Prakash Narayan writes: IIT Bay Area’s Leadership Conference on September 16, 2023 at the Santa Clara Convention Center embraced the principles of Resilience and Reinvention. As we are collectively facing the aftermath of the Pandemic-induced “Great Reset”, along with stubborn inflation, the ongoing war in Russia, a decline in GDP, and a deterioration of startup valuations, the conference equipped the attendees with the tools and ideas necessary to navigate through these turbulent times with knowledge, determination and strength.
Category: Spotlight
Nadella versus Pichai in landmark antitrust trial against Google
By Mayank Chhaya- It is tempting to view the landmark antitrust trial against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, as a slugfest between Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Interestingly, emblematic of how higher Indian American professionals punch above their demographic weight is the fact that it is District Judge Amit Mehta, who will decide the case in […]
The true face of Arfa Khanum Sherwani
By Justice Markandey Katju- (Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own) The godi media says ‘Hindu, Hindu, Hindu’, while Arfa Khanum Sherwani says ‘Muslim, Muslim, Muslim’, all the time. Thus they are two sides to the same coin, […]
Are animals talking?
Are animals talking? In a manner of speaking, they are. They may not use language the way humans use language but they do communicate and share information constantly.
Justice Markandey Katju: Arghya Sengupta’s superficiality and inanity
Justice Markandey Katju writes: I saw a recent interview by eminent journalist Karan Thapar of Arghya Sengupta, research director of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on his book ‘The Colonial Constitution’, and I regret to say that I found Dr Sengupta’s views superficial and inane. The thrust of Dr Sengupta’s argument is that the basic defect in the Indian Constitution of 1950 is that it does not devolve power to the people. In other words, it gives too much power to the Central Government, which towers over the people, and therefore it is broadly a repetition of the colonial Government of India Act, 1935 made by the British rulers.
Pakistan and its foundational weaknesses
Pakistan remains trapped in grave existential incertitude with its economy tottering and polity being pulled apart by competing stakeholders such as all power military, fractious political parties, and an increasingly partisan judiciary.
Justice Markandey Katju: Why Indians need to remain united
Justice Markandey Katju writes: How could just 100.000 British people conquer and rule over 350 million Indians? This happened for two reasons: (1) Indians were technically backward, and (2) We were divided.
Justice Markandey Katju: Justin Trudeau must either provide proof or apologize to India
Justice Markandey Katju writes: It is time that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau comes clean. He should either disclose the evidence he has, or else render an apology to India for jumping the gun.
Dev Anand: An eternal star of exuberant flamboyance
By Mayank Chhaya- I first met Dev Anand in 1984, when he was 61, which in Dev Anand years would be early 20s. He wore a blue gabardine shirt and black corduroy trousers. A flaming orange scarf was wrapped around his neck. He stood in the doorway to his Navketan Films’ office in Khira Estate, […]
Blame Canada
Father’s Day this year could have ended differently for Balraj Singh Nijjar, of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
Around 8:30 PM that day, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, father of Balraj and a younger brother, walked out of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Gurdwara into the parking lot. Two heavier-set masked men laid in wait for at least an hour and shot Mr. Nijjar through the window of his truck multiple times; assassins escaped in a getaway car driven by a third accomplice. Mr. Nijjar, a Canadian citizen since 2007 after entering the country in 1997, was the President of this Gurdwara and a prominent member. Three months on, no arrests have been made, nor any suspect named.