The strong objection by the Congress and other opposition parties in India to use of the word Bharat instead of India in the invitations to dinner by the President of India to foreign leaders attending the G 20 Summit, shows the pathetic state of India’s opposition, and is really much adoContinue Reading
One would have thought that the job of an army chief is to protect his country’s borders, and render assistance to the civilian authorities in cases of internal disturbances when asked by the latter. But it seems that the Pakistan army chief, Gen Munir, has other ideas, and believes he can fix Pakistan’s tumbling economy. He recently heldContinue Reading
262 persons, including retired High Court Judges, ex-bureaucrats, army veterans, lawyers and others have sent a letter to CJI Chandrachud asking him to take suo motu action against Tamilnadu Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, son of Chief Minister MK Stalin, for calling Sanatan Dharma a disease like malaria, dengue,covid, etc and demandingContinue Reading
In the special session of the Indian Parliament which will be sitting from September 18-22, among the other bills will be a bill for increasing women’s representation in Parliament and state legislatures to 33% I regard this as a gimmick, for two reasons : 1. In our semi-feudal society in India, most ( notContinue Reading
Bill Tammeus ( email : wtammeus@gmail.com ) is an American who had come with his father, an agricultural expert, to India in 1957-58 with his family, and was my classmate in my school, the Boys High School, Allahabad. He then went back with his family to America, and became aContinue Reading
Udayanidhi Stalin, a Minister in the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, and son of the Chief Minister MK Stalin, in a speech has called Sanatan Dharma as a disease like malaria, dengue, corona, etc, which has to be eradicated. His speech has stoked up a row Some DMK supporters haveContinue Reading
My dear friend Irfan Ali ( email irfan79@gmail.com ) who lives and works in Princeton, New Jersey, USA has prompted me to write this article. Evidently Irfan was put off by my article that the newly formed alliance of 28 opposition parties called INDIA ( Indian National Developmental Inclusive AllianceContinue Reading
The Chief Justice of India, Justice Chandrachud, is very fond of cats https://indianexpress.com/article/delhi-confidential/delhi-confidential-of-cats-and-stage-justice-s-abdul-nazeer-8362019/ From a reliable source I learnt that one of his cats fell ill recently, and the CJI sent it to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi for treatment by the veterinary doctor posted there. The doctor performed an operation,Continue Reading
Ahead of the upcoming India-Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup on 2nd September, the Jammu and Kashmir Student Association (JKSA) has urged the students hailing from the Union territory and studying at different universities all over the nation to take the game in its spirit and stay away from postsContinue Reading
For almost 30 years Naseem Zohra has travelled from Allahabad, where she lives, to wherever I am located ( for almost a decade I am in Noida ) to tie rakhi on my hand on the auspicious occasion of Rakshabandhan. The full story behind this is given below : This yearContinue Reading