By Dr George Jacob Kochi: If there is one ministry under the Modi-led NDA governing apparatus in India that citizens can truly be proud of, it is the External Affairs Ministry led by Sushma Swaraj. Her determination and uncompromising diplomacy have stood in good stead in many a crisis, likeContinue Reading
We are living in times when those in governance have been rendered tunnel-visioned Continue Reading
This time, not from external aggressors, but from the enemy withinContinue Reading
Avoid the sects, illicit sex and you won’t commit suicideContinue Reading
By: Samar Halarnkar Bengaluru: Two children younger than 5 die every minute in India. Even by India’s easy acceptance of child mortality, the death of 70 children within five days at a hospital in the northern city of Gorakhpur was hard to accept. A majority of the children who diedContinue Reading
Women in Kerala are increasingly standing up against gender imbalanceContinue Reading
By: Ram Puniyani In its recommendation to NCERT, Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, an RSS affiliate asks for removal of English, Urdu and Arabic words, the thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore; extracts from painter M F Husain’s autobiography; references to the Mughal emperors as benevolent, to the BJP as a “Hindu” party.,Continue Reading
The governing apparatus is more interested in the well-being of cows, and indulging in financial jugglery Continue Reading
By: Chhotebhai When I travel by train I feel relaxed. I am not tensed about the journey because I trust the driver, the guard and the system. I am not constantly on edge about what may happen, and it hasn’t even crossed my mind to look for the alarm chain orContinue Reading