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New Pak PM surrounded with loads of challenges
Nawaz Sharif’s emphatic win in recently concluded general elections of Pakistan was a great boost for the democracy of state but Sharif has lots of challenges tabled in front of him. It is a
Read More »Increasing scams inciting anger
The series of scams in this UPA government does not seem to stop. It started with Commonwealth games scam then 2-G scam, Coal-gate and now CAG has exposed yet another scam of MNREGA involving
Read More »Wikileaks revelation and Indian Nationality
The recent exposes by Wikileaks has raised serious questions on the legacy of Gandhi family. It has once again provided an opportunity to the opposition parties to attack the UPA government specially Congress. According
Read More »Should brokerage be legalized?
The Augusta Westland chopper scam had caused a huge stir across the country. The Central Bureau of Investigation had filed a case against former Air Force Chief S P Tyagi and ten more persons
Read More »Viswaroopam: A depiction which could have been better
Viswaroopam has finally been released in theatres after a long controversy. People have been flocking to see the film in the metros, thanks to the controversy. However, there is a ban in Tamil Nadu, which
Read More »Don’t underestimate the common man
Congress’ Chintan Shivir at Jaipur exposed its intellectual bankruptcy. At a time when the media and the common man was expecting some concrete steps by the dynasty party, the Congress was worried about just
Read More »The beauty of ignorance
The beauty of ignorance lies in its outreach. Ignorance is not limited to the poor and the illiterate, it infects even the learned. The emergence of Tahir-ul Qadri as a potential threat to the
Read More »Braveheart dies, awakens India
The death of the Delhi gang-rape victim on 29 December has heightened the anguish of the people and intensified their anger against the crime. Despite enormous efforts by a team of eight specialists in
Read More »Let’s focus on the cause, not the effect
Ruman Hashmi The horrifying gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in a white-line bus on the night of 16 December has jolted the city out of its slumber. The incident has once again highlighted the
Read More »Why I didn’t celebrate Kasab’s execution
Avneep Dhingra Those who have heard Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab’s confession, which was repeatedly played on news channels on the day he was executed, would most likely not celebrate his hanging. Lying on a
Read More »Israel’s muscle flexing must end
Syed Ruman Hashmi New Delhi The Jews have had a history of being humiliated and killed in the Christian lands, especially in Western Europe in the medieval times. During the Second World War and
Read More »Will Secular India forgive Narendra Modi?
Britain has said it would end its official no-contact policy with the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, replacing it with a programme of “active engagement”. This is widely seen as an attempt to rehabilitate
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