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Reading Time: 3 minutesOn a cold night in Delhi where the concentrated winter fog was doing a better job at keeping the light of an already waning moon away, just before the clock struck ten, the night became determinately darker for India that has received the chilling news of Dr Manmohan Singh’s passing. The nation mourns not just […]
Reading Time: 16 minutesIn the heart of the Middle East, there is a nation so small that for some standard maps, its name will not fit inside its boundaries. The title has given away the name of the nation, so let us try and see if we can cough up something else that you can guess. What is […]
Reading Time: 24 minutesWhat cannot be denied, must be justified. This has been the bread and butter for our “renowned historians” when they sit and write, rather fabricate, the history of our country in order to pursue a narrative. The “secular” approach towards history has tried to whitewash a lot of wrongdoings and this line sums it up […]
Reading Time: 19 minutesPost-partition drama- By the time the British left India partitioned, the seed of an identity of qaum was sowed in the Sikhs who majorly inhabited the then state of newly formed Punjab. Punjabi Suba Morcha- Sachar Formula- Jawahar Lal Nehru rejected all ideas of a separate state. On the contrary, he merged Patiala and East […]
Reading Time: 12 minutesPunjab is a land of exuberant celebrations, lush green fields, delectable cuisine, and foot-tapping Bhangra. But there is more. Songs? Yes. Glamorous cars, eye-candy models, luxury brands, white skin colour obsession, a few Pakistani city names, and of course the rightful bashing of the gold-digger girlfriend in the end. While a Punjabi reading this opening […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesअहम् सेतुम् करिष्यामि विस्तीर्णे वरुण आलये | पितुः सामर्थ्यम् आस्थाय तत्त्वम् आह महाउदधिः || २-२२-४७ “The great Ocean disclosed a truth. I will construct a bridge across this large Ocean, taking recourse to the skill and ability of my father.” – Yuddha Kanda, Valmiki Ramayana The fight for Dharma is not easy, and the struggle […]
Reading Time: 16 minutesIt was a no-brainer. There had to be an enquiry into the suspicious air crash of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. But what was thought of as an “enquiry” actually turned out to be a field trip to Japan with some astounding findings which were not even reported. To date, three separate enquiry commissions namely The […]
Reading Time: 11 minutes“When you go back to the country, tell the people that up to the last I have been fighting for the liberation of my country; they should continue to struggle, and I am sure India will be free before long. Nobody can keep India in bondage now. These were the words uttered by Dr. Subhash […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984 Amidst the ongoing phases of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the political parties are busy rallying the support from voters to their side by hook or by crook. There is a widespread, organised campaign […]
Reading Time: 9 minutesPointing out the flaws in government’s policies or in the government itself is a fundamental practice in democracy. The opposition party must raise their voice in the parliament which will force the government to double-check their work. But sometimes it gets uncomfortable to speak when you are sitting on plastic chairs in closed confined settings, […]