Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 14th November, is the birthday of Pt Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister. A friend of mine told me this story when I was a lawyer in Allahabad. This friend, who was a few years older than me, is now no more. In the late 1950s, a convocationContinue Reading
Many Indians are celebrating Pakistan’s defeat by England in the T20 World Cup cricket tournament, as if India has won the Cup. These fools don’t understand that India and Pakistan are in fact one country, only temporarily divided by the Britishers ( the way they divided Ireland, Cyprus, Palestine, etcContinue Reading
I condemn, and have always condemned, atrocities by Indian security forces, on innocent Kashmiris.But when Kashmiris demand azaadi ( freedom ) do they realise what the implications of azaadi are ? Presently there is a huge handicraft industry in Kashmir, and the market for this are the hundreds of townsContinue Reading
Today, 9th November, is the birthday of the Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal, and it is being celebrated in Pakistan as Iqbal Day ( since Iqbal subscribed to and propagated the 2 nation theory on which Pakistan was created ) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Day While I regard Iqbal as a good poet, I intenselyContinue Reading
Arfa Khanum Sherwani, senior editor of thewire.in, will be receiving the Kuldip Nayyar Patrakarita Samman Award from the Gandhi Peace Foundation, allegedly for her great achievements in journalism.But her ‘achievements’ need some examination. 1. Arfa said India should have a Muslim Prime Minister. I regard this as a stupid idea.Continue Reading
Rahul Gandhi has congratulated Elon Musk on his taking over Twitter, and has asked that the Opposition’s voice in India be not stifled. What Rahul, wittingly or unwittingly, overlooks is that the big business which is taking over the media all over the world, looks only at its own interests,Continue Reading
By Justice Katju Pakistan has become a strange country. Now even quoting from Ghalib, the greatest Urdu poet, has become dangerous there. I had written an article on Urdu poetry, and sent it to a well known Pakistani online publication for being published.The article mentioned this couplet of Mirza Ghalib,Continue Reading
Urdu poetry is thoroughly secular By Justice Markandey Katju Many people think Urdu poetry is communal. On the contrary it is thoroughly secular. Thus, Ghalib, the greatest Urdu poet, writes : “ Imaan mujhe roke hai, jo kheeche hai mujhe kufr Kaaba mere peeche hai, kaleesa mere aage “ i.e.Continue Reading