As all eligible citizens, including serving bureaucrats and members of the armed forces, are entitled to (and do) vote in general or state elections on the basis of personal political choices, the outcry against some views expressed by retired General VK Singh seems contrived. Singh’s declamation that the Government has … Read More
A grandson of former Defence Minister Kailash Nath Katju, one of the founder members of The Associated Journals Ltd which floated the National Herald, Navjivan and Qaumi Awaz during the freedom struggle, has written an article berating the controversy over transfer of the company to a closely held firm and … Read More
Growing murmurs of disapproval are rising in Indian military and diplomatic circles over the recent Track II diplomacy over the Siachen glacier. Sources say that military veterans are adamant that a settlement can give no advantage to India and would only enhance the bruised status of the Pakistan army within … Read More
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has unwisely joined a body supporting Kashmir secession because she loves rubbing shoulders with international glitterati. As chairperson, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Ms. Gandhi is co-president of the Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP), an organization promoting democracy (sic) in this region. Other co-presidents include … Read More
The controversy over the transfer of shares and ownership of the properties and assets of The Associated Journals Ltd to Young Indian, a private firm owned mainly by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, raises several questions of legality and morality in the conduct of affairs of the Jawaharlal Nehru-founded company … Read More
While appreciating India Against Corruption’s putting the spotlight on Reliance Industries, its face-off with the CAG and reputed role in the exit of Jaipal Reddy from the Petroleum Ministry, the author would like to point out that she had written about the judiciary’s role in facilitating Reliance’s unreasonable demands nearly … Read More
National Herald assets worth Rs 600 crore acquired for Rs 50 lakh! A private company managed by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Moti Lal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Satyan G. Pitroda, has quietly acquired the over Rs. 600 crore estate and properties belonging to the Jawaharlal Nehru-founded The Associated … Read More
Indian intellectuals are having difficulty facing two overlapping anniversaries, viz., October 27, when Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the hurried Accession by Maharaja Hari Singh after Pakistan’s invasion of Jammu and Kashmir, and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. Having battened on State patronage for decades, our Left-oriented intellectuals … Read More
In the brief span of a year, the Supreme Court has established different norms for granting bail to minorities and other privileged members of society vis-à-vis Hindus arrested under draconian laws. The new Chief Justice Altamas Kabir reinforced this trend on October 19 when he headed a bench that granted … Read More
It is a measure of the new openness in our public life that outgoing Chief Justice of India, Mr. S.H. Kapadia, was subjected to a pointed critique of his tenure in office. Citizens who have for long looked at the judiciary as a bulwark against the corruption and cussed indifference … Read More
