I Feel Your Presence
A verse in memory of a loved one, by Ritambhara, in Different Truths. I feel your presence, no matter where I am I feel your presence, no matter what...
Pak Junta Grounds ISI Durrani to Grind Him: Book Reveals Games Played by Spooks across the Border
Lt. General Asad Durrani, once chief of Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is in trouble. He danced a tango with ex-RAW head Amarjit Singh Dulat – who is in...
Emergence of Regional Parties Strengthens Federalism: State Outfits Need to Show Pragmatism in National Interest
The regional parties and their leaders are facing criticism for responding to the Congress call to come together for defeating the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This...
Anti-BJP Front Has to Avoid Fate of Janata Party in 1979: Regional Leaders Must Have a National Vision
There is a modicum of truth in Jaitley’s argument that the “chemistry” of a New India will overcome the “arithmetic” of “disparate” political groups because of Narendra Modi’s personal...
Sterlite Plant Episode is a Clear Case of Violation of Laws: Tamilnadu Govt. Has to Bear Major Responsibility
On 22nd May 2018, thirteen protestors were gunned down in cold blood by the Tamil Nadu police, when they were protesting against the Sterlite Copper plant, a unit of...
Confessions of a Tech Challenged Blogger
It’s worth noting that an author is an incurable multitasking addict – he is writing the blog, reading Fay Weldon, watching Anger Management on TV channel, has FB open...
HDK Gets It: The Dog Always Wags the Tail
Journalists see in HDK’s statement clear acknowledgement that things are lopsided in the JD(S)-Congress combination because of the permutation. The ‘mutant’ political order brought about by the fractured mandate...
Mayawati Adopts Tough Posturing on Alliance: Threat to Contest Alone if Party Denied Justice
Mayawati had made it clear that she was willing to forge an anti-BJP alliance at the national level but would prefer to go it alone if her party was...
Fifty Years after May Revolt, France is Boiling Again: Formation of a Popular Front is on Agenda
Millions of people across France are reliving these momentous events of half a century ago in the most appropriate way: by downing tools and taking to the streets. Once...
Unpredictable Trump Puts World Diplomacy in Disarray: Policy Rift with the USA Pushing India Closer to Russia, China
India told the WTO that it proposes to raise duties by up to 100 percent on 20 products such as almonds, apple and specific motorcycles imported from the US...