As a conglomerate of once-impressive ideological and regional stalwarts (some still formidable in their respective States) met in the capital to explore the contours of a possible Third Front alliance for the 2014 general elections, one noted the visceral hatred for the Gujarat Chief Minister across large parts of the … Read More
For nearly six months, the Kerala stone and sand mafia, backbone of the State’s powerful construction lobby, have exerted all their might to silence V Jaseera, a feisty housewife and mother of three, who has taken her fight to protect the coastline from illegal sand mining in Kannur district to … Read More
As he wound his way through the dusty lanes of Bihar to pay homage to the six citizen-fans who came to join the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Hunkar Rally (October 27) and died in the serial bomb blasts that could have escalated into one of the worst terrorist strikes in India, … Read More
The moth-eaten shibboleth of secularism as the cornerstone of the crumbling Nehruvian paradigm has been pulled out of the cellar by aging stalwarts, ideologues, and regional satraps anxious to retain a modicum of relevance in the fast-changing template of Indian politics. Secularism, it needs hardly be stated, is the over-used … Read More
The multiple blasts that failed to deter the teeming masses from attending the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Hunkar Rally in totality last Sunday have left gaping holes in India’s political culture, which no denial or spin-doctoring will ever be able to wash or wish away. At least five persons – Prime … Read More
Mammoth historic Hunkar Rally shows tidal support, blasts fail to dampen spirits: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive Hunkar Rally felled three birds with one stone, beginning unexpectedly with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Mongolpuri this morning, which became victim of invidious comparison with the mammoth Patna rally that … Read More
Lao-Tzu, the sixth century Chinese philosopher, advised, “To lead the people, walk behind them”. This sums up the political philosophy of Narendra Modi, who senses the public mood and leads by following the wind in the sails of a new trajectory being mapped by the Indian people. It’s a different … Read More
Sanjay Dutt, Manu Verma, Sheila Kaul benefited from links with high and mighty: In a staggering, unprecedented mockery of the tenets of justice as understood by ordinary citizens, the Union Home Ministry (read Congress party leadership) has officially sought the opinion of the Maharashtra Government regarding reducing the sentence of … Read More
As the arc of Maoist violence engulfs Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and West Bengal, the Centre would do well to undo the Supreme Court’s July 2011 judgment that scuttled the Salwa Judum resistance movement against Naxal atrocities in Chhattisgarh. In tacit recognition of the infirmity of this verdict, the Centre … Read More
UPA’s gamble to secure Muslim votes will hurt nation: The Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh which put the ruling Samajwadi Party on the defensive, and Narendra Modi’s taunt that his State had ‘passed’ him with distinction while the Congress still had to give an account of itself, have driven the … Read More
