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If we are to let go the past and move on, it is time we brought on the same page those tasked to counter terrorism i.e., our armed forces and police personnel. Let’s assure them that it would be fine for them to save their own lives whilst facing Pakistani terrorists next and not worry about the citizenry. Let’s tell them that it

Amir Khusro (born: 1253) couldn’t have imagined that his famous qawwali, Chaāp tilak sab chhīnī re mose nainā milāike (You’ve taken away my identity and everything from me by looking into my eyes), would be crooned, in undiluted sycophancy, to Trump by his courtiers

I chanced upon a video on YouTube titled “Just one word from Jaishankar turned all of India against Donald Trump”. It’s a simple, no-frills narration of facts, standpoints and logical deductions. Piers Morgan (the famous British journalist and TV anchor) has lent his voice to the video

In Hindi we have a very representative, self-explanatory term for a person like Trump. A term I desperately wanted to use but avoided, given the smallness of my aging balls. It’s only last week when someone forwarded to me a video carrying an interview of C. Christine Fair

Make-believe deals, tariffs, dinner-invites to terrorist states, badgering the heads of weak states, foul-mouthing nay-sayers, subterranean business deals, threatening calls and testicles-crushers are the modern tools to force-acquire nomination to the Nobel prize. That is what Trump-

India needs to think hard. Especially, the young who have a longer future to secure. Our personal agenda are no more islands. We do need government policies, plans and allocations to realize our personal goals. We also need a dispensation that believes in the idea of a

For those targeted by these goons there is no business case to learn Marathi incrementally. They have been able to manage their work and lives with a few sentences here and a few there in Marathi. Can their sub-colloquial knowledge ever disrespect a rich

Right from the day of Pahalgam massacre, Indians knew that political slug-fest would start even before the mourning period is over. Why did he delay the retaliation. Why didn’t he inflict more serious damage. Why did he stop mid-way despite a distinct advantage.

The ripples in the otherwise silent judicial-waters notwithstanding, India has faith in its judiciary, especially the higher judiciary. To straitjacket the legislature and the executive to fit the constitution, judicial-activism is necessary. But only as long as there is equity in activism. The

India has ambitions. India has capabilities. India seeks its rightful place in the world. But India cannot afford unproductive engagement of its bandwidth by individuals, groups and states which have an agenda that contrasts the country’s. Without getting sentimental about it, let’s

There are some who want to stand out. Just for the heck of it. The woke would shout from the rooftop that it’s their right to name their children any which way they want. No gainsaying the fact. But deliberately choosing the names that hurt or pinprick, directly or indirectly, genuine

One must admire the magnanimity of Bangladesh for forgiving and shaking hands with killers and rapists of its own citizens. The people helming the affairs in Bangladesh (i.e., the Nondo Ghosh-es from within) don’t appear to have heard of Paulo Coelho’s (the Brazilian writer)