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PM Narendra Modi Plays Cat And Mouse On Sedition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been playing cat and mouse for quite some time now. On June 28, 2023, while addressing party workers in poll bound Madhya Pradesh, he had categorically threatened the opposition calling them a bunch of corrupt leaders whom he vowed not...
Justice Delivery Not Meaningful Until Last Man Feels Secure Against Authoritarian Action
By K Raveendran Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud could not have been more right when he suggested that justice is delivered only when an individual feels confident that he will not be arrested or his house demolished arbitrarily. While the widespread demolitions being carried out at Nuh, primarily aimed...
India Alliance Is Miserably Failing In Combating BJP In Uttar Pradesh Before 2024 Polls
By Arun Srivastava With the Lok Sabha elections 2024 knocking at the door, Hindu fundamentalists are not willing to tolerate even an insignificant criticism from a person notwithstanding his being a fanatic of Narendra Modi. This has happened precisely to film actor Akshay Kumar. Rashtriya Hindu Parishad Bharat of...
NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar Must Clear All ‘Secrecy’ And Take Up MVA Leadership
By Sushil Kutty Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar is giving nightmares to Maha Vikas Aghadi constituents Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Shiv Sena and the Congress. Both parties are nervous that Sharad Pawar might be led away to the BJP side by Pawar’s nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister...
India Is Closely Monitoring The Results Of Bhutan-China Border Talks
By Girish Linganna The key to this decades-long border strife between India and China is the strategic plateau of Doklam, located close to where the borders of the three countries—India, Bhutan and China—meet. If Beijing can seize control of the disputed Doklam plateau, it would allow China to mobilize...
Urdu Poet Of Delhi Iffat Zarrin Has Encyclopaedic Grip Over Literature
By Harihar Swarup She is “tanha”. Alone “I try to look for solitude in my tanhai ((loneliness),” murmurs Iffat Zarrin. As patriarchal old Delhi’s only published women poet, her accomplishments were earned hard way. For, “you can be a shayar (poet) only if you are bebaak (out spoken), khwabida...
Survey Reveals Arab Youth Seek Certainty In Religion And Tradition
By James M Dorsey A just-published survey suggests Arab youth are returning to traditional values. The survey contrasts starkly with another, only partially released poll, in which a growing number favour religious reform. The conservative trend in the just released 15th Arab Youth Survey 2023 conducted by Dubai-based public...
Fierce Debate Is On Among The Feuding Tribes On Future Status Of Manipur
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Recent Naga tribal reminders to the Indian Government and Northeastern states suggesting no final solution to Manipur’s problems would be possible without addressing the impending demand for ‘greater Nagalim’ first , have evoked no marked public reaction. Most NE-based observers said that since the Nagas...
Decoding The Last Seventy Six Years Of Independent India As A Refugee Child
By Indira Jaising In 2018, I wrote the following piece for The Leaflet’s Independence Day special issue. I too am one of Midnight’s Children. Having been born before Independence, memories of Partition are alive in my mind, and so are the stories we had heard from our parents who...
Modi’s address begins with reference to Manipur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, badgered for months by the Opposition to speak on Manipur, today began his address to the nation after unfurling the national flag at Red Fort with a reference to the strife-torn northeastern state. “In the last few weeks, Manipur witnessed a wave of violence. Several...
