Remembering Gour Kishore Ghosh on his 102nd birthday
Today, 20 June is the 102nd birthday of eminent Bengali writer and journalist Gaur Kishore Ghosh. He was born in a village named Hat Gopalpur in Jasaur district of undivided…
Dr Suresh Khairnar
Hypocrisy of RSS chief
All the heads of RSS have always been saying that RSS is a cultural organisation. And we only do the work of character building in our organisation. We have no…
Tribute to Asghar Ali Engineer on his 10th death anniversary
On 1st or 2nd December 1992, I was in Mumbai for a day or two to speak on the Bhagalpur riots, which had taken place on 24th October 1989. I…
Adivasis are the rising victims of development
Due to the Sangh Parivar's policy of painting everyone in one colour, people of all kinds of minority communities in our country are feeling insecure, which includes number one Muslims,…
Atonement for my childhood association with the Sangh: Suresh Khairnar
The way BJP has openly come on communal polarization in the current elections, and most of all seeing their leadership people number one Narendra Modi and number two Amit Shah,…
Humanity shines in the aftermath of Pahalgam terrorist attack
The attack on Pahalgam by terrorists is a living example of 100% communal polarization. But the common people of Kashmir have completely rejected this. Kashmiri people providing various services there…
Defamation campaign against Mahatma Gandhi
When an English film maker Richard Attenborough was going to make a film on Mahatma Gandhi in the 1980s, I was one of the few people in India who were…
Remembering Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar on Their Birthday
Humble greetings to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his 11th April 198th birth anniversary, and to Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar on his 14th April 134th birth anniversary. Raja Ram Mohan Roy…
BJP @45
"If political parties start considering their ideology more important than the country, then freedom will surely be in danger", said Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in his last address to the Constituent…
On the pretext of Waqf Bill
What is the relation of Bharatiya Janata Party with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh? Last week, after Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi visited RSS headquarters in Nagpur and visited the samadhis of…
When will festivals stop being used for communal polarization?
People of almost all religions of the world have been living in our country for thousands of years. And various festivals of all those religions have been celebrated for joy.…
Gift of Modi or Hind?
Like every time, on the occasion of Ramzan, Narendra Modi has announced a gift of some food items worth Rs. 1500/- for the people of the minority community. But Saffron…
Rajnarayan is not a name but history
After reading the 512 page book titled "Rajnarayan is not a name but history" edited by my Lucknow friend Shahnawaz Ahmad Qadri, I am writing this article as a self-confession…
Death anniversary of Sant Shiromani Sant Tukaram Maharaj
Tukaram was born in the beginning of the seventeenth century in a small village called Dehu, about 25 km away from Pune. His life journey spanned forty-two years. Born in…
Revolutionary Salutations to India’s first female teacher Savitribai Phule on her 128th death anniversary
Overall, she got 67 years of life to live. She died of plague on 10 March 1897. And Jyotiba Phule had died seven years before her, at the age of…
In memory of Sagunabai Kshirsagar, the freed woman of 175 years ago
Sagunabai Kshirsagar, the original inspiration behind Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule: Today, on the day of women’s emancipation 175 years ago, Sagunabai Kshirsagar had the greatest contribution in shaping the lives…
Freedom for women!
International Women's Day is celebrated today. But have women really been liberated? I myself am from the great Maharashtra of Jyotiba Phule and Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar. I was born…
Hindutva way of killing the Constitution
The second longest serving RSS chief (1940-73), Shri Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar, three years after independence, formed his own political entity (1950) which he named Jansangh, which is now called BJP.…
Salute to Zakia Jafri
87 year old Zakia Jafri passed away yesterday on 1st February. But our country's judiciary did not give her justice till the end. Because the heinous incident of Gulbarg Society…
Shedding light on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination
Today it has been 77 years since the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. And despite that the unsolved puzzles of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination are still complicated, so I am trying to…
Remembering M N Roy on his 71st death anniversary
What would be the ideological understanding of a 13-year-old boy or girl? I have teased the authorities on this subject a lot about Saint Dnyaneshwar being a philosopher at the…
Proof of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh being fascist
Sometimes violence is necessary. I was curious to see the news with this title on the front page of today's Dainik Navbharat, so I am trying to write this post…
How RSS Betrayed Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Humble greetings on the occasion of 128th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on 23rd January. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is going to be 100 years old on the coming…
Humble tributes to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan on his 35th death anniversary!
Today,20 January 2024, it will be thirty-five years since Badshah Khan left this world! Although he had suffered more imprisonment and torture during the British Raj than any other citizen…
Savitribai Phule: India’s first female teacher
And for the first time in our country, Savitribai Phule was the one who started the education of women and Shudras. "Manusmriti Ke, Nasti Sreenam Kriya Matreh Iti Dharme Vyavasthi…
Open letter to Namo App!
Today, in the Hindi newspaper Bhaskar, in the news briefing, there is a small news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people for their opinion on India's progress in…
206 years after the battle of Bhima Koregaon!
The battle of Bhima Koregaon between the British and the Peshwas of Poona ended on 1 January 1818, in which the British won and registered another victory in establishing their…
The Election Commission of India is raising further doubts about its credibility!
Hello friends, on 18 December, during the winter session of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Nagpur, I was the chairman of a demo program against EVMs. A day before, our friend…
97 years of burning of Manusmriti!
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar burnt the 'Manusmriti' on 25 December 1927 during the movement at Chavdar Tale in Mahad! Today it is completing 97 years! And in the coming year 2027…
On the occasion of Saneguruji’s 125th birth anniversary on 24th December!
A humble request to all the soldiers of Rashtriya Seva Dal from all over the country and to all the friends of Chhatrabharati, Samajwadi, Antarbharati, Saneguruji Kathamala and Saptahik Sadhna…
Who killed Judge Loya?
Perhaps in my reading list of books, this will have to be included in the most surprising book of the year 2024. That is why in the state level program…
The Role of Muslims in India’s Independence
Our friend Syed Shahnawaz Ahmad Qadri has done a great job by publishing a 480-page book titled 'Lahoo Bolta Bhi Hain' (The Muslim Characters of the Freedom Struggle) in 2017…
The ongoing controversy regarding places of worship!
On 24 October 1989, during the Ramshila Puja procession in Bhagalpur, riots started. Which spread to almost the entire Bhagalpur Commissionerate. In which an attempt was made to destroy the…
Celebrating the life of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his death anniversary
On this day, 134 years ago, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule left this world! In a life journey of 72 years, if we leave aside the first 15-20 years, the work he…
Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy in the current context!
Recently, after reading the news that thousands of scientists of the world are very concerned about the melting of Antarctica and some time back in the United Nations meeting, a…
Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru on the occasion of 135th birth anniversary
I was eleven years old when the news of Jawaharlal Nehru's death came on 27 May 1964. Shindkheda is a taluka of Dhule district where I had gone to my…
Amartya Sen turns 92, Amartya means one who never dies!
Rabindranath Tagore himself named him because this child was born in Shantiniketan in the house of his maternal grandfather Kshitimohan on 3 November 1933. Today he is turning 92 years…
35 years of Bhagalpur riots! Till Bahraich!!
Friends, this is the month of October in which the Bhagalpur riots which started on 24th October 1989 are completing 35 years! And recently a riot was carried out in…
The cost of the RSS turning 100 in 2025!
On 11 October, Akhilesh Yadav was prevented from garlanding the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan on the occasion of his birth anniversary in Lucknow, on 2 October, Sonam Wangchuk was prevented…
One year of Genocide in Gaza
More than sixteen thousand children were killed in one year and more than eighteen thousand children became orphans! Air strikes and military action by the Israeli army have been going…
Birth of ‘Hind Swarajya’
'Hind Swarajya' was born in the middle of the ocean on a ship called 'Kildonan Castle'! Gandhiji worked very hard during this stay! In a letter written to Maganlal Gandhi…
On the occasion of 92nd birth anniversary of Hamid Dalwai
Hamid Dalwai was born on 29 September 1932 in a village named Mirjoli near Chiplun in Konkan. His father was a Maulvi and he wished that his son also becomes…
Kishan Patnaik: The world is not without alternatives
Today is the twentieth death anniversary of the visionary Kishan Patnaik! He died on this day in 2004 at the age of 74. Born in 1930, Kishanji's birth centenary is…
Humanity of Kashmir!
Today on the birthday of Hazrat Mohammad Saheb, I am trying to give you information about how the people of Kashmir have been practicing one of the teachings he gave…
There should be a lifetime ban on tainted politicians from contesting elections, not just for six years!
In 1995, in the Naina Sahni murder (Tandoor Kand), Sushil Sharma of the then ruling party, on the basis of suspicion, killed his wife and burnt her in a tandoor…
Revolutionary greetings to the memory of Comrade Sitaram Yechury!
Today, Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), died of lung disease at the age of 72 in AIIMS, Delhi! Comrade Sitaram Yechury was intelligent…
9/11: If you sow acacia seeds, where will you get mangoes?
Today marks 24 years since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in America. And to take revenge for these attacks, America has forced war on…
Ruminations on the 24th anniversary of 9/11
Tomorrow it will be 24 years since the attack on the World Trade Center in America. I am trying to write this article today on this occasion. Whereas I had…
Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s 129th Birthday
I was very angry about Vinobaji for his role in the JP movement during 193-75. But after reading a book titled 'Gandhi is no more, what next?' (which is mainly…
Bulldozer politics in India – Part 2
While hearing the petition of Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind, the Supreme Court of India on Monday, September 2, has said in clear words that "if a person is accused, then how can action…
Politics of bulldozer raj!
This is an inhuman and fascist act against the Dalits, Adivasis and minority communities living in India to destroy the existence of a particular community on the lines of Hitler.…
Humble tributes on the demise of A G Noorani
Renowned jurist Abdul Ghafoor Abdul Majid alias A.G. Noorani passed away today at his residence in Mumbai at the age of 93. I had the opportunity to work with him…
Looking for opportunity in disaster!
This is the mantra given to BJP by the current Prime Minister! Which he said in March 2020 during the first wave of Corona! When at that time no medicine…
An attempt by people of communal parties in India to create communal polarization in the name of Bangladesh!
The sequence of events that have been happening in our neighbouring country Bangladesh for the last two weeks has made the Hindutva organisations of India very happy. And they are…
Tributes to former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadev Bhattacharya
Yesterday at 8:30 AM, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya passed away at his residence in Palm Avenue, Ballygunge, Calcutta, at the age of 80. In different…
Meaning of extracting Savarkar special issue of ‘Antim Jan’by Gandhi Smriti Rajghat!
After the physical assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, an attempt to commit an ideological assassination! Conspiracy to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi only after the Poona Pact! After starting, on the day of…
Bangladesh Crisis: Some Concerns
It was in the month of August, 77 years ago that India was partitioned. And a country called Pakistan was forcefully created. That too East Pakistan and West Pakistan, between…
Honourable Vice President, Why Are You Defending The RSS?
Honourable Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. You are occupying one of the four highest positions in the country! (1 President 2 Vice President 3 Prime Minister and…
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