The protracted stand-off over Devyani Khobragade has led many in India’s security establishment to consider that the real reason for the arrest and humiliation of the diplomat could be India’s adamant detention of the floating armoury, MV Seaman Guard Ohio, on October 11 this year, and the continued incarceration of … Read More
Narendra Modi today gave a clarion call for Ram Rajya from the civilisational heartland of India, telling denizens of Varanasi that this was the vision of their ancestors, which they had the qualities to make real. Enchanting a mammoth gathering in this historic city at the Vijay Shankhanaad Rally, he … Read More
Devyani Khobragade, the diplomat who was publicly handcuffed, arrested and subjected to indecent body searches and locked up with lumpen drug addicts and other convicts prior to receiving bail last week, could have inadvertently compromised Indian security by harbouring a mole in her domestic establishment. A top strategic expert, who … Read More
The unease in sections of the intelligentsia over the spectacular rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the run-up to the Delhi elections has intensified with Arvind Kejriwal’s bizarre excuses to not form the Government despite unconditional support from the Congress. Since many persons have had deep reservations over … Read More
More than two years before the ruckus over the alleged illegal surveillance of a young woman architect caught the imagination of the virulently anti-Narendra Modi media, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to admit a petition by former Bhuj Collector Pradeep N Sharma against the Gujarat Government and Chief … Read More
The cacophony following the Supreme Court’s verdict setting aside the Delhi High Court’s 2009 judgment on Section 377 that decriminalized gay sex has generated more heat than light. Till one makes a proper study of the judgment some points may be made to counter the misinformation dominating the public discourse, … Read More
The immediate consequence of the drubbing the Congress received in the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh elections, with Delhi hung and Mizoram a minor solace, is the rush to anoint Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi as the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 general election. At one level this is … Read More
Some interesting takeaways from the mini-general election for which counting is now almost over are, first and most surprising, that Doordarshan News has been fastest and most unbiased in giving the state-wise updates of the election results, even as news channels generally considered more popular have dragged their feet over … Read More
The Supreme Court has been at the centre of an invisible maelstrom since the Chief Justice of India constituted a three-judge panel last month to look into allegations of harassment of a legal intern by a former judge of the court. Many things about the case have caused serious disquiet … Read More
In possibly his first letter to the Prime Minister after his controversial request not to gift Sir Creek to Pakistan on the eve of the Gujarat Assembly elections in December 2012, Narendra Modi has urged Dr Manmohan Singh to drop the contentious Prevention of Communal Violence (Access to Justice and … Read More
