In view of continuous tussle, the central government should undo the 69th constitutional amendment, dissolve the Delhi assembly and revert back to the pre 1991 situation. This is long overdue, writes former IAS officer V S Pandey As per the dictionary meaning “A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can […]
The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind” quipped John Millington Syne. As the Russia-Ukraine War ravages in the third month, the winds in Kuril Islands are heating up once again with Japan reviving the dispute of Kuril Islands fiercely. Kuril Islands are a group of […]
The Hijab row has not ended and will resurface itself once the apex court starts hearing on the special leave petition field by one of the Muslim students challenging the Karnataka High Court’s verdict. The said petition was mentioned twice before the bench comprising the CJI for urgent listing, but the “we will see” remark […]
In 1829, Sir Walter Raleigh, the British adventurer remarked “For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade, whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself”. In 1998, soon after taking over as the Defence Minister of India, George Fernandes called China as India’s No. 1 […]
Guru Granth Sahib, eternal Guru of the Sikhs, attributes all happenings of life to “Hukam”, a word derived from Arabic meaning “Divine Order”. So much is the importance given that this word appears on its very first page with the entire Gurmat wisdom revolving around it. ‘Hukam rajai chalna, Nanak likhiye naal’ (O Nanak, thou […]
No one understands Jordan Peterson’s quote better than Sri Lanka “You may say, ‘Well dragons don’t exist’. It’s, like, yes, they do – the category “predator” and the category “dragon” are the same category. It absolutely exists. It’s a superordinate category. It exists absolutely more than anything else. In fact, it really exists”. Sri Lanka […]
Situated in the far distance on the northern top of the South American continent, lies Venezuela which is a beautiful country with immense natural beauty and the world’s known largest oil reserves and has been one of the world’s largest exporters of oil. And it is this very oil which has put Venezuela in the […]
As kids we all were fond of hearing and reading various moral stories. One of the most popular ones was that of two cats fighting over a loaf of bread. A monkey volunteers to help the two cats and suggests them to divide it equally between both of them. The cats express their inability to […]
I was interrupted by a phone call from my bank service provider enquiring if I had made a financial transaction to which I replied in the negative. ‘Sirjee, you have been duped by a fraudster’. My heart skipped a beat and I felt blood drain from my face when I realized that almost three lakh […]
As the recently released movie “The Kashmir Files” roars its way to become a box office hit, as the lead actors of the film are appreciated for their stellar performances, as the politicians as usual slugfest over this sensitive issue, as the common man fights with his friends and relatives over this movie affecting his […]
