In his famous novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities‘ The British author Charles Dickens writes : ” It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epochContinue Reading
The Congress party has announced that Rahul Gandhi will undertake a ‘Bharat Nyaya Yatra‘ from Manipur to Mumbai from 14th January 2024 to 20th March, covering a distance of 6200 kms, passing through 14 states and 85 districts. This Yatra is evidently with an eye on the coming 2024 Lok SabhaContinue Reading
Bill Tammeus is my American friend, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. USA with his wife Marcia. He had come to Allahabad with his parents and 3 sisters in 1957. Bill’s father was an agriculture expert from Illinois University who had come for 2 years to India to teach modernContinue Reading
Ibaadatkhana is a global organisation for promoting communal harmony, of which I am the Patron, Tasawar Jalali, who lives in San Jose, California, USA is the International Chairman, Irfan Ali, who lives in Princeton, New Jersey, USA is the International Vice Chairman, Narendra Singh, who lives in California, is theContinue Reading
A fierce controversy has erupted in India over the proposal to rename Mysore airport as Tipu Sultan airport, made recently by a Congress MLA, Prasad Abbaya, in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. This has once again stirred up a heated debate in India, particularly in Karnataka, about Tipu’s legacy. Is he a nationalContinue Reading
To Hon’ble Om Birla Speaker, Lok Sabha New Delhi Respected Om Birla Ji, I am writing to you with a plea for mercy to the young folks ( probably all students or unemployed youth ) who entered the Lok Sabha yesterday ( 13 December ) and created a pandemonium. IContinue Reading
I worship all Rajputs and Yadavas in India, because I regard all Rajputs as descendants of Lord Ram, just as I regard all Yadavas as descendants of Lord Krishna. So I was very happy when a Rajput, Yogi Adityanth, became Chief Minister of UP ( my home state ). And now IContinue Reading
Before the Industrial Revolution which starting from England in the 18th century spread to many parts of the world, there were feudal societies everywhere. The means of production in feudal society were so primitive and backward that little wealth could be generated by them, and so only a handful of peopleContinue Reading
In view of the recent political developments in India, bad days seem to be ahead for Indian Muslims. Indian Muslims, who are about 213 million or 15% of India’s population of about 1400 million ( according to Pew Research Centre ) are today totally confused and perplexed about what they should do.Continue Reading
Many Hindus regard Indian Muslims as anti-national. But is that true ? I have often stated that unity of Indians is vital at this stage of our country’s history, and the real anti-nationals are those who polarise our society, and divide our people. From that viewpoint, let us consider theContinue Reading