Justice Markandey Katju- The delivery of the first Rafale jet fighter by France to India is being celebrated with great fanfare and hoopla, as if India has secured a huge triumph. The Indian Defense Minister, Raj Nath Singh, was shown in Indian Air Force uniform going on the plane’s first flight, and doing ‘shastra […]
Frank F. Islam – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned home to India from his six-day visit to the US to reach out to the Indian American community, buttress US-India trade relations, speak in a number of forums, hold meetings with country and business leaders to reassure to encourage and promote investment in India. […]
Justice Markandey Katju- The J&K Governor Satyapal Malik, that modern Nero, has announced that the Home Department’s advisory to tourists to leave the Kashmir Valley is being lifted from 10th October. But the prohibition on Internet, mobiles etc and curfew in several places and other restrictions continue. Internet and mobiles are not luxuries today but […]
Justice Markandey Katju- In his book ‘ Through the Russian Revolution ‘, the American journalist Albert Rhys Williams, who was in Russia at the time of the 1917 Revolution, writes : ‘ In Moscow I saw two peasant soldiers gazing at a poster stuck up on a kiosk. ” We can’t read a word […]
Justice Markandey Katju- In this world there are really two worlds: (1) the world of the developed, highly industrialized countries e.g. North America, Europe, Japan, Australia and China (2) the world of the underdeveloped countries, including India. Our national aim must be to transform and uplift India from the ranks of the second world […]
Deepak Sharma(IANS)- Phone intercepts from the Indo-Pak border, arms dropping by drones from across the border into Punjab last month, and Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) chief Lt General Faiz Hameed’s recent tour of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, are three main reasons which prompted Indian security agencies to go on a high alert, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab and […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Ever since the NRC (National Register of Citizens) was started in Assam, all states suddenly seem to be vying for it. Whether it is West Bengal, Haryana, Delhi, Karnataka, UP–everyone is rushing and making a beeline and mad scramble for it. I too am in favor of NRC, and would like […]
Justice Markandey Katju- When I was in school in India (the Boys High School, Allahabad) in the 1950s our music teacher taught us a song ‘ Marching through Georgia ‘, which so fascinated me that though I was only about 10 years old when I learned it, I have been singing it all my […]
Kumar Goel- The US is the only developed country where basic healthcare is unaffordable for a significant percentage of the population. Even for those who can afford it, the costs are exorbitant, many times more than equivalent care in Canada or Western European countries. You might be surprised by how much employers pays for […]
Justice Markandey Katju- ” Hai maujazan ek kulzum-e-khoon, kaash yahi ho Aata hai abhi dekhiye, kya kya merey aage ” ( A turbulent sea of blood is before me But see what is coming ahead ) Mirza Ghalib I am in the evening of my life ( I just crossed 73 ), and […]
