It’s a Catch-22 situation for India in Afghanistan

September 3, 2021

The dreadful apprehensions about the future emerging from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is primarily the reason why I am discussing Afghanistan for the second consecutive week in this column. We Indians will come under its sphere of influence even if we do not want to. It will have an...

An unfortunate story of a fashionable nation

August 23, 2021

Let me remind you that I had written in this column in the last week of July about the brutality and atrocity against women and girls in Taliban-held areas in Afghanistan. I had put forth a question: How can the world remain silent against this oppression? I had not imagined...

‘I will hoist Tricolour or come wrapped in it’

August 18, 2021

I always make it a point to watch patriotic films, the ones which inspire the youth and all of us. I recently watched the movie ‘Shershaah’ and got lost in the bitter memories of Kargil war. A total of 527 of our soldiers were martyred in that war. A question...

A salute to strength, hope and spirit of victory

August 10, 2021

Crores of Indians were thrilled when the tune of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was playing in the Tokyo Olympics stadium and its echo was being heard all over the world. The reason for this pride was Neeraj Chopra who made Mother India proud by his spectacular achievement, winning gold medal in...

WILL MAMATA’S ALLIANCE GAME PAY OFF?

August 3, 2021

Even as Mamata Banerjee went to meet Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at their residence during her Delhi visit, I recalled the West Bengal election! For Mamata, it was a matter of political life and death as the Bharatiya Janata Party had left no stone unturned to defeat her. Every...

Horrendous atrocities being committed on women and girls in Afghanistan

July 27, 2021

A short video clip uploaded by an international news channel has shaken me to the core. In that video, a fourteen-fifteen-year-old girl is seen screaming and shrieking. Her parents are begging for mercy but Taliban terrorists are forcibly taking away the girl from the family. The girl will now be...

Why question the fortitude of Congressmen?

July 21, 2021

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement that ‘those who are scared should leave the party’ has stirred the hornet’s nest in the political circles. People are analysing why he said that those who are cowards or greedy should leave the Congress. Those who are courageous should stay in the party. This...

Dilip Kumar: Those beats of heart and pat on the cheek

July 13, 2021

Dilip Kumar epitomised two personalities. One was Dilip Kumar and the other Yusuf Khan. Dilip Kumar was completely devoted to his acting career as well as direction and Yusuf Khan was committed to the service of humanity and the rights of the people. He was a noble soul who shared...

We are soil, heaven resides in this soil

July 6, 2021

When President Ram Nath Kovind bowed down and applied the soil of his village on his forehead saying that motherland is greater than heaven, it sparked a flood of memories in my mind. I don’t know how many memories; some of childhood, some youth and some of recent times! The...

All-round development alone can usher in peace in Valley

June 29, 2021

I have visited Kashmir Valley a number of times and have travelled the Valley in almost all seasons. Everytime I visited the Valley and saw the implausible beauty nature has endowed it with, the words of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir expressed about 500 years ago started resonating in my ears....