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March 10, 2022 would be an important day for all concerned when the results of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
As the pandemic recedes, some memories will not. One of the more terrible outcomes of Covid-19 was the isolation of…
By Thomas Isaac |
India’s economic performance has been among the worst in the world. According to the IMF in 2020, India’s growth was…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The “row” in Karnataka over wearing the hijab or head scarf by some Muslim girl students which began at a college in…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The world bowed over the weekend to remember and thank Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) for his life of service, for his…
By Ajit Ranade |
In the Union Budget of 2021, the finance minister had announced that the new la-bour laws would come into effect from…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The vote-getting Prime Minister may have cost the BJP a lot of votes as a result of a series of mis-steps during his…
By Ajit Ranade |
India takes great pride in her Election Commission, an independent authority en-trusted with the conduct of free and…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The repeal of the three farm bills is in the headlines. A little beneath the surface and reportedly all set for the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Prime Minister in a pre-election address made the rather unexpected announcement that the three contentious farm…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There are many ways to see the sudden change of the Prime Minister’s position on the farm laws that have led to farmer…
By Ishan Chauhan |
It is absolutely essential to drastically cut down short term climate pollutants. Black carbon which is one of the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Shah Rukh Khan once said: “First get rich, then become a philosopher.” It’s now time for him to look up to Balraj Sahni…
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It would not be out of line to see New Delhi as a physical representation of colonial India. The body of the city was…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The overriding of legitimate claims and demands in the name of a great nation waiting to happen signals not progress…