EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 20.10.10
Just as it did not come as a surprise when the same Government refused to lift the ban on James Laines book, Shivaji ��� Hindu King in Muslim India, after the Supreme Court refused to endorse its proscription, also at the behest of the Sena. It is one of the oddities about the.. So intense and so humiliating were the comments in the foreign media that Salman Rushdie felt compelled to declare, It has been a great humiliation for all of us. He went on to add, That��.
Fighting back with love: Delhis Kiss of Love campaign registers strong.
But we oppose any expression of love that goes against our traditions, against Hindu society. The country also has a law against indecent behaviour in public. These are a few misguided youths who are affiliated with NGOs and want to attract media.
Art gallery in Ahmedabad attacked: Are Pakistani artists no longer welcome in.
The media in India constantly feeds the story of a Pakistan which is terrorist-infected and where religious fundamentalism is the order of the day but it hardly highlights a burgeoning and progressive civil society.. No matter how much you try to.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 21.10.09
When Maoist supremo Prachanda, whose party fought a 10-year battle to overthrow Nepals constitutional monarchy, along with his Maoist guerrillas indulged in murder and mayhem in Nepal, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury,. The Pakistani people, by and large, consider the Indian state as one populated by Hindu Bania; wily but in terms of physical courage largely incapable. If there.. The Indian government discouraged jingoist views in the media.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 28.12.10
. regions like Rayalaseema. But the fact is that the Congress has already committed itself to a separate Telangana, and any dilution of that stand will invite a backlash, a preview of which is already on display.. India has interest in unblocking the current impasse in Nepal, but how to find a balance between self- interest and respect for Nepalese sovereignty in what we do vis a vis a prickly neighbour under insidious Chinese influence? Similarly, to what degree can��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.01.11
The next morning, possibly reeling from the violent backlash his bluntness generated, he retracted his comments and, in an interview to me, said the remarks were an emotional outburst. But in the same interview he said his father had... For the now rising wave of Islamic nationalists, Kashmir is merely a small symptom: the very existence of India, or to put it more brutally, and correctly, Hindu India is the problem. You can no longer dismiss these people as mere��.
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Comic Sutra: the animated porn star who is going to change India (The New Republic) �� Krrish 3, the rest of the box office ��. Media also plays a negative role by being judgemental and describing those false statements by the opposition leaders or other people who are anti-Government, as facts. The allegations may be... Our northern and north-eastern approaches consist of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling and the tribal areas in Assam. From the point of view of��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 19.10.09
Who knows, this might even trigger the other Mr Ambani, also known in circles as a rich man, to go one up and give up his company and clothes for a higher cause... THE HINDU. EDITORIAL. HOW TO END THIS DISCORDANCE. The tone, although not the substance, of India-China relations has recently been through a problematical phase, with misperceptions and motivated media.. But then you cant brutally snatch it away from them without a backlash.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.11.09
Perhaps the fear that Mr Koda will implicate others and even senior Congress/UPA politicians in Delhi and other parts of India will be put in the dock is triggering anxiety. India is.. Media reports about the four people who have been arrested for distributing fake currency through Bangladesh and that of Mohammed Ali, the Pakistani spy with an Indian passport who was recently arrested from Delhi airport, prove that there are huge gaps in our systems that terrorists and��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 03.12.09
Industry leaders complained that the media keeps highlighting unethical and illegal human trials of drugs in India by foreign companies. Then there are reports of fake drugs... Ayodhya is a Hindu issue. Neither politics nor any other community has a say in it. There was no question of a conspiracy. Hindus had been demanding that they be allowed to construct a grand temple befitting the place of birth of Sri Ram. While secular politicians dithered over it and dragged��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 27.10.09
We are yet to be told what Mr Sitaram Yechury, who was desperate to see Nepal turn into a Maoist dictatorship, thinks about the thugs who kill remorselessly. It is this.. First it was a serving naval chief and then the incumbent air chief telling the media that India lags behind China in terms of military might. Fortunately the.. This incident occurred just around the time of deepavali and later triggered the unrest that was led by the HINDRAF (Hindu Rights Action Force).
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 12.03.11
Yet, when it isnt speed-dialling tycoons, chatting up public relationists or smirking at politicians, the Indian media obediently bends to the compulsions of ratings dharma. On-screen political debate must be crunched into��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.10.10
With its high-tech lighting and beautiful decorations, the gala openinat the stadium dazzled the Western media so much so that they hailed India as having arrived. Critical.. Mr Gandhis statement marks a clear break from the kid glove approach to Hindu fundamentalism that his party had been following for more than two decades. It comes.. Is it any wonder that there was ample scope for both misinformation and mischief which triggered off the first wave of riots?
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 12.03.10
The backlash was a double digit Conservative lead in the opinion polls. It appeared the... In Nepal, about 1,000 Tibetan exiles chanted anti-China slogans and waved Tibetan flags at a temple on the outskirts of Kathmandu, as riot police deployed to keep protesters from marching in the streets. Stop killings in.. The swift release of a Pakistani child from an Indian prison last month was an exception and owes much to a campaign by the Indian media. The shabby��.
Akhand Bharti: Racial Attacks on Indian Students : Public.
True to his color, he HAS to be anti Hindu at the drop of a hat... Take a look at the AUstralian media during and you will see they will pain the picture in a manner wherein these are simply random attacka and tell students not to be walking the stereets late... A point had been made and police is investigating and police here is more efficient and honest then our kakhi vardi.but burning effigy is really appalent and can trigger a backlash on the indian community.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.06.10
GLOSSING OVER RAJIVS ROLE. A SURYA PRAKASH. Leaders of the Congress are scurrying for cover as the television and print media have begun bombarding the nation with hitherto unknown facts about the horrific environmental disaster that struck Bhopal in 1984... Indias tort system and compensatory principles, class action rules, etc, have evolved after the encounter with American law that Bhopal triggered. Today, as India confronts its imperfect settlement��.
Escape from Azamgarh
As rumours of anti-terrorist squads (ATS) from Lucknow and Mumbai looking for Indian Mujahideen modules hiding in Azamgarh spread like wildfire, the usual suspects ��� pickpockets, bike snatchers and other bad characters ��� quietly left town.
Indian media jingoism was trigger for backlash in Nepal
The first signs of a backlash in Nepal against the Indian media, manifested in the furiously trending hashtag #GoHomeIndianMedia, were evident from early last week. As Kathmandu city began to return to normal and internet connections were restored, .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 13.05.11
Thats not how it works for those who are under the highest possible security cover at par with that provided to the Prime Minister of India.. Reflecting on the reports of various committees, public demonstrations and media commentary on corruption over the past months, several contradictory thoughts course through my head and i wonder about the nature of.. The global economic crisis of 2008-09 has triggered much soul searching in the economics profession.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 06.10.09
B RAMAN. Media reported on October 1 that the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi has been issuing visas on a separate sheet of paper to Indian citizens born and resident in Jammu and Kashmir, which are stapled to their Indian passports. A Chinese Embassy... A lack of political, economic and social development triggers this regression and pushes the security forces to repeat the Clear and Hold stages of counter-insurgency operations in the area. As evident from the��.