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मित्रों, बिहार में एक कहावत है कि अंधे के आगे रोए अपना दीदा (दृष्टि) खोए। हां, मैं उसी बिहार की बात कर रहा हूं जहां से इन दिनों रोज़ाना तटबंधों के टूटने और गांवों के बह जाने की खबरें आ रही हैं। बिहार...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement regarding free commute on public transport, mainly the Delhi Metro and DTC buses, for women caused ripples in the national capital. The rationale...
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तीन मर्तबा किसी महिला का एक सूबे का मुखिया बने रहना भारतीय राजनीति के इतिहास में कोई आसान बात नहीं है। वह भी उस जगह की मिट्टी पर, जहां रज़िया सुल्तान पहली महिला सुल्तान बनीं। रज़िया के वालिद उस समय के...
View Article“It’s Not Coming Out Of Heaven”: Who Should India Thank For Its Growing Economy?
I am sure it makes our 83-year-old former president Pranab Mukherjee feel content with himself when he says, “Those who criticise the Congress rule for 55 years are ignoring where India was at the time...
View ArticleDespite A 247 Crore Budget, Cows In Uttar Pradesh Gaushalas Are Dying At An...
In spite of all the efforts of the state government in UP, there is no dearth of cows in gaushalas, nor the number of cows roaming in the roads and fields. After the death of a large number of cows...
View ArticleIn Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, This BJP MLA Enrolled School Students As Party...
It is quite a known fact that our politicians have shown the darker side of their conduct, policies and administration time and again. It has become so normal that this category comprises of people who...
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उत्तर प्रदेश में हत्याओं का सिलसिला बंद होने का नाम नहीं ले रहा है। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने यूपी से अपराध खत्म करने का वादा करते हुए कहा था कि यूपी के अपराधी यूपी छोड़ दे अन्यथा उनके लिए दो ही...
View ArticleIt’s ‘We The People’ Not ‘We The Parties’!
In this rainy season, my village is suffering from several difficulties which people of the village were already aware of and have made the local bodies aware of as well. But, as usual, when there was...
View Article‘Saints’ And Politicians Have The Power To Persuade. Why Don’t They Use It...
A few days ago, my grandmother was listening to ‘pravachan’ (preachings) of a saint on a religious TV channel. I was simply sitting there during my study break. I saw a saint make some political...
View Article1962 Indo-China War: Why I Feel Historians Fail To Comprehend Causes And...
There was excitement of varying degrees among political opponents within the Congress Party and outside when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched attacks on the Indian Army in October...
View ArticleChild Abuse, Primary Education, Malnutrition: What Has The Indian Govt. Done...
For a species to exist and ensure its sustenance, it is important that they reproduce offspring. For the continuity of homo sapiens, it is important that they also produce children. The notion around a...
View ArticleRTI 2019 संशोधन बिल: क्या सूचना के अधिकार को कमज़ोर करना चाहती है सरकार?
देश के आज़ाद होने के 53 साल बाद तक किसी भी सरकार ने सूचना का अधिकार लाने की पहल नहीं की थी। 1975 के बाद अलग-अलग मुकदमों में सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने कहा था कि सूचना का अधिकार एक मूलभूत अधिकार है, इसको लेकर...
View ArticleDear Surendra Singh, Muslim Men Don’t ‘Keep 50 Wives And Have 1050 Children’!
I can say without any apprehension that whatever has been expressed by a particular BJP lawmaker is far from reality. Surendra Singh, MLA from Bairia in UP’s Ballia district has said that in Islam,...
View ArticleIs The Recent Amendment In The RTI Bill A Step To Disempower The Citizens?
Yesterday, I had a chance to interact with the administration of IIT B regarding the disbursal of revised fellowship and arrears of research scholars. The level of secrecy and, consequently, the...
View ArticleHow Intertwined Are Politics And Caste In India?
The pivotal role played by caste in jobs and in vote banks has inevitably led to the politicisation of caste. Historically, caste was based on the Varna system but after the Vedic period, caste has...
View Article“क्या भारतीय राजनीति के विपक्षी दल पूर्ण रूप से ट्रंप की चाल में फंस गए हैं?”
मैंने पूर्व में भी एक लेख लिखा था, जिसमें मैंने टाईम मैगज़ीन पत्रिका में देश के प्रधानमंत्री के प्रति नकारात्मक टिप्पणी को लेकर अपनी प्रतिक्रिया दी थी। उस पत्रिका के संदर्भ में मैंने अमेरिका को लेकर...
View Article15 महीनों बाद अब जाकर कर्नाटक का नाटक हुआ खत्म
कल कर्नाटक विधानसभा में पिछले पंद्रह महीने से निर्वाचित सरकार ने अल्पमत में आने के बाद अपना इस्तीफा राज्यपाल को सौंप दिया। इसके कुछ दिन पहले गोवा में काँग्रेस के दस विधायक भाजपा में शामिल हो गए। इसके...
View ArticleFrom Bullet Trains To Gigantic Statues: What Happens To The Taxpayers’ Money?
In a country where more than 269 million people survive on Rs 27-30 every day, money is not something that should be wasted on unnecessary things. The government must make more judicious decisions...
View ArticleIs BJP Government Under Modi’s Leadership Imitating Indira Gandhi’s Congress...
Many a time, history repeats itself. It appears that in the second term of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, history is in fact, repeating itself, especially if the present scenario is compared with the...
View ArticleWhy India Needs A New Congress President ASAP
Yes, you read that right. We Indians need a new Congress president! Please don’t get me wrong here I’m not Congress party worker or a supporter, but if democracy in India has to remain intact, we...
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