Dalit Poverty
By Dr. Nellutla Naveena Chandra (chandraalex@hotmail.com) Indian Economy Poverty of Dalits in India cannot be treated as a snap shot at a given instant of time. The role played by the 1000-year Islamic...
View ArticleProposed Surrogacy Bill: A draconian provision!
By Parmanand Pandey (Advocate, Supreme Court) Filmmaker Karan Johar has made us all aware how ecstatic he is at having become the father of twins born through a surrogate mother. As a single father,...
View Article‘Economics as we know it’ is going to change forever!
By: Shreepal Singh Whatever political economy you are concerned with, the central point to be resolved is: how do you compel people to engage them in productive work. To make people to work is to force...
View ArticleJustice Karnan, Quite Wrong Again
By: R. Veera Raghavan Justice C. S. Karnan is in the news, for wrong reasons again. He made a statement unrelated to his functions as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. That made him look really...
View ArticleHistorical Facts: Need to Tell Lies for National Integration?
By: Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa I am grateful to Sri Girish Karnad, Sumatheendra Nadig, Dr. Chidananda Murthy, Dr. Suryanath Kamath, Dr. S. Shettar, Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh and others who responded earnestly...
View ArticleFoundations of Hindu-Muslim Unity (1)
By: Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa As a remarkable patriot, thinker, and visionary, Sri Aurobindo’s contributions to India are priceless. Unlike other patriots and leaders of his generation, it was in spite of his...
View ArticleSurrogacy Bazar in India: Stop it!
By: Parmanand Pandey (Advocate, Supreme Court) Surrogacy is not a simple issue, it throws up ticklish and contentious questions of law and ethics, although it has got the religious sanctions and there...
View ArticleFoundations of Hindu-Muslim Unity (2)
By: Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa The Indian Councils Act of 1909 (popularly known as the Morley-Minto reforms) gave the Muslims of India a separate electorate. This was a strategy of the British to create a...
View ArticleIndian Foreign Policy: Need to include one more prespective
By: Prabhat Kumar Roy Foreign Policy involves complex variables and considerations, both internal and external, reflecting a future roadmap that the country intends to follow. In the neighboring...
View ArticlePoisonous ‘Fundamentalism’ of Religions
By: Koti Shreekrishna Religious fundamentalism can be defined as strict adherence to certain fundamental theological doctrines as prescribed in the sacred text(s). Originally, fundamentalism[1] applied...
View ArticleLiquor ban on Highways: A Blow to Hospitality Sector
By: Parmanand Pandey Ban of the liquor shops on the National and State highways by the Supreme Court has caused hue and cry across the country. At times, the Supreme Court assumes the role of the...
View ArticleYogi Plans to introduce English from Class 1 in UP
By: Ranjith Vadiala I don’t understand why people don’t get this simple logic that just by speaking in English doesn’t make some one knowledgeable. To me this decision don’t make any sense. Some how...
View ArticleKashmir: Way Ahead
By: Prabhat Kumar Roy With the violence-wrapped low poll in the Srinagar constituency in Jammu & Kashmir, prophets of doom are back to their wretched business. Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief...
View ArticleIndian Civilization: In Historical Perspective – Age of Republics / Kingdoms (1)
(Note: This series of articles is written in Kannada by Shatavadhni Dr. R. Ganesh and translated in English by Hari Ravikumar. The introduction of Shatavadhni Dr. R. Ganesh reads thus: Dr. Ganesh is a...
View ArticleIndian Civilization: In Historical Perspective – Chandragupta Maurya (2)
(Note: This series of articles is written in Kannada by Shatavadhni Dr. R. Ganesh and translated in English by Hari Ravikumar. The introduction of Shatavadhni Dr. R. Ganesh reads thus: Dr. Ganesh is a...
View ArticleIndian Civilization: In Historical Perspective – Invasion of Alexander (3)
By: Shatavardhani Dr. R. Ganesh With this background, when we see the Magadhan kingdom, we find that the Shishunagas ruled there first. Then came the Nandas. The last king of the Nanda dynasty was...
View ArticleIndian Civilization: In Historical Perspective – After Alexander’s Invasion (4)
(Note: This series of articles is written in Kannada by Shatavadhni Dr. R. Ganesh and translated in English by Hari Ravikumar. The introduction of Shatavadhni Dr. R. Ganesh reads thus: Dr. Ganesh is a...
View ArticleIndia’s Destiny: Roles of Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Dr....
By: Ashok Kumar Panda, Senior Advocate & Aniruddha Purushotham, Advocate Introduction The object of this thesis is to decipher and analyse India’s destiny, in the context of the struggle for...
View Article“Danger Ahead: India may become a Hindu nation”, Cries Global Media
By: Maria Wirth I sometimes wonder who influences whom: the Indian mainstream journalists the foreign correspondents or the other way round, as they always hold the same view. Or is there even a...
View ArticleWill Reopening Ayodhya Issue Bring Forth Justice?
By: Parman Pandey, Advocate Supreme Court Supreme Court is supreme not because it is infallible but because it is final, has been said number without times. The recent judgment of the Supreme Court in...
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