Sandeep Bamzai- It is a strange anomaly of history, both true and unjust. I was born in Srinagar, as were both my parents. My sister though was born in Delhi and went on to marry a Bengali settled in the capital, so struck down by a double whammy. Yes she is not a state […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Akhil Kumar’s article ‘ Chargesheet against JNU teachers will have a chilling effect on free speech ‘ published in the wire.in overlooks a vital point: free speech is not an end in itself but is only a means to an end. The end must be the welfare and upliftment of the masses. […]
Seema Paul- Crop residue burning in northwest India contributes to nearly a quarter of Delhi’s air pollution in the winter months, creating a crisis situation and public health emergency every year . The Nature Conservancy in India has been advancing projects in India since 2015 to support India’s efforts to “develop without destruction”. We […]
IANS- The V.G. Siddhartha (VGS) suicide has cast a pall of gloom over Indian business and in the main the breeding ground of entrepreneurship – Bangalore. More so because Siddhartha was besieged by creditors of all hues. And he was desperately trying to pare his debt by hawking his stake in Mindtree, Tanglin Developments […]
Fakir Balaji(IANS)- The dramatic disappearance of India’s coffee baron V.G. Siddhartha under mysterious circumstances on Monday night and the subsequent discovery of his body in the backwaters of Netravathi river near Karnataka’s Mangaluru coast on early Wednesday have sent shock waves in the corporate world, as he was an expert in brewing an empire, […]
Nilesh Shah- Background EB5 Green Card program is undergoing significant changes, fundamentally altering the equation for Silicon Valley professionals exploring this route. On July 24, 2019, the new EB-5 regulations were published in the Federal Register. The new rules are scheduled to take effect on November 21, 2019. The most important change is in […]
Abhay Bhushan- In July 1969, I was a student at MIT in Boston when humanity first set steps on the Moon. As I was very much interested in space, communication satellites, and rockets, this was of special interest to me. As a teenager in the 1950’s, I read science fiction books and dreamt of […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Varun Bahar’s song ‘ Jo na bole Jai Shri Ram, bhej do usko qabristan ‘ has gone viral, and is raising a lot of controversy. It seems evident that the writer/singer has not read Valmiki’s Ramayana. In several places therein it is mentioned that Lord Rama looked after the welfare of all his people, and […]
Arul Louis- The U.S. State Department now appears to stand behind President Donald Trump’s claim that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to mediate or arbitrate the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, moving away from a department official’s clarification that it considered it a bilateral issue. Asked by a reporter if there […]
indica News Bureau- Ceremonies across India Friday at war memorials at Kharga Corps, Vajra Corps and Rising Star Corps of Western Command at Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, according to published reports marked the 20th anniversary of Operation Vijay, also known as the Kargil War or Kargil Conflict fought between India and Pakistan over control […]
