“The BJP has travelled a long way from the early 2000s, when Vajpayee had to be mindful of his allies’ seeming distaste for communal politics. The Maharashtra and Delhi civic polls will test the BJP’s […]
France has voted, Europe is relieved, and the French President needs to move fast to douse the flames of polarization “Having secured his second term, Mr. Macron urgently needs to douse the flames of polarization. […]
Onus on officials to take pre-emptive action In an enough-is-enough reaction, the Supreme Court has pulled up state governments for failing to prevent hate speeches at ‘Dharam Sansads’ and other religious events and warned that […]
Macron will have to address the disaffection among the working classes to deal with the far-right The re-election of Emmanuel Macron in Sunday’s presidential race is a relief not just for France’s political centrists but […]
Indo-Canadian politicians after establishing their credibility at the community level, and now, on the basis of their track record, are emerging as a strong political entity with their growing presence on the provincial and federal […]
It gives me no joy to write about the oppression, toxicity, bigotry and overall ugliness around us. I tick mark most of the boxes of privilege, but the apathy and lack of compassion around me […]
Demolition drive betrays use of state machinery to harass Muslims The bulldozer has now emerged as a dominant symbol of state-backed intimidation of Muslims in the country. After Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, Jahangirpuri in Delhi […]
In a welcome intervention, the Supreme Court halted the anti-encroachment drive initiated by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation in violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Wednesday. Communal clashes during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in the area on Saturday […]
In 2003, despite a growing partnership with the U.S. that was finally turning a corner after the nuclear tests, the Indian government brought a resolution to Parliament that “deplored” the actions of the coalition led […]
No overarching Hindu unity can be built on basis of Hindu-Muslim binary “There are over 200 million Muslims in our country and are spread across its length and breadth. Is it possible to reduce them […]
Here’s a Day to Celebrate. Rarely is found a person in the history of mankindwho has left such a deep imprint on the life andcharacter of people within a brief span of 42years. More than […]
The India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, held amid the Russia-Ukraine war, has ticked all the bilateral boxes, with both nations reaffirming their commitment to enhancing defense and strategic cooperation in various domains, including relatively new ones […]
Was Jallianwala Bagh, a conspiracy or planned massacre? Did it give birth to the concept of state terrorism? Was it handiwork of General Dwyer alone? Has the country done justice to martyrs and their families? […]
”But while Western nations have displayed a rare degree of unity in the strength of their reaction to Russia’s invasion, there are suggestions that they are being merely reactive and not thinking through what the […]
Governance has become irrelevant to win a popular mandate “The expanse of the violence, from the east to the west and the north, confirmed three perceptions: it was pre-planned, because in each case, the trajectory […]
Indo-Canadian politicians after establishing their credibility at the community level, and now, on the basis of their track record, are emerging as a strong political entity with their growing presence on the provincial and federal […]
Punjab is beset with many problems. Surely, Chandigarh is not one. The worst is the feudal mindset that governs relationship between people. There can be no equality if the society is divided among two groups- […]
With the recent release of a new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has pledged the full force of the Justice Department to help end a scourge that has been […]
“America’s founding mission was not democracy, nor any other ideology. It was what we declared it to be in the document our fathers agreed to at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: “We the People of […]
“Several significant decisions taken in recent months by the NDA government at the Centre were a clear indication that transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab was nowhere under its consideration. Intriguingly, on eve of the Punjab […]
If you are an NRI visitor like me who often takes a trip to Kerala, there will always be some surprises in store for you. Despite all that the doomsayers say, Kerala is on an […]
Culture of violence the bane of Bengal politics Turf wars and bloodshed are synonymous with West Bengal politics, particularly during the election season, with successive governments often fanning the flames rather than dousing them. The […]
Singling out India among the Quad members, US President Joe Biden has said that New Delhi has been ‘somewhat shaky’ in acting against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. There is nothing ‘shaky’ about safeguarding […]
“The Ukrainian war, now a month old, has demonstrated the utility of nuclear weapons. Putin’s credible threat to use them has caused the U.S. and NATO to flatly refuse Kyiv’s request to put a no-fly […]
AAP would have to, and must remember the People’s temperament pertaining to ‘Opposition, Agitation, Rebellion and Change’. There has come about an upheaval in the echelons of power, in the strategically significant border-State of Punjab, […]
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