Today, Las Vegas is a mass of gigantic resort complexes and blinding lights. As the spiritual capital of casino gambling, this is to be expected by Roger. After all, it is this very same industry that transformed this once sleepy town into a bustling city with a population of nearlyContinue Reading
Macau last month agreed to issue the region’s current six commercial gaming operators with fresh 10-year licenses that will run from Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2033. Shares of the six publicly traded gaming entities have been surging since. The rally came in conjunction with China finally agreeing toContinue Reading
In India the state assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and for the Municipal Council of Delhi are over, and the results are awaited. Soon thereafter preparations will begin for the state assembly elections in 2023 in Tripura ( due in March ), Karnataka ( due in May ),Continue Reading
What is to be done By Justice Katju What India requires is a modern minded dictatorship determined to rapidly industrialise and modernise the country, e.g. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk who rapidly modernised Turkey in the 1920s, or the advisers of Emperor Meiji who rapidly modernised Japan after the Meiji Restoration ofContinue Reading
On my ( Justice Markandey Katju ) last facebook post someone commented Muhammad Hamza Sir what do you think about the razing of Muslim houses in India by bulldozers in the name of encroachment? Why is the SC and whole country silent? And I replied :Muhammad Hamza : Have uContinue Reading
The News Caravan News Desk Justice Markandey Katju In my opinion all this talk is irrelevant. The real ruler of Pakistan, was, is, and will remain its army. So even if Imran Khan again becomes the Prime Minister, he will only be a dummy and a puppet. It is saidContinue Reading
TheNewsCaravan WebDesk Rau mein hai rakhsh-e-umr kahaan dekhiye thame Nai haath baag par hain na paa hai rakaab mein – Mirza Ghalib रौ में है रख़्श-ए-उम्र कहाँ देखिये थमे नै हाथ बाग पर हैं ना पा है रिक़ाब में رو میں ہے رخش عمر کہاں دیکھیے تھمے نے ہاتھ باگContinue Reading
I have joked about many communities, Bengalis, Tamils, Biharis, Nagas, etc, so naturally people asked me to joke about my own community, Kashmiris. There is a Persian adage that one should avoid 3 types of people : awwal Afghan, doyam Kambo, soyam bazzaat Kashmiri ( i.e. first Afghans, second Kambos,Continue Reading
When I was in Allahabad I would go regularly to a yogi sadhu, Swami Vishnudevanand Saraswati, to learn yoga. He had his ashram where he lived next to the Ganga bandh. He was a Bengali and had become a sadhu at a very young age. He travelled to many placesContinue Reading
Today, 14th November, is Children’s Day.How do we celebrate Children’s Day ? By ensuring that no child is abused or exploited, no child is deprived of food, clothing, education, medicine and shelter, no child is treated with hatred and made to have an inferiority complex.But how do we ensure thatContinue Reading