EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 11.04.11
To be sure the Bill needs to go through with the motions in Parliament but given the nature of commitment made by the Government to the civil society groups, it is highly unlikely the political opposition will have the.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. FIVE YEARS OF STABILITY. KUMKUM CHADHA. During the last session of Parliament, BJPs LK Advani, informally, made two points. He said the national scenario is worrying and there are diverse views on mid-term polls.
In praise of Hemu: Medieval king reveals true intent of Hindutva history
When I remind him of Akbars state policy of Sulh-i-kuI (religious tolerance) and equal patronage to all faiths that made him unpopular with the Ulama of his time, Mittal summarily says, ���his secularism was a political maneuver, not his conviction.��� I.
Questions of equality and justice
But though the Womens Reservation Bill is repeatedly stymied, over a million women have entered political spaces in panchayats and urban local bodies through the 73rd / 74th amendments. A slew of laws ��� some flawed, some promising ��� have been .
We should be there: The Left and the Anna moment | Kafila
As it happens, the railway workers were members of an AITUC union. The only time BJP tried to join in a demonstration with its party flag, in Mumbai, it was driven away. And even if BJP-aligned workers are there, what do you��.
North Bihar is the new Azamgarh, says IB
Going by early leads, sources in the Intelligence Bureau and state security agencies say, IM may have established more than seven sleeper cells in the area. We have information that IM has established its base amongst youths ��� some of them even .
French vs Taseer: Indians need to reclaim their history
In recent weeks, we got two interesting perspectives from Patrick French, author of a recent India book (India: A Portrait), and from Aatish Taseer, son of slain Pakistani governor of Punjab Salman Taseer, both published in Hindustan Times (Read here.
IAMC Weekly News Roundup ��� October 1st, 2012 | Indian.
Shariff said new evidence indicates that despite funneling over Rs 7,000 crore for multi-pronged plans in the past five years, exclusion could still be holding back socio-economic recovery of over 150 million Muslims. The main philosophy behind. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/938519.aspx; Gagged at BJP conclave, Narendra Modi roars at public rally (Sep 29, 2012, Times of India)... Arvind Kejriwal with Anuradha Raman (Oct 8, 2012, Outlook)
Murdering Machine Modi on the March | So Sue me
Asked for the reason for the absence of such programs when elections are just two weeks away, Sangh functionaries said it was not always possible for the body to canvass or help BJP in its political battles.. Launching the partys campaign for the Maharashtra Assembly elections from Beed, in the heart of Marathwada region, Mr. Modi made scathing attacks on the 15-year rule of the NCP-Congress, saying the ���hand and clock,��� symbols of the Congress and NCP,��.
Nitish Kumar: Bihars Renaissance Man | Sankarshan Thakur
Exclusive excerpts from Single Man: The Life and Times of Nitish Kumar of Bihar, published in Mint Lounge, Saturday 15 February 2014 Bihar was never at a loss for those who set out to build it. In the narrow firmament. Photo: Girish Srivastava/Hindustan Times. Bihar was never at a. More than 80 per cent of the vote Nitish lords over today���the JDU vote minus the BJPs upper caste constituency���is what Laloo consolidated in the first place. What Nitish has done is��.
���Defeat BJP and Save Democracy��� ��� Ram Puniyani ��� Activist.
It is precisely at this time the Godhra incident occurred and, making Godhra train burning as a pretext massive communal violence was unleashed, in which the state led by Modi was complicit, to say the least. This has. In addition it has floated organizations to influence education, media and the state machinery through its infiltration in police, bureaucracy and army. It does. The hint of Hindu holy book is Manu smirti, which upholds the hierarchy of caste and gender.
Tribute | UR Ananthamurthys many lives
His encounter with the thought of politician Ram Manohar Lohia and his involvement in the farmers satyagraha in Kagodu, Shimoga district, in 1951, through socialist leader Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, proved to be a lasting influence (URAs third novel.
Narendra Modi writes blog, envisions glorious future for Varanasi
Today I embark on a unique and memorable journey from the land of Somnath to the city of Lord Vishwanath. Later today I will be filing my nomination papers from Varanasi as the BJP candidate. I would like to thank the leadership of the party for giving.
Muslim girls in Jharkhand shatter Sanskrit stereotypes
Its a language traditionally associated with sacred Hindu texts. But about 100 Muslim girls in two Jharkhand schools have shattered the stereotype about Sanskrit, choosing the classical language over Urdu and Persian, saying it is much easier to learn.
The USA Is a Shithole | Beyond Highbrow - Robert Lindsay
Youre living in a rightwing country. This is supposed to make you happy or what? US politics sucks, but the politics of Americans sucks. US political culture sucks. How long has it sucked? Forever, pretty much, but its been getting worse.. It is more accurate to say it has shitholes. Shitholes are just toilets attached to sewer pipes. Every house has shitholes but that is not the same as saying it is a shithole. Oh I see it is metaphorical. In that case it is a matter of opinion.
BJP says ad was metaphor, didnt attack Kejriwals caste
Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he will complain to the Election Commission against the BJP for allegedly attacking his community in an advertisement. BJP in the past few days has been giving few advertisements personally .
Russian ban on Bhagvad Gita rocks LS
BJP also joined in the protest after BJD leader Bhartruhari Mahtab raised the issue in Zero Hour on Monday, but lagged far behind the Yadavs who trace their descent from Krishna. Mahtab said the move by the Siberian court endangered the religious .
IAMC Weekly News Roundup ��� October 31st, 2011 | Indian.
. riot handling (Oct 31, 2011, IBN) http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/commission-should-collect-info-on-successful-riot-handling/881856.html; Enough evidence to act against Gujarat top cops (Oct 24, 2011, Hindustan Times).. The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy said all opinions, including that of the Centres team of interlocutors, should be taken on board while taking a decision on revocation of AFSPA. Asked about the demand for��.
Audacious Pak attack: 22 BSF posts targeted, 2 civilians killed
Over 3000 people living in border hamlets have been evacuated to safe areas under a contingency plan, enforced today after the latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan soon after midnight targeting the entire border belt of Arnia and RS Pura as well as.
SONGSOPTOK: ANINDA GHOSH
All this while also strengthening the true contributors of the longevity of any civilisation: its contribution to the Arts - music, dance, drama, literature, art, sculpture, and architecture. ���UPAs biggest failure is that its leadership. This time, former Union minister Paban Singh Ghatowar of the Congress, a four-time MP from the constituency, faced a humiliating defeat at the hands of a young BJP candidate from the tea tribes, Rameshwar Teli. Teli defeated Ghatowar by a��.
Modi Celebrates Indira Gandhi Assassination Day | So Sue.
30 October 2009. �������Assassination in India: A Leader of Will and Force; Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India�����. The New York Times. 1 November 1984. Retrieved 23 January 2009. �������1984:��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 03.06.11
Nothing illustrates violations of the apex court judgement of 1996 with regard to the ridge better than the commercial encroachments in the Vasant Kunj area, spread over 92 hectares: A shopping mall, university, a Maruti showroom,... HINDUSTAN TIMES. REALITY SHOW: BJP IDOL. RAJDEEP SARDESAI. For several months now, the media have squarely focused attention, and rightly so, on the travails of the UPA 2 and its leadership. A series of scams and double��.
Make in India ��� Modis War on the Poor | Kafila
The television journalist was interviewing a group of clearly poor people, taking their reactions on this new, though expected development. This person,���. As we will see below, the attack on the UPA government and its supposed policy paralysis was actually a smokescreen for wanting to do away with precisely these measures that came about through some degree of democratic negotiation... Thus, according to a Hindustan Times report in mid-July: The rural��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 18.12.10
The integration question has been one of the principal causes of the political polarisation in the country for over four years, and this has deepened further with the participation of the PLA in the Sixth Plenum of the UCPN (M), held in the Gorkha District, which commenced on November 21... over again. But, in more recent times, America has developed its own obsession with syncretism, mixing elements of worldviews with little or no attention to what each mix means.
Haqs Musings: Challenges of Indian Democracy
���The speed of the Indian judicial system means it can take 30 years to complete a case ��� easily long enough to live out a full political career,��� Mr Himanshu Jha, of the National Social Watch Coalition, said to the Times Online recently... In one tape, HT Media advisor Vir Sanghvi has a follow-up conversation with Ms. Radia regarding his June 21, 2009 column in the Hindustan Times on the tussle between the Ambani brothers over gas pricing, framed as an article��.
CEO Modi is expected to let the good times roll
To those who recall the history of the early 1990s, the irony would be obvious ��� the original party of reforms had been upstaged from its plank and that too by a member of an organisation that was among the original opponents of the reforms. The main.
The Ghosts Of Khushwant Singhs Delhi
���If anyone knew when to turn his back to the setting sun and worship the new one rising, it was Khusrau,��� (p 73) says Musaddi Lal, referring to the poets agility in changing patrons whenever power shifted, a trait that is as much in evidence in our.
Protests intensify in Tamil Nadu ahead of UN vote on Sri Lanka war crimes
NEW DELHI: What started as a fast-unto-death at Loyola College just about 200 metres away from the Sri Lankan high Commission on March 8 has now turned into a massive protest by students from across the state.. Interestingly, all these.
Welcome to the Modi Kingdom of Hindustan | 5Forty3
Exactly 1350 years after the conquest of Multan by Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah of the Umayyad Caliphate which set in motion a millennium of Indian slavery, Hindustan has found its deliverance in 2014.. The amalgamation of upper castes, middle castes and OBCs was a unique social alliance that had the ability to catapult BJP to the pole position and yet, it was going to be always incomplete without the active participation of.. The Battle of nihility in New Delhi��.
Modis silence on 2002 is a media myth
One of the longest enduring media myths in India has been this so-called silence of Narendra Modi on the terrible events of February 2002. For more than a decade now this myth has been sustained by the very same media houses and columnists that the .
Kejriwal, the name which stirs political imagination of India
His cough, they say, has come for keeps.. Leaving metaphors aside, let us look at the hard political reality. Others. Its tutelage in electoral politics should have been allowed to ripen on the tree of mass awakening, before being plucked and.
Sari, sari nights - Blogs - Hindustan Times
Move over old anti-establishment techniques like punk, grunge, goth and rightwing rock. The new credo is dancing in a sari at a disco like an Usha Uthup on Prozac. As the Clashs Joe Strummer puts it, ���The shareef dont like��.