Regarding Caste, the RSS is in an Awkward Quandary http://dhunt.in/Wqou5 Reading the above Op-Ed piece , I got the overwhelming feeling that Rahul Gandhi is probably right about the Caste Census. It’s an idea whose time has finally arrived in this country … and as Victor Hugo told us long ago, No power on Earth canContinue reading “Caste Census will usher in a great Indian “Perestroika” and “Glasnost””
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“Fareed’s Take” on liberal-secularism in India makes Zakaria sound like the “11th Head of Ravana”
Fareed Zakaria of CNN GPS fame makes no secret of his having — and how proud he is of — the bleeding liberal- secularist heart that beats inside his breast. In this hour-long interview with another equally if not more famous international best-selling author Malcom Gladwell, Zakaria preens in the centre of the Global PublicContinue reading ““Fareed’s Take” on liberal-secularism in India makes Zakaria sound like the “11th Head of Ravana””
A fitting tribute to a patriot and freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP): the man who drove Gandhism as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV)
The author of this article has waxed eloquent in paying effusive tribute to the memory of the great freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan, being commemorated on his 121st Birth Anniversary which fell on October 11th 2023. https://thewire.in/rights/bjp-rss-erase-jayaparakash-narayan-significance The author’s main grouse is that the present BJP Government has not celebrated JP in the way he deservesContinue reading “A fitting tribute to a patriot and freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP): the man who drove Gandhism as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV)”
The UK ECONOMIST and its supercilious Editorial congratulating President Murmu
Look at the headline of the editorial above published in the UK The Economist dt. July 30, 2022 … “Presidented” … It is a patronising and condescending word. As if to suggest that in India a person gets “presidented” … not elected ! The word presidented (according to Merriam-Webster) is used generally to denote appointees to anContinue reading “The UK ECONOMIST and its supercilious Editorial congratulating President Murmu”