Category: India

  • Who is Nirmal Baba?

    Yet another Baba! What is wrong with Indians? Why they waste their hard-earned money on these fraud Babas? Recently a self-styled godman and spiritual leader, Nirmal Baba is in limelight due to his public discourses and treatises on social issues as well as his Samagam in Nirmal darbar (public meetings). Nirmal Darbar is actually a…

  • 90 percent of Indians are fools!

    Once again, Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India and former Supreme Court Judge, seems to be playing with fire with his controversial editorial in Indian Express. In his latest article, he has claimed that 90 percent Indians are fools and they are full of casteism, communalism, superstition. He gives the example of Indian…

  • Army Chief General VK Singh: A hero or a villain?

    It is really sorry state of affairs that Indian Army and its chief General VK singh is in headlines for wrong reasons. He is the first serving Indian army chief to take the Government to Supreme Court but the apex court refused to intervene. But this was tip of the iceberg, the real controversy started…

  • They are not bloody idiots, Omar Abdullah!

    Jammu and Kashmir’s  chief minister Omar Abdullah today condemned the alleged heckling of separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani during a seminar in New Delhi and said such attacks were of no help in solving the Kashmir issue. He also used very strong language and tweeted “these Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena (BSKS) and ABVP goons are bloody…

  • What are the problems in Kudankulam Atomic Power Project?

    Kudankulam Atomic Power Project is a nuclear power station, which is under construction in Koodankulam in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. These days, this project is in headlines due to anti-nuclear protests by the locals and People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, an anti-nuclear power group which is trying to close the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant site and to…

  • Iran or Israel: Who should India ally with?

    Now the time has come for India to choose between Israel and Iran. Who is better, long-term friend for India? Who will stand for India in the hour of need? Whose interests are better aligned with ours? These questions are very critical to the Indian foreign policy. To solve this puzzle, we need to go…

  • Where is my red ink?

    Now a days, a heated debate is going everywhere on the issue of censorship of social media. The Indian Government has not forgotten the Anna Hazare movement which made brilliant use of social media to spread its anti-corruption messages. Now to curb the voice of people like Anna Hazare, the government it trying to censor…

  • A sad day for Indian Democracy

    The Lokpal is again back into the cold storage, thanks to well managed Rajya Sabha show which intentionally sabotaged the Lokpal bill. Our so called champions of democracy completely failed in the fight against corruption. Now the entire nation is asking the question, who planned and plotted this midnight Lokpal fiasco? How the Rajya Sabha session was fixed? Cricket…

  • Bharat Ratna should not be given to Sachin

    Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of our country which can be awarded for the highest degrees of national service. According to the recent amendment, Bharat Ratna can now be awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. The Government of India has modified the criteria…

  • The year that was 2011

    The year 2011 has been an eventful one, full of surprises, not only for India but for the whole world. On international front, we will always remember this year for Arab uprising, death of Osama Bin Laden, Gadhafi etc. From Indian viewpoint, Anna Hazare was biggest newsmaker of the year. Anti-corruption movement in India, under…