Recent years have seen an increase in the biographies of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, but these have failed to examine his contribution as a military leader and strategist, and tacitly treat him as a failure because the Indian National Army’s fate was intricately linked with that of Japan which lost … Read More
After decades of denying rampant discrimination against poor and lower caste converts, the Catholic Church has officially concluded that the only way to ameliorate the social and economic disabilities of the latter is by demanding Reservation benefits for Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity. This, notwithstanding the fact that the Church … Read More
Islamic tele-evangelist, Zakir Naik, who was in Saudi Arabia when Bangladesh authorities accused him of fanning extremism and terrorism in that country, may have found a safe haven in Malaysia, where he is believed to be staying for the past several weeks. Malaysia’s minority communities, however, are agitated over the … Read More
Almost coinciding with the Election Commission of India’s announcement of dates for elections to five State Assemblies, the Supreme Court’s interpretation of Section 123(3) of the Representation of People’s Act (RPA) in Abhiram Singh v/s C.D. Comachen (dead) by Lrs and Ors. (Civil Appeal No. 37/1992) seems destined to be … Read More
