Category: Politics and Governance in India

Is Behenji India’s most honest politician?

Keeping my reservations on her policies aside for the moment, I salute Behenji for having the courage and the audacity to come clean with her income and getting herself an entry in the Top 20 Income Tax...

“Reclaiming India” – excerpts

Great article by Tarun Vijay in today’s TOI: Reclaiming India. *** Excerpts below (emphasis mine) *** “None should say Omar is not allowed in Jammu. Let him come, listen and speak. Like any other...

Cry of the Valley – *must read*

Amidst the outpouring of years of pent-up anger in Jammu, I came across this vivid, very sad and intensely poignant first-hand account of living in the shadow of terror and the forced migration of Kashmiri Pandits...

Tackling Terrorism: One Step at a Time

This is probably a less lucid post than most of what I write…In spite of that it has taken me a very long time to draft this. Last Sunday, after hearing of the blasts in...

Has Sh Nariman really read the Padma Purana?

…or has he relied on some half-baked research presented to him as a backgrounder? I was alerted today to this excellent analysis of “Rama Setu in Padma PurANa” by Sh Sarvesh Tiwari.  I sincerely hope...