CDS General Rawat: A Soldier So Distinguished That India Had To Create A New Post For Him
India has suffered a tragic loss with the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat, whose boots will be hard to fill. India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Rawat died on December 8 during a fateful chopper ride from the Sulur Airforce base to the Defence Staff College in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. He was accompanied […]
Is The Congress-led UPA A Thing Of The Past?
Mamata Banerjee has taken India’s political world by storm following her latest comments about the grand old party. While politicians across party lines had something to say, is a Congress-mukt alliance of opposition parties practically possible? Regional Parties Unite? After her meeting with Nationalist Conference Party chief Sharad Pawar on the evening of December 1 […]
Has Mamata Didi’s Rise Become A Sobering Reality For Established National Leaders?
The Trinamool Congress supremo seems to have taken national politics by storm this week, particularly the Indian National Congress. November 24 saw 12 out of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya jump ship and get on board the TMC’s boat late at night, in what has been termed a state-wide coup against the grand old party. […]
Punjab & UP: The 2022 Elections And Appeasement
As an election draws closer, politicians – both incumbent and otherwise – are expected to make themselves and their abilities known, louder than usual. While several states are scheduled to go to polls in 2022 with people gearing up to decide which party is the lesser of two (perhaps more) evils, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh […]
Are The Recent Killings In Kashmir Dying Embers Of Prolonged Terror?
The recent rise in civilian killings in Kashmir Valley echoes concerns over the possibility of the return of normalcy to the region once again. The abrogation of Article 370 in what is now Jammu & Kashmir union territory is seen as a landmark move in the long-pending integration of the region with India. The recent […]
Sardar Patel: A Statesman Who Transcended Gandhian Politics
“Patel possessed the organising ability of Bismarck, the astute statesmanship of Chanakya, and the single-minded devotion to the cause of national unity of Abraham Lincoln.” – V.V. Giri, fourth president of India Born in Nadiad on this day in 1875, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel has been immortalised as the statesman who made common sense heard to the […]
Has Communal Violence In Bangladesh Justified The Need For CAA?
Following the recent communal violence in Bangladesh, discussion over the need for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act has started making the rounds once again. The demand has been raised by several politicians, analysts and media persons, including senior Congress leader Milind Deora, who has asked for the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) after […]
Kashmiri Pandits: Exiled With No End In Sight
The recent civilian killings in the Kashmir Valley have raised questions on the possibility of the return of Kashmiri Pandits once again. Three decades later, a community displaced from their hometown, is farther away from home than ever before. The recent killings of Kashmiri locals who belonged to the minority Hindu and Sikh communities in […]
Has The Systemic Silencing Of The CAG’s Analysis Created Loopholes For Unaccountability?
The ‘Gujarat model’ was the current BJP government’s defining selling point at the Centre stage in 2014, besides the Congress’ obvious mishaps, which won them the Lok Sabha election. Following through on various development projects, and angst against the “grand old party” is also what kept them in power in 2019 despite increased reports of […]
Farmers’ Protest: Justified Or An Unnecessary Impasse?
Ten months on, the farmers’ protest continues to stay strong, with a successful Bharat Bandh organised just this week. The right to dissent is a default right offered by our constitution. The protest led by the supposed farmer leaders in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi’s border regions forms the single biggest nagging thorn in the Bharatiya […]
