing with […]
Rishi Sunak has become the UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister and also the first person of color to occupy this chair. The Indian diaspora is calling his elevation a watershed in contemporary British history, even […]
Only a compromise through talks can end the hostilities in Ukraine The massive Russian bombing of cities across Ukraine that followed a blast at the Kerch Strait bridge linking the Russian mainland to the Crimean […]
Need to avoid pick-and-choose action against offenders The Supreme Court has acknowledged that a petitioner may be right in claiming that the ‘entire atmosphere is getting sullied’ due to hate speech against minorities, even as […]
India must take a stand against Russia’s bombing of civilians and annexation of territory Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, October 4, was a significant marker in the […]
Political parties need to spell out financial ramifications Political parties have no qualms about promising all kinds of freebies to voters in the run-up to elections, even if the state’s coffers are empty or highly […]
Inaction against anti-India forces is unacceptable With its advisory for Indians in Canada and those travelling to the country, New Delhi has sent as strong a message as any to the Trudeau government that it […]
Self-destructive Congress triggers needless chaos The political crisis in Rajasthan, one of the mere two states ruled solo by the Congress (the other being Chhattisgarh), has demonstrated yet again the grand old party’s tendency to […]
Courts should be wary of giving a toehold to communal forces in religious disputes Hindu revanchism has found a way to use the legal route to record early success in its latest communal campaign. The […]
One of the greatest sons of Punjab in the US, Didar Singh Bains is no more is a heartrending news. I regret not looking him up in Yuba City during my visit to Fresno and […]
Roger Federer broke a million hearts when he announced that he would retire from tennis after next week’s Laver Cup. The announcement wasn’t a surprise: the Swiss master is 41 and hadn’t played a match […]
The death of the Queen could have an impact on the mission and prospects of the Commonwealth The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest serving monarch who reigned for over 70 years, […]
America’s Pak outreach an ominous sign for India The Biden administration’s approval of a $450-million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme for Pakistan heralds the resumption of major security assistance by Washington to Islamabad. Calling […]
Liz Truss will have to deliver results quickly as the U.K. faces crises on different fronts The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has elected Liz Truss, earlier the country’s Foreign Secretary, as its next Prime Minister, […]
The long-awaited United Nations report that accuses Beijing of serious human rights violations in its mass detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the far-western region of Xinjiang is a powerful indictment of […]
The organizational polls must stir its workers to life if the party is to survive Amid turmoil and uncertainty, the Congress has announced the schedule for the election of a new president. Senior leaders are […]
In a major organizational reshuffle, the Bharatiya Janata Party dropped Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from its parliamentary board, the party’s highest decision-making body. Nitin Gadkari has not […]
The political battle over the decision of the state government in poll-bound Gujarat to prematurely release the 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case has intensified, with the Congress questioning the kind of […]
Readers Comment The Indian nation is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav during the 75th anniversary of Independence. The period between August 15, 1947 and August 15, 2022 offers a rich history of a people hoping […]
If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, substance abuse or any type of mental health crisis, you are not alone. You matter more than you know – and there are trained, compassionate professionals who want to […]
By Prabhjot Singh Putting behind the traumatic partition that coincided with its Independence, India is fast emerging as a super economic power. It has shed both its initial image of a “Panchsheel” nation and subsequently […]
India was founded as a democratic and secular state with great emphasis on interfaith and inter ethnicity tolerance and utmost respect for human rights. Successive governments have diluted the main principles on which India was […]
Steps to limit freebies or to discourage populism should come through Parliament A general concern over ‘freebies’ pushing the economy to ruin or unviable pre-election promises adversely affecting informed decision-making by voters seems reasonable. However, […]
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