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  • जशोदाबेन के अधिकारों के प्रति किसे सहानुभूति होगी?

    जशोदाबेन के अधिकारों के प्रति किसे सहानुभूति होगी? भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने मुस्लिम समाज में तीन बार तलाक कह पति द्वारा पत्नी से सम्बंध विच्छेद कर लेने की प्रथा के खिलाफ एक अभियान छेड़ा हुआ है जो अत्यंत काबिले तारीफ है। मुस्लिम धर्म गुरूओं द्वारा यह कहना कि यह उनके धार्मिक कानूनों के मामले में…

  • Who Will Have Sympathy for the Rights of Jashodaben?

    WHO WILL HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE RIGHTS OF JASHODABEN? The Bhartiya Janata Party’s initiative against the triple talaq is laudable. The Muslim clergy’s position that it is an interference in internal matters of Muslim personal law is akin to a family accused of domestic violence claiming that it is their internal matter. Just as a…

  • Morari Bapu’s Ram

    Morari Bapu’s Ram

    The usual picture that one would see of Ram would be with Sita, Laxman and Hanuman, of what is called the Ram Darbar. It was not a tradition to have isolated picture or idol of Ram. Even the common greeting was ‘Jai Siyaram,’ Sita’s name appeared together with Ram’s. Then came the Ram temple movement.…

  • If Anything is to be Banned, It Should be Private Schools and Hospitals

    If Anything is to be Banned, It Should be Private Schools and Hospitals

    Among the first decisions of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh was to ban abattoirs and form anti-Romeo squads. First it was said that all slaughterhouses will be closed but later the government retracted and it was clarified that only illegally operating ones will be closed. But the atmosphere created due to this arbitrary…

  • BJP Government in UP Doesn’t Bode Well for Poor and Democracy

    BJP GOVERNMENT IN UP DOESN’T BODE WELL FOR POOR AND DEMOCRACY The shocking victory of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with over three fourths of the seats in the assembly elections appears too one sided to be true. Leader of the BJP Narendra Modi has given a slogan…

  • Narendra Modi Compromises His Stature in UP Elections

    NARENDRA MODI COMPROMISES HIS STATURE IN UP ELECTIONS With indications of major voting in favour of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), led by strong dalit leader Mayawati, in the early round of polling in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, it is quite strange that major newspapers, quite suspiciously, are predicting a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government just…

  • भारत में महिलाओं की स्थिति

    भारत में महिलाओं की स्थिति महिला दिवस के पहले भारत ने एक उपलब्धि हासिल की। पहली बार सिर्फ महिला कर्मियों द्वारा संचालित एक एअर-इण्डिया वायुयान यात्रियों को दिल्ली से अमरीका के सैन-फ्रांसिसको तक ले गया और फिर वापस लाया। इसमें वायुयान के अंदर ही नहीं बाहर भी अभियंता आदि कर्मी सभी महिलाएं थीं। क्या ये…

  • यूपी चुनाव: सांप्रदायिक फासीवाद की खोखली चिंता

    यूपी चुनाव: सांप्रदायिक फासीवाद की खोखली चिंता

    यूपी चुनाव: सांप्रदायिक फासीवाद की खोखली चिंता प्रेम सिंह सांप्रदायिकता, जातिवाद, दल-बदल (बाहुबलियों, दागियों, धनपतियों समेतद्), निम्न स्तरीय आरोप-प्रत्यारोप, खैरात, विकास आदि के कोहराम से भरा सात चरणों में फैला यूपी विधासभा चुनाव आज समाप्त हो गया। सभी पक्षों की सांस 11 मार्च को आने वाले नतीजों पर अटकी है। चुनाव के पहले चरण से…

  • क्यों हो सकती है उत्तर प्रदेष में मायावती की वापसी?

    क्यों हो सकती है उत्तर प्रदेष में मायावती की वापसी? उत्तर प्रदेष विधान सभा चुनाव से छह माह पहले ऐसा माना जा रहा था कि मुकाबला बहुजन समाज पार्टी और भारतीय जनता पार्टी के बीच होगा। किंतु भाजपा के प्रदेष उपाध्यक्ष दया शंकर सिंह द्वारा बसपा प्रमुख मायावती को लेकर की गई आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी से…

  • RSS Biggest Threat to Democracy

    RSS BIGGEST THREAT TO DEMOCRACY Once again the forces using terror and violence have prevailed over culture and tradition of reason, debate and discussion. It is a dark day in the history of Indian higher educational institutions. Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a name now becoming synonymous with vandalism on academic campuses, forced the cancellation of…

  • Mayawati Set to Return in Uttar Pradesh

    Mayawati Set to Return in Uttar Pradesh

    Six months prior to the 2017 assembly elections the battle for power in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was seen as between Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by Mayawati and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which is presently ruling at the centre. BJP’s chances had slightly dwindled after its state vice president Daya Shankar…

  • Conception of a Daily Peace and Friendship Ceremony at Wagha

    CONCEPTION OF A DAILY PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP CEREMONY AT WAGHA The Indian government has decided to increase the seats at stadium on the India-Pakistan Wagha-Attari border, where a joint beating retreat ceremony is held every evening, from 5000 to over 13,000, at an estimated cost of Rs.24 crores. Every evening, the Pakistan Rangers and Border…