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Har Ghar Tiranga, what it means for Kashmir

On the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “Har Ghar Tiranga” – national tricolour to flutter from each and every home in the country- has a special significance for Kashmir where tricolour means more…
Entrepreneurial diplomacy—Requirement of 21st Century—Part two and final

By Ishrat Aziz Because of industrialization the world has globalized. Without industrialization and consequently globalization, 8 billion people on this globe cannot survive even for one day. They will be without food,…

India makes a big statement in Eastern Ladakh, China looks on

Arun Joshi India has made a big statement in eastern Ladakh, the region which is in news for the military standoff between China and India for the past two and a quarter…
Entrepreneurial diplomacy—Requirement of 21st Century—Part one

By Ishrat Aziz This is firs part of the two-part lecture that an astute and far sighted for Indian diplomat has given at a function organised by AMU Boys Association in the…
Gun for gun mantra against terrorism is norm in India now

Arun Joshi When Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, an old Kashmir hand, and better known for his role in bringing rebel groups to negotiating table in Nagaland, asserted, “ gun for gun”…
Rains: Gandipet, Himayat Sagar saved Hyderabad but HMWSSB failed people

Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar talaabs or lakes were completed in 1920 and 1927 respectively. While Osman Sagar completed a century of its service, Himayat Sagar will reach the milestone in another…
Greatest certainty in life is death, says Viqar but depicts immortality in art

Hyderabad: The greatest certainty in life is death. And the greatest uncertainty is its time. Did he have a premonition of his imminent end? It appears so if the mortal hurry he…

How should the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu be addressed?

Kalyani Shankar When congress leader Adhir Chiwdhurt referred to her as ‘Rashtrapatni’ and claimed it was a slip of his tongue later, Still minister Smriti Irani held the word as derogatory. Even…
Bhopal’s first plastic surgeon Dr. Zaheer-ul-Islam dies, people bid a tearful adieu

Bhopal: People bade a tearful adieu to Bhopal’s first plastic surgeon Dr. Zaheer-ul-Islam when he passed away here on Wednesday last. He was in his late eighties. He is survived by his…
Belling the cat? Difficult or improbable

Honorable Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, in a recent address to the Indian American audience said; ‘Let me make it clear, we (SC) are answerable to the Constitution and the Constitution…
Monkeypox: No need to panic

Satyen Mohapatra All countries must put their house in order with the monkeypox becoming a multi country outbreak and World Health Organization declaring monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. “There is…
Mr and Mrs Jinnah – The marriage that shook India: Sheela Reddy

Divakar Kaza A lot of us are familiar with Sheela Reddy. She is a prolific journalist and a political commentator and in her last avatar was the books editor of Outlook magazine.…
Competition, rivalry and friendship—I and Binod shared it all; now he is no more

Built on a hill-like high edge of a pond–in local dialect it is called bhinda or pokharbhida–the school was our world. Its tiled roof which leaked when it rained heavily, whitewashed walls,…
Pakistan put on notice; J&K shrines cannot remain separated by LoC

Arun Joshi On Sunday India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh posed a politically, militarily high-voltage question after having delivered an answer to the query as a backgrounder: “How is it possible that Lord Shiva’s iconic (shrine) Baba…
NCERT’s manipulation of school textbooks to negatively impact minds

There is a bright young nine-year-old boy Karam who has recently come to live in my house. Every morning his mother takes him to the bus stop for the school bus. The…