Patriotism And Nationalism Are Two Different Concepts, Confusing Them Can Be...
About 70,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens evolved from East Africa. Realising the need to socialise, they started clustering together in the form of tribes. Tribes grew, the human population expanded...
View ArticleRecalling Partition: Could it have been avoided?
India is entering its 71st year of Swaraj. At this moment, I wish to recall specific incidents and unwise decisions that led to the most undesirable outcome of the Indian Independence Movement – the...
View Articleअटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के 7 सबसे चर्चित और विवादित भाषण
पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी की तबीयत बिगड़ने की वजह से उन्हें लाइफ सपोर्ट सिस्टम पर रखा गया है। एम्स ने कल यानी 15 अगस्त के दिन उनका हेल्थ बुलेटिन जारी करते हुए इसकी जानकारी दी थी। एम्स ने आज...
View Article“अटल जी आप मेरे बचपन के सुपरहीरो थे और आप कभी मेरी यादों से नहीं जाएंगे”
एक बच्चे के कोमल मन में किसी तरह का भेद-भाव नहीं होता, वे सहज़ और निर्मल होते हैं, जो अच्छी बातें करे वो उनके महानायक और जो बुरी वो उन पर तवज्जो देना ज़रूरी नहीं समझते। अपने महानायक तथा महानाइकाओं का...
View ArticleKnown For His Statesmanship, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Leaves Behind Legacy Of Its...
Former Prime Minister and a renowned statesman Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, passed away due to multi-organ failure, on August 16 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. The...
View ArticleVajpayee And Advani’s Friendship Will Remain Immortal
Former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away on Thursday, at AIIMS, Delhi after a long illness at the age of 93. After the demise of Atal ji, the whole...
View Articleक्या अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी खुद भी राजधर्म का पालन नहीं करते थे
पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी की मौत की खबर के बाद देशभर में उनके प्रशंसक शोक में डूबे हैं। वाजपेयी की एक खास बात थी कि उन्हें कट्टर हिन्दू राजनीति करने वाले तो पसंद करते ही थे, वे आजीवन कट्टर...
View Articleअटल जी मेरे लिए सम्माननीय हो सकते हैं, श्रद्धेय नहीं
मैं भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री, भारत रत्न अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी के प्रति पूरे सम्मान के साथ कहना चाहूंगा कि राजनैतिक अर्थों में वे भले एक सम्मानीय राजनेता हों, जिनके लिए नेहरू ने यह कहा हो कि यह युवक...
View ArticlePost-Independent India: The Fight Is Still On For A Different Kind Of Freedom
The Indian struggle for freedom has always been looked at as one of the most complicated aspects of modern world history. The rhetoric of Indian leaders during the Indian independence movement, evolved...
View Articleवाजपेयी जी का होना, घर में किसी बुज़ुर्ग के होने जैसा था
“काल के कपाल पर लिखता मिटाता हूं, मैं गीत नया गाता हूं।” -अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी कल शाम दिल्ली के एम्स अस्पताल में भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी का निधन हो गया। काफी लंबे समय से बीमार चल...
View ArticleJustice Shall Prevail Not Revenge!
On August 9th 2018, on the eve of August Kranti Day, International Adivasi Day and the birthday of Late Sri Sudhindra Shukla(a veteran journalist and trade union leader), a convention was organised by...
View Articleसोने का नहीं, कांटों का ताज है पाकिस्तान पीएम की कुर्सी
पूर्व क्रिकेटर और पाकिस्तान तहरीक-ए-इंसाफ पार्टी के प्रमुख इमरान खान ने पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री के तौर पर शपथ ले ली है और अब वो पाकिस्तान के 22वें प्रधानमंत्री बन गए हैं। इमरान खान ने चुनाव कैंपेनिंग...
View ArticleMan Of All Seasons, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bids Adieu
Former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee can be best described as ‘the man of all seasons’. Vajpayee was one of those few leaders who had seen all the eras of Indian politics, its ups and downs....
View ArticleAnother Myth Broken: The True Story of BJP’s Economic ‘Success’
The “back series data” on Gross Domestic Product prepared by the Committee on Real Sector Statistics has busted the myth of growth and development that the BJP has been playing as its trump card so...
View ArticleWhy Religion And Democracy Make Not-So Strange Bedfellows
By Adam Ziegfeld: In “Religious Practice And Democracy In India”, Pradeep K. Chhibber advances an argument that may seem, at first blush, to be quite controversial: those who engage in the frequent...
View ArticleThis New Book Probes Why Criminals Have An Incentive To Become Politicians
A Review of Milan Vaishnav’s When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics India apparently enjoys the dubious distinction as the world’s most criminal democracy: a third of the members of its...
View ArticleThe Story Of BJP’s Ascent To Political Supremacy
A review of Prashant Jha’s How the BJP Wins: Inside India’s Greatest Election Machine In the months of April and May 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled off a stunning electoral victory,...
View ArticleThe Danger Posed By Majoritarianism To The Minorities Should Be Strongly...
The issue of “Mobocracy” as addressed by the Supreme Court of India recently, comes to a head following the “Gharwapsi” (homecoming) campaigns by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Vishwa...
View ArticleSimultaneous Lok Sabha And Assembly Polls or Yearly Elections?
Over the past few years, BJP has been raising its pitch in favour of simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and the state assemblies – also called one nation, one poll. It has been suggested that the...
View ArticleThere Is No Intent Of Cow Worship And Their Protection In Cow Vigilantism
After the bloodbath during Indian Independence, religion was used again to spark tension and polarize society on a large scale when the ‘Ram Janmabhoomi‘ fire was stoked. But the intensity of that fire...
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