26 January 2017: India was celebrating its 68th year of turning into a full-fledged, SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC with the rare distinction of introducing our Braveheart NSG commandos as a glorious part ...
At the core of the present row over Jallikattu lies a question of morality and subjectivity. That we need to keep a common minimum baseline of reality is of prime importance. ...
“If the Indians are dying of hunger, why hasn't Gandhi died yet?” 24th January, is the death anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill, who is hailed as one of the greatest leaders ...
In his first visit to the CIA headquarters, America’s new president Donald Trump described journalists as “the most dishonest people on earth”. This is not the first time that he has ...
Sometimes, I don’t know what is worse: the word IRONY or the folks making the joke out of IRONY itself. We have a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that is hardly ...
The greatness of Indian democracy is exhibited when a person with much low intelligence like Rahul Gandhi also could comment on the establishment. Taking on Narendra Modi head-on, although very lately, ...
Over a hundred years ago, in a letter to his fellow revolutionary - Motilal Roy, Sri Aurobindo remarked, "The intellect of Bengal has been so much fed on chemical tablets of ...
One of the most obvious effect of Trump's victory has been to boost the morale of nationalist camps around the World and especially in Europe. As Donald Trump takes oath on ...
Democratic apparatus here has flourished owing to an unprecedented safeguarding by twin duo institutions. The judiciary and the armed forces have been the bedrock foundations on which democracy here has rested ...
It was 31 December, 2015. The venue was Cologne. People were all set to welcome 2016. But their joy soon turned into despair as hordes of men of "Arab and African ...
Politics in West Bengal has a history of violence and intimidation. During the Left regime, political violence became the norm rather than the exception. And Mamata Banerjee, who has herself been ...
विनाशकाले विपरीतबुद्धि – At the inevitable end of one’s time, one’s mind goes into a destructive spiral (ancient Sanskrit saying) This is no mere saying for every single tyrant at the ...
