Joseph K was submitted to the motions of due process of law and allowed to have his say before being snuffed out with banal savagery in Franz Kafka’s grimly prophetic The Trial. Reviving memories of the communist leviathan since consigned to the dustbin of history, Mr. Arjun Singh’s committee to … Read More
There is no denying that the knives are out in the BJP and the Sangh Parivar, and fire fighting by Parivar veterans will not put the genie back in the bottle. VHP supremo Ashok Singhal fired the first salvo in response to Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Manali musings that the … Read More
The BJP rank and file’s seething resentment against the nominations to the Rajya Sabha seems to have taken the leadership by surprise. Still in denial mode about the causes of the May 13 debacle, it sought to make amends with the half-hearted nomination of former Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie as … Read More
“The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.” – Mahatma Gandhi The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s sudden decision to revoke the State’s anti-conversion law has brought the spotlight on the morality, if not legality, of religious … Read More
Over three decades after Dharampal’s classic, The Beautiful Tree, established that pre-Macaulay India had a literacy rate of around 73% and virtually every village had a school, the nation stagnates with a literacy rate of 65%. If memory serves me right, over the past two decades, we have managed to … Read More
Indians who believe ‘White is right’ may be shocked to learn that as the 17 June 2004 deadline for finalizing the European Union constitution approaches, the continent stands ruptured by God. Europe is deeply divided over whether her constitution should include reference to her Christian heritage, which has impacted upon … Read More
