by Ram Puniyani
They say ‘history repeats itself first as a tragedy and then as a farce’. In the case of India, communal violence not only keeps repeating itself, the pattern of the tragedy keeps changing every next time. Some features of the (...)
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Delhi Violence: Genesis of Carnage
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Secularism on Trial
15 March 2020, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
We as a nation are proud of the fact that we are a secular democracy. The test of our secularism does not consist in our protestations, however loud these may be, but in the manner we conduct ourselves towards the minorities (...) -
Cruelty, Betrayal, Resurgence: Notes from the Republic at a Crossroads
15 March 2020, by Badri RainaWe must concede that the honourable Home Minister of India has an impeccable sense of priorities.
While bodies were still being gathered and counted in northeast Delhi, he was promptly off in Kolkata to ensure that the abject defeat of the (...) -
Who are the Terrorists in the coup d’etat during President Trump’s Visit?
15 March 2020by Mustafa Khan
It was a coup. And the unravelling of events now in 2020 Delhi and in the Gujarat genocide of 2002 has striking resemblances. The inductive and deductive process of reasoning shows who the real terrorists are. Three neighbours (...) -
Popular Challenge
15 March 2020by Sardar Amjad Ali
A political system is not a gift of nature. It is essentially man-made. The architects of the system build it up according to their faith, belief and object to cater to the services of those who are its ultimate (...) -
Defending Modi of Delhi Violence has an Ominous Design
15 March 2020by Arun Srivastava
Some liberal and anti-Sangh activists have been feeling delighted at Narendra Modi deputing the NSA chief Ajit Doval to the riot-hit areas of Delhi. In a normal course it was the duty and responsibility of the Home Minister, (...) -
Census of India 2021: History, Religion, caste and Deception
15 March 2020, by A K BiswasThough census across the globe is a tool for data collection to facilitate demographic study and application of the economic and social development aimed at overall national growth and prosperity, instances of exceptional abuses may not be (...) -
Growing Concerns over Adequacy of Funds for Welfare Schemes
15 March 2020, by Bharat DograThere is increasing concern regarding the actual availability of adequate funds for several important welfare schemes which impact the lives of tens of millions of people in the country. There are several reasons for this.
Firstly, in recent (...) -
When the King comes Visiting
15 March 2020, by Badri RainaWhen the King comes visiting, ten million
Shall line the spruced highways;
They will be gathered from the slums
Shut off to the royal gaze.
Not many boons may accrue
From the Kingly visit;
Never wise to know what a King may do,
Or choose not to (...) -
Two Letters | Amba Charan Vashishth
15 March 2020I read with interest veteran journalist Barun Das Gupta’s article “BJP Is Not India” in your esteemed weekly Mainstream (December 7, 2019). I agree with the writer that “BJP is not India” in the same manner as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter (...)
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