Category: Politics and Governance in India

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t*

What most of us long suspected, or knew, has just been confirmed by Interpol: INTERPOL admits Dawood’s presence in Pakistan. So whats stopping him from being extradited over? A minor technicality….Pakistan refuses to admit...

Do the “ends” justify the “means”?

This thought was prompted by an exchange in the comments section of this post. Courtesy of Acorn, please read and reflect on this extract from a speech by the Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on...

After Maharashtra, it is the turn of West Bengal

From “CPM Minister’s remarks trigger protests in Rajasthan” “…Insulting remarks against Rajasthanis in general and Marwaris in particular attributed to Abdur Rezzak Mollah, Land and Land Reforms Minister in West Bengal, have evoked a...

Does “secularism” mean “favouritism towards Muslims”?

Now that The Economist has said it, is it “official”?  Excerpts from “Bridging the divide” (Nov 7 ’07): “…but what would have distressed Nehru particularly is the prominent role played by religion in domestic politics....