Corrective strategy must for Indian Muslims
By M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India / The Muslims of India constitute a community of 180 million, amounting to a little over 14 percent of the population of…
Failure of Indo-Pak TALKS – Who loses, Who gains?
By Nirendra Dev / The big news is not the cancellation of Sartaz Aziz-Ajit Doval – National Security Advisors level talks between Pakistan and India – it is perhaps a…
Paradox of Bhagalpur riots
By – Nirendra Dev / Lalu Prasad, who ironically turned a die-hard Congress ally and especially a Sonia Gandhi-admirer in later stage, on December 29, 1989, had made a blistering…
Without 2002 Gujarat Mayhem, Dr. Kalam could have missed Rashtrapati Bhavan
By Nirendra Dev Mehnat itni khamoshi se karo ki safalta shor macha dey (Work hard so much silently that your success story becomes a national/global craze) The above quote will…
Maggi row: Contamination in food items not new to India
By Nirendra Dev Amid hyped row over Maggi noodles, consumer activists and even political leaders say the contamination in food items is not a new phenomenon in India as similar…
Time to look beyond capitalism
ASHOK B SHARMA As lingering financial crisis in the developed world is casting its shadow on the developing countries, it is time to look beyond capitalism for sustainable and equitable…
India’s Own Anti-Terror Model
By Sanjay KumarHas a new realism dawned on policy makers in India after the recent Mumbai bomb blasts? Or have the country’s politicians simply realized the pointlessness of raising the…
Bangladesh is not Pakistan
BY SANJAY KUMARIf you call Pakistan a country where around fifty per cent of the people support fundamentalist groups and Jehadi elements, there would not be a murmur of protest…
Modernity and religion in India
By SANJAY KUMARStephen Hawking, the renowned astrophysicist, recently stated that god is not necessary for the Universe to exist and that heaven is a “fairy story.” He was diagnosed with…
Will Lokpal probe divine money?
By Kancha IlaiahBaba Ramdev is not willing to end his war against black money. He has now asked the government to unearth all black money — cash stashed away within…