Editorials
“No Safe Harbor for Hate in Nassau County”
DEAR EDITOR, On Sunday, July 25, I had the distinct honor and privilege to celebrate the opening of the beautiful Gurudwara Shaheedan of Hicksville and rejoice in the spirit of peace, love and light embraced […]
Pandemic of distrust: On resisting COVID-19 vaccination
Those resisting vaccination mostly conform to a specific social, cultural, and political profile President Joe Biden and the director of the CDC warned this week that the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. was becoming a […]
Raids on media houses
Govt ought to leash agencies, reassure journalist fraternity Every action has a message, particularly when the actor is the Government of India. About 100 sleuths from the Income Tax Department swooped on the offices of […]
Change in Karnataka
Yediyurappa makes way for new leader The replacement of BS Yediyurappa as the chief minister of Karnataka could well set the template for the BJP to tackle dissidence in the party. The demand for generational […]
Spyware for snooping
Digital age calls for privacy, safety The expose of the use of the Pegasus spyware, manufactured by an Israeli firm — which the company claims is sold only to ‘vetted’ governments to check terrorism and […]
Dealing with denial: On playing down the COVID-19 tragedy
India must not play down the COVID-19 tragedy, as that would hurt public confidence A touchy topic for the Centre and States has been the counting of the dead from COVID-19. In 2020, as the […]
Population control in Uttar Pradesh
Creating awareness is the best bet to achieve goal The assurance by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh led by Yogi Adityanath that population control measures will not be aimed at any class or section […]
Sedition law-Overdue review
Supreme Court’s remarks on sedition cases bode well for its inevitable invalidation It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court, while indicating its intention to reconsider the sedition provision in the Indian Penal Code, […]
Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle
The revamp belies PM’s claim that caste in India has been ‘buried’ “Modi had said caste had been buried, but he had also said black money would be eliminated with demonetization and Covid had quietly […]
BJP does balancing act to check dissidence
“Barring stray individuals, the core team remained unquestioningly loyal to the BJP through thick and thin. But the BJP’s recent enlargement and the induction of defectors from the Congress and regional parties etched their own […]
