It is time to address the issues of governance in coalition governments with roles & responsibilities of the partners and political accountability keeping voter’s mandate on top of the agenda.
A recently released report on ‘Caste’ by the Hindu American Foundation, a body of (mostly first generation) American citizens of Indian origin, has unleashed a raging controversy in India and the US Hindu community.
Dr. Sen’s case is a case which sits right in the twilight zone. Even if we accept Dr. Sen's contention that he does not support Naxalites' methods of violence, their goals and his overall philosophy has been congruent.
Why target the poor Binayak Sen? To silence dissent? To act as a deterrence, that no human rights group work in Dantewada? They had arrested him in 2007 and that didn’t deter anyone.
Much of the attention in the Radia tapes has been on the mischief played by journalists. What has received less attention is the close nexus between lobbyists and regional political actors.
With the inability to wean away Jatav voters among dalits from the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress is trying its “best” to win support from other dalit communities.
Now that Yasin Mallik has openly accused you of exploiting Islam, I feel vindicated. I along with lakhs of my fellow Kashmiri Pandits have always held that view.
It was an amazing instance where a particular people are made to serve a sentence of immeasurable suffering as a matter of convenience by an army used to using civilians to try to reach their own ends.
There is a new kid on the block. (S)he is called “Saffron Terror” (aka “Hindu Terror”). Chances are that you have heard the term before. Chances are you have got annoyed, perhaps just a little bit angry and moved on.
