This article, an excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947 summarizes the Mahatma’s response to Rajendra Babu (Dr. Rajendra Prasad) who had presented to Gandhi close to one lakh petitions received...

The acting Chairperson of the National commission for Women (NCW), Rekha Sharma called out Kerala CM Pinnarayi Vijayan and the Left government in no uncertain terms. (1) She equated his attitude towards the...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in defending his decision to celebrate Tipu Jayanti, claimed that “Tipu Sultan was secular (1), he fought against British in three wars, in a sense our freedom struggle began with...

Mamata Banerjee rarely speaks, but when she does she makes sure that she addresses the concerns of her core constituency and keeps them happy and more importantly voting for her. In an admission...

A recent report in Reuters (1) reported that the Modi government plans to crackdown on the practice of pharmaceutical companies “bribing” Doctors in order to influence prescribing and buying behaviour. This is neither...

Does the Hindu hate the Muslim? It’s a nice question to pose and Google would actually tell you that this is a question quite a few people are asking – in fact a...

I remember a conversation with a friend soon after the ugly and very public spat between Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri when the latter was overlooked and Anil Kumble was appointed as Coach...

The targeted rioting, arson, and violence against the Hindu community by Muslim mobs (1) in Basirhat and Baduria located in the North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal was not a one-off like...

In the deluge of reportage on the supposedly “random” Facebook post #Notinmyname that went viral and was followed by mobilized protests across 15 cities in India, not one thought it was important to...

The privileges committee of the Karnataka State assembly passed an order sentencing two Kannada-tabloid journalists/editors – Ravi Belagere of “Hi Bangalore” and Anil Raju of “Yelahanka Voice” to one-year imprisonment and a fine...

With the election commission announcing the dates for the Presidential polls that will elect the new President to succeed outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, hectic parleys have been going on within the opposing camps....

Reza Aslan got his well-deserved though much delayed kick on the rear for his abusive tweet-rant against US President Donald Trump. Not only did he get the boot from CNN, they also pulled...