It is reported that youths are fleeing the country and finding it difficult to get flight tickets, and a huge cavalcade of cars have piled up on the border with Georgia to cross over into that country to avoid the military services.
The question arises: why is the great historian figuring out a solution in his imagination to a dispute which got a solution to the satisfaction of the Hindus and the other side agreeing to it on finding itself cornered into a blind alley?
Gandhi is undertaking a ‘yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to shore up the sagging fortune of the Congress. Congressmen need to put their acts together to sustain Rahul’s enthusiasm rather than fritter away their energy in internecine squabbles.
It is worth recalling a more than a decade old case of cheating and forgery involving a piece of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land in Model town in North Delhi. The Capital’s who’s who– politicians and bureaucrats– were involved in it.
Unleashing a scathing attack on Choudhary the ruling party demanded an apology from the Congress party for insulting President Droupadi Murmu.
If the Modi government has really set its eyes to take corruption head-on, there will be no dearth of public support.
Do we still need to identify women in relation to a man? Can she only be defined as someone’s daughter or sister or wife or mother? Why do women who are immensely successful in their professional lives still referred to as mere relatives of men? Can we not give them social acceptance and embrace their individuality?
By all accounts, the issue threatens to snowball into a full political war between the BJP and AAP ahead of assembly elections later this year and early next year in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat where Kejriwal’s party is rearing to go.
A true visionary, Babu Jagjivan Ram spoke about cultural-capital and hegemony of the individuals in arenas of administration, education, and government. Khetihar Mazdoor Sabha for agricultural labour and the All-India Depressed Classes League were established by him for social reform and political representation.
The NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu is unlikely to be a “rubber stamp” president as insinuated by her rivals, judging by her past records.