Atalji practised his brand of politics without any hesitation or rethink. We have successfully done away with untouchability in social life. Yet, we acquired a new type of scourge called political untouchability. An atmosphere of intense hatred pervades the political arena today. Atalji never practised such politics. Atalji’s demise is an irreparable loss to contemporary […]
On the lines of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nepal, too, has a stable government today with sufficient majority in the parliament. Nepal and India are not just two countries; they are two great and ancient civilisations. The bonds between the two countries are so strong and sacred that no contemporary development can disturb […]
Wuhan has paved the way for greater understanding of the future India and China are two great and ancient civilisations. They have shared millennia-old relations at civilisational level as well as socio-economic level. Post-independence, India had established political and diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. The first decade of the relationship witnessed great […]
When we talk about the North Eastern region of India we must keep in mind that we are talking about the 30th largest region in population in the world. The eight small states that constitute the North East region of India – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura is the 11th […]
The government aims to build, over the next three years, 50 million houses for poor families. That will end India’s homelessness completely. A 19 year young college graduate from a small village in Punjab, fired by the zeal to innovate, remotely runs a tractor in his small farmland sitting under a tree nearby. He says […]
Whether External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was responsible for the transfer of a junior-level officer in the passport office at Lucknow, whether she did so out of a sense of pseudo-secular enthusiasm or whether the officer in question had become a victim of a secular clique — these are important questions, but they are of […]
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, an American theologian, ethicist, and commentator on politics and public affairs, had once said of democracy: “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary”. It is this dance of democracy, a product of man’s capacity and cold-bloodedness, that the nation is witnessing with awe […]
Prime Narendra Minister Modi begins his two-day visit to Wuhan city in China today for a unique meeting with President Xi Jinping, described as an “informal meeting”. PM Modi is being accompanied by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and a few other officials. It is expected that the two leaders would […]
US President Donald Trump has expressed anger at India for its high trade tariffs. His administration has complained to the WTO about it. Not that Trump is angry with India alone. He is angry with China too. And the trade clash between the two countries has acquired serious proportions. Several others too have faced Trump’s […]
BJP has grown on the strength of its ideology, party structure and political accommodation The BJP enters the 39th year of its inception today. The party celebrates April 6 every year as its Foundation Day. The ideological foundation of the party takes it back further by three decades to 1951. In May that year, the […]
