For some unmentionable reason, all rationality and political or cultural empathy disappears when the subject of Kashmir comes up
But to mount a credible opposition, the Congress Working Committee must resolve to hold internal elections for the party’s leadership based on a contest between policy planks
They burn the wicked one Who does not exist. Those that deserve extinction Are not on their list
The Indian republic is saddled with a madness that, if not curbed with an iron hand and by loyal institutions, can rapidly drag democracy into anarchy
We need an educated and sincere tolerance of debate, an ideational contest which only a genuine democracy may furnish, not ministerial diktats
In his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, US President Joe Biden spoke of the two countries’ shared “responsibility to uphold democratic values”
By all accounts, the campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections threatens to be no-holds-barred
These days, it does not rain But it pours; The waters drown the steeples, Not to speak of the doors
That the historic Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat was not just a farmer-related one any more was apparent from the diversity of attendance it drew and from the content of the speeches made at the happening
They Do Not Invest in Jammu and Kashmir
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