Monthly Archives: September 2004

When the Muslim votebank frowns, politicians get into a frenzy. Reacting with alacrity to Muslim ire at Census revelations of the community’s steep growth rate, the UPA government reverted Commissioner J.K. Banthia to his parent cadre for not consulting the Union Home Ministry before releasing data on religious demography. Congress … Read More →

In a modern marriage, Swami Dayananda Saraswati once observed, two individuals come together as nouns, but after the ceremony, one becomes an adjective, most usually the woman. Metamorphosing from say, ‘Saraswati’ to ‘Saraswati Ramakrishna,’ she is reduced to an adjective qualifying the noun ‘Ramakrishna.’ Yet there are times, the sage … Read More →