In the Panchayat elections held in 2017 in Odisha, the BJP has improved it’s tally by a whopping 850 per cent as compared with the 2012 elections. With a failing Congress, the Hindutva party hopes to unseat the four term chief minister Naveen Patnaik and do a Tripura in the assembly elections to[Read More…]
The main question vis-à-vis electoral politics in Uttar Pradesh is whether the signs of recent cracks in the top family of Samajwadi Party or that of Mulayam Singh Yadav, will affect his son Akhilesh Yadav’s alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party or not. Together the SP and BSP have planned[Read More…]
Dalits, every year celebrate the 1818 victory of the lower caste Mahar soldiers in the British army over Brahmin led Maratha Empire.
On Tuesday morning, Pune police conducted a widespread raid and simultaneous arrests of activists in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa and Mumbai. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in Goa and Vernon Gonsalves and Arun[Read More…]
Growing traffic congestion resulting in pollution mainly due to an increasing number of cars and two-wheelers all over India is a serious concern for the government. In metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru the problem of congestion is at an intolerable stage and therefore the effective solution is highly required.[Read More…]
In a recent hearing, the Patna high court in the context of Muzaffarpur shelter abuse case restrained print and electronic media from reporting anything on the case. The order said, “We have also noticed that in the media, both print media as well as electronic media, the reporting is made with respect[Read More…]
At long last Jammu and Kashmir has a new Governor. And the State under Centre’s direct rule has now a political hand at the helm of the troubled region at the border. The choice of Satya Pal Malik as Governor has, indeed, come as a surprise. The reason for this[Read More…]
Last week, the Congress President, Rahul Gandhi undertook a four-day visit to Germany and the United Kingdom as a part of his party’s NRI outreach program. In this visit, besides his meetings with politicians of the host countries and speaking to Indian Overseas Congress members, he also spoke and interacted[Read More…]
On 15th August 2018 from the Red Fort on Independence Day, prime minister Narendra Modi on the issue of employment said- “My dear countrymen, 13 crore Mudra Loans has been a major achievement. More so, if it includes 4 crore youth who have taken the loan for the first time[Read More…]
Hindu Rajputs, Hindu Jats and Jat Sikhs, saying it is done purely on “functional requirement” and there is no caste and religion bias in it.
Media coverage has been sluggish. While the news made headlines throughout the world, it took a long time for the mainstream Indian media to wake up.
As the world celebrated Senior Citizen Day early this week, many headlines ran informing and reminding us about the abuse children do with their elderly parents. Many newspapers made fancy yet striking stat-charts of various aspects of senior citizens; NGOs and governments talked about the rights, privileges, and schemes for[Read More…]
For Indian Muslims, Eid al-Adha is marked by waking up early, wearing our finest dresses and observing the Eid Namaz. Many cities now have common namaz for different sects and women are encouraged to take part.
The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was the biggest show of opposition unity where Sonia and Rahul Gandhi shared the stage with Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Pinarayi Vijayan, N Chandrababu Naidu, Tejasswi Yadav, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury and many others. The Congress has had bitter relations with its former allies[Read More…]
When soldiers go to war in other countries, the civilians staying back generally don’t have any contact with them. The state-controlled media does nothing to involve their viewers and readers in the actual events taking place and hide the dirty side of the war. The mighty soldiers return to their[Read More…]
My dear countrymen, I have given 4 speeches from these very ramparts. Today I come to you as a changed man. I am only going to speak the truth and nothing but the truth. And I am going to keep it brief, trust me. The world has recognized me as[Read More…]
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]
2019 will be a strong coalition Based Lok Sabha election. This factor was released by Congress earlier and now BJP has realized it. Alliance partners are the key to next elections – not only quantity but the quality of coalition will help the national parties. 6 states which have more[Read More…]
Numerous people have denounced the morality of consumption of alcohol and prostitution based on the social and religious grounds, that they are wicked establishments. However, it would be no wrong to say that the business of two was never eliminated from the society. Barring alcohol in Gujrat could not stop[Read More…]
Some laws in the making have no prejudices, ideological differences or disagreements. These bills of legislation not only ought to be passed but passed in one voice. On 6 August 2018, the Indian Parliament finally gave its overwhelming support and clearance to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which goes[Read More…]
As politicos, and among them mainly the Government, took over four-and-half months time to pass the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court had ruled to change some of its provisions millions of Dalits and their organisations spread across the[Read More…]
On Penultimate day of Monsoon Session i.e 9th of August, Election for the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha will be held. The chance of a contest is high as opposition may not agree to the consensus candidate citing an example of Lok Sabha where the Speaker is from[Read More…]
Academically, secularism is the separation of religion and state. It ensures religious groups don’t interfere in affairs of state, and the state doesn’t interfere in religious affairs. In the West, the word secular implies three things: freedom of religion, equal citizenship to each citizen regardless of his or her religion,[Read More…]
Bihar, exactly a year ago had hit headline of every media house. The reason was the shocking political masterstroke by Nitish Kumar for his survival as Bihar’s Chief Minister anyhow by hook or crook. Year after, it is again in headlines but this time it is not about settling political[Read More…]
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has somehow left her other Opposition peers far behind in taking cudgels with the Centre’s ruling party, or the BJP and the NDA led by it. So much so that she has rubbed the BJP the wrong way by reaching[Read More…]