A Barking Government and a Whimpering Judiciary
There is a common saying: `A man who keeps a dog doesn’t need to bark himself.’ But our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t seem to trust the members of …
There is a common saying: `A man who keeps a dog doesn’t need to bark himself.’ But our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t seem to trust the members of …
Our Prime Minister is fond of spreading the traditional Indian message of `Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,’ welcoming the entire world as one family. But apparently, certain parts of the world are excluded …
Your Lordship, (is that how I should address you ? I’m not sure being a layman). But, leaving out the legalistic formalities, let me congratulate you first on your observations …
“History repeats itself - first time as tragedy/ Second time as farce.” (Karl Marx. 1852) Political commentators, while observing the present situation quite often - and rightly …
Commentators are comparing the Toofan Al-Aqsa offensive by Hamas against Israel with the 1973 Yom Kippur event, when a coalition of Arab armies led by Egypt and Syria, overwhelmed Israeli …
On the plea of decolonizing the nomenclature of our political and administrative system, as well as that used in our socio-cultural habitat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a campaign …
Our foreign minister S. Jaishankar has …
There is currently an exhibition being held at Mumbai’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre entitled `Run As Slow As You Can.’ Designed by two eminent Italian artists, Maurizio Cattelan and …
The horrifying video clips showing Manipuri women being stripped and raped, followed …
`A woman, spreading a sack before her like a fish stall/ Sells bodies of little children /Dead from gunshot wounds/ Sprinkling water…
Our Prime Minister chose the right time - may be after consulting his astrologers - to visit the US. With around eight months left for the next parliamentary polls, and …
India under the stewardship of our Prime Minister is gaining accolades from global authorities of all hues - ranging from world leaders seeking commercial collaboration on the one hand, to…
The killing of five Indian soldiers by militants on May 5 in the Rajouri-Poonch sector, once again highlights the failure of our security machinery to protect our jawans. Its agents …
“Dear Shri Narendra Modi ji Please accept my heart felt condolences on the demise of your party, the BJP, in Karnataka. But more than that, I am rather disappointed by …
Our Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s braggadocio that the Islamist terrorists in Kashmir have been eliminated, and our Home Minister Amit Shah’s much touted announcement that the Maoist insurgents (termed officially …
An advance 100th birthday greetings sent to Ranajit Guha by Sumanta Banerjee. Ranajit Guha breathed his last on 28th April 2023 at Vienna Woods in Austria just before his 100th…
New Delhi today sits at the centre of the global summit called G-20 - hosting VIPs from different parts of the world in the midst of pompous demonstrations of Prime …
Our high profile minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar, who is vociferous both at home and abroad, appears to have landed up in a mess. Some of his recent remarks…
The bagging of the coveted golden statuette by the musical score `Naatu Naatu’ at the Oscars Academy Awards ceremony, has quite predictably set our people dancing in ecstasy, and united …
Linking the name of prime minister Narendra Modi with the god man Asaram Bapu who is now behind bars for raping a girl devotee of his, may offend the sentiments …
I am raising a serious issue that touches upon a person’s legal right of exclusive possession of his/her personal creation - whether a scientific formula, or a literary piece, or …
Latest news from the battlefields of Ukraine indicate that the war game is moving in uncertain and unpredictable directions, and nothing is happening in terms of a final score - …
Way back in 1922 , the Bengali author of comic literature Sukumar Ray (father of the famous film maker Satyajit Ray), composed a poem entitled Act 21, lampooning the system …
While the war rages on in Ukraine, how is the Left facing the multi-dimensional complex challenges thrown up by the war and the ravages that it is heaping upon its …
The term `Concentration Camps’ was used to describe the notorious prisons run by the Nazis in the 1930-40 period in Dachau, Buchenwald, Auschwitz and other places in Germany, and occupied …
On the eve of the retirement of Chief Justice N. V. Ramana from the Supreme Court, it may be worthwhile to examine both his individual performance, and the functioning of …
After taking the oath of office of the President of India, Droupadi Murmu said: “My election is proof of the fact that the poor in India can have dreams and …
“He (Narendra Modi) gifted ittar (perfume derived from natural sources) bottles in zardozi box, crafted in Lucknow, to French President Emmanuel Macron.” (The Times of India, June 29, 2022)…
The Muslim religious practice of Bakrid - being observed in July this year - is in commemoration of an event in past history that is shared by both Islam and …
Russia’s President Putin, in a speech on February 21, 2022, said: “Modern Ukraine was entirely created by….Communist Russia. The process began immediately after the revolution of 1917.” He then described …
Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, heading a Supreme Court vacation bench, while hearing an appeal by a lawyer on May 23, flared up in an outburst of anger saying that it …
“A strange dusk has descended upon the earth today/ ….. Those whose hearts are devoid of any love and affection, never swayed by any sense of …
In the background of the present war in Ukraine, much is being written by political commentators about the reasons why the Indian head of state Narendra Modi has taken an …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a rather controversial comment, while addressing a Hindu religious women’s organization called the `Brahmakumaris’ on January 21. He reminded his listeners: “In the last 75…
India’s counter terrorism task force NIA (National Investigation Agency) has come into limelight recently - but for the wrong reasons. Neglecting their original task of pursuing serious crimes like terrorism, …
The outpouring of grief over the tragic death of General Bipin Rawat is manifesting itself in an ugly belligerent form, which was never witnessed in the past on similar occasions, …
Salman Khurshid’s observation comparing Hindutva with jihadist Islam has quite predictably raised the hackles of the Sangh Parivar. To go back to the context in which he made this observation…
The former chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Justice H. L. Dattu, during his tenure there (February 2016 – December 2020 ), described it as a `toothless tiger’,…
Lakhimpur Kheri, situated in the northern Terai region of Uttar Pradesh and bordering Nepal, has all of a sudden caught the attention of national political parties and media - due …
The two common utterances regularly heard in our public discourse are - (i) “The law will take its own course” (by the prosecution); and (ii) “We have faith in the…
Developments in Afghanistan, prior to and after its takeover by the Taliban, remind us of the political realignment of global powers in Europe on the eve of the 2nd World…
While we are all worried about the spread of new variants of COVID-19 (whether we describe them as Delta or by some other name) all over the world, we tend…
What we are witnessing in Bengal today reminds us of the saying: `It takes two to tango’, implying that in a dispute it is not one alone, but the other…
In September 1994, a few Indian and Pakistani social activists and professionals gathered together in Lahore, and came out with a statement stating their intention to set up a forum…
The term `love- jihad’ is being used by the activists of the Sangh Parivar to target inter-religious marriages between Muslim men and Hindu women. They accuse the Muslims of …
`The show goes on’ - is a popular saying. The shows conducted by our Prime Minister - whether in public space or within Parliament - are excellent illustrations of his…
Politicians of all hues, are celebrating the birth anniversary of Gandhi this month. A leader of one political party has recalled his legacy, by rightly emphasizing the `Gandhian agenda’ of…
In this pandemic season of coughs and colds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown exemplary courage . With one single sneeze, he brought forth the lightening-swift measure of lockdown, …
The term `guilty by association’ had been a part of discourse in criminal jurisprudence for years. It implies the categorization of any one as guilty who has been associated …
At a time when Delhi was burning in the fire of communal riots sparked by the provocative speeches of leaders of his own party as evident from video reports, it…
The protestors in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital are being targeted by police-protected revolver-wielding Hindutva fanatics, and those in other cities across the country are being prevented by the …
The new year greets us with the murderous rampage by the Hindutva brigade in the JNU campus against students and teachers who have been protesting against the authoritarian policies and …
It is ironical that we have been observing December 10 as the World Human Rights day following two most egregious incidents of violation of human rights in India - one …
Results of the latest state assembly elections in Haryana and Punjab, and some by-elections in other states indicate a slight awakening from the slumber in which the Indian electorate had …
Despite all the cringing efforts made by our newly appointed foreign minister S. Jaishankar to cajole the UN and the European Community to fall in line with the Modi government’s …
“Tolerance toward that which is radically evil now appears as good because it serves the cohesion of the whole on the road to affluence or more affluence…In a democracy with…
Candidates of the Opposition parties as well as Independents should immediately approach the UN to send observers to India to conduct an independent survey of the coming month long Lok …
Let me begin by congratulating Binu Mathew on his probing queries during his interview with Andre Vltchek, which brought out a powerfully honest narrative from this world-known public intellectual, …
‘El sueno de la razon produce monstruos’ (The sleep of reason produces monsters) - Francisco Goya, the famous Spanish artist, in his note to his etchings called `Los Caprichos’, made …
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