Mahajan: Man and myth

Even in his last cogent moments, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan proved he was made of a different mettle. Far from losing his nerve at the unexpected dastardly attack upon him, Mr. Mahajan kept his wits about him, directing his wife to call close relations and take him to … Read More

US-funded NGOs spreading disaffection

Under the guise of human rights and freedom of religion, America has for some time been promoting certain Dalit activists, who regularly report to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and the US State Department’s Bureau of  Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, about India’s internal affairs. Now, American … Read More

Biblicists target Hindus

Unknown to most Indians, the raging controversy over the California school textbooks being challenged by Hindu American parents is rooted in the staunch commitment of certain academics to the Biblical version of Creation. Herr Michael Witzel, whose professional reputation is linked to the Aryan Invasion Theory, which derives from a … Read More

Quota scares corporates

Wipro chairman Azim Premji has firmly articulated corporate India’s dislike of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s politely veiled threat to introduce caste-based reservations in the private sector. Though other voices have been more moderate, there can be no mistaking the dismay caused by the UPA government’s insistence on imposing a non-professional, … Read More

OBC gambit may backfire

The Election Commission having forced the Centre to postpone Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s controversial attempt to impose a reservation quota hike from 22.5 percent to 49.5 percent in 20 central universities and institutions such as the IITs, IIMs, and medical colleges, political parties would do well to set … Read More

Sonia shrill, Partymen sulk

Even before the Election Commission could take cognizance of the vacancy in the Rai Bareilly parliamentary constituency, Ms. Sonia Gandhi was on the campaign trail, shrilly shrieking victimhood to the gullible masses of the family’s old pocket borough. Her return to the Lok Sabha is not in doubt. What is … Read More

Revenge that boomeranged

Now, for the fourth time, Sonia Gandhi has run away from a thorny situation of her own making. Even friendly media analysts find it difficult to support the surreptitious manner in which both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die on March 22, when an all-party meeting had decided on … Read More