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This, not reservations, is the answer…

…to upliftment and betterment of Dalits, backwards and Muslims… From the Time of India, 7th Dec ’06 (article by Subodh Ghildiyal): “Tectonic shift: Dalits find new vistas in private sector” Excerpts: “NEW DELHI: Jhumur Das...

Of “Monkey Gods” and “Elephant Heads”

Last month (Nov 27), TIME ran a cover story (see “The Pope Confronts Islam“) on the confrontation between Islam and Christianity in the context of Pope’s remarks about the Islam. I came across several...

What a surprise!

From the “Times of India”, 21st December 2006: Madrassa found to be LeT recruitment cell Excerpts: “…In a startling discovery police in north Kashmir have stumbled on a full0fledged recruitment cell of the Lashkar-e-Taiba...

Afzal-giri vs. Gandhi-giri

This has to be the statement of the year (courtesy Farooq Abdullah, former J&K Chief Minister): If Afzal is hanged, he will become a hero for centuries to come. The nation will go up...

Identities and Globalization

In his profile, TIME Magazine’s International Newsmaker of the Year, Shri L N Mittal is quoted as saying,    “Whether I’m Indian or the citizen of another country is irrelevant in this global environment”.  ...