If a fact is a fact is a fact is a fact,
And truths are multiple,
Then every fact may have a truth
That justifies a quibble.
Would there be words were it not so—
Words on words on words—
Would we distrust what exists,
But trust an absent God?
The (...)
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Are Facts also Partial Truths?
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Sri Lankan Crisis: Return of Religious Violence
18 May 2019by Sudhir Hindwan
Condemnation should ring out loud and clear against the consecutive serial suicide bombings ripping apart churches and hotels, and killing more than 250 people while leaving over 500 injured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. There (...) -
Thinking beyond War: An Analysis of India-Pakistan Relationship Post-Pulwama
18 May 2019by Debtanu Majee
India and Pakistan shared a malevolent relationship from the very inception of both the countries. Pakistan was the product of the divide and rule policy followed by the British between the Hindus and Muslims. The (...) -
Dr Meher Engineer
18 May 2019, by SCTRIBUTE
When West Bengal was in the throes of the 2019 parliamentary election campaign, noted scientist, social worker and leading associate of popular movements, Dr Meher Engineer, 80, breathed his last in Kolkata’s ‘Parsi Old Age Home’ on April (...) -
Murkier Poll Campaign, Frightening Prospects
14 May 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
As the parliamentary elections for the 17th Lok Sabha are drawing to a close within a few days, the election campaign is becoming increasingly murkier.
One has just returned from a fleeting visit to Lucknow but even in the short span (...) -
Balancing Economics and Politics in Elections
14 May 2019by Joseph Abraham
For the vast majority of the Indian electorate, the current elections appear to be a complex decision-making process between the economic gains of the pro-poor welfare schemes of political parties and the concerns of the (...) -
Judicial Activism, Right or Wrong
14 May 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
When politicians as a community are in a state of siege in the eyes of the public, it is extremely short-sighted on the part of any government to make any move that may appear to the public as a means to cover up or to close (...) -
I don’t know anymore, what to make of what
14 May 2019by Farzana Behram Contractor
All I know is, without exception, everyone seems to be afraid. Afraid of the outcome of the ongoing elections. Fear and uncertainty seem to be the general emotion everywhere. What will happen to our lives if the BJP (...) -
The Anti-Congress Narrative: Identifying Truth and Falsehood
14 May 2019by Prem Singh
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Narendra Modi, during the campaigning for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, had specifically emphasised two things: First, nothing has happened in the country during the Congress rule of the last 65 years. He, accusing the Congress (...) -
Blasphemy perhaps, but Azhar’s Designation (or Not) Does Not Add Up to Much
14 May 2019, by M K BhadrakumarDesignation did not make Hafiz Saeed less lethal. As patriotic Indians, we savour this moment as we hear the good news that the United Nations is blacklisting Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. The country applauds India’s diplomats who have (...)
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