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? 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 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 […]
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 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 […]
Why did Mountbatten fix August 15 as I-Day? By Justice Rajindar Sachar In an article in The Tribune recently, Natwar Singh had suggested that Mahatma Gandhi approved of the Partition plan. This is factually incorrect. Socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia’s book Guilty Men of India’s Partition gives a factual position. Lohia was present in the […]
THE MEANING OF BEING GANDHI A controversy erupted recently when Narendra Modi’s photo appeared behind the Charkha in a calendar of Khadi and Village Industries Commission where people are used to seeing Mahatma Gandhi. Some Modi supporters are asking why was there no controversy when Modi used broom, also a symbol taken from Gandhi, for […]
Republic Day, Sovereignty and the Youth Dr. Prem Singh The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th Jan 1950 and we entered the world stage as a sovereign republic. Ever since 26 January is celebrated as the Republic Day, a celebration of our sovereignty. Vibrant tableaus of various states and departments are part of the […]
गणतंत्र दिवस: संप्रभुता का सवाल प्रेम सिंह 26 जनवरी 1950 को भारत का संविधान लागू होता है और हम दुनिया के मंच पर एक संप्रभु गणतंत्र के रूप में प्रवेष करते हैं। तब से हर 26 जनवरी को गणतंत्र दिवस मनाया जाता है, जो हमारी संप्रभुता का उत्सव है। गौर करें तो पाएंगे कि 1991 […]
