Justice Katju’s Happy Diwali: A stark call amidst celebrations, shedding light on India’s overlooked struggles – from malnourished children to unemployment, a poignant reminder amidst festivity.Continue Reading
The great Hindu festival of Diwali will be celebrated this year on 12th November. On this occasion I appeal on behalf of Ibaadatkhana, a global organisation promoting inter faith harmony, of which I am the patron, to all non Hindus worldwide to celebrate Diwali on that date. Some details of IbaadatkhanaContinue Reading
Dr Vatsa and Valli have unscientific understanding of religions. I recently saw this interview of Dr Aviral Vatsa, who is a medical practitioner living in Scotland, by Valli Bindana, a film maker who lives in California. Both are of Indian origin. Dr Vatsa and Valli are both self proclaimed atheists (Continue Reading
The godi media says ‘Hindu, Hindu, Hindu’, while Arfa Khanum Sherwani says ‘Muslim, Muslim, Muslim’, all the time. Thus they are two sides to the same coin, dividing and polarizing society, like the Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League before Partition. Neither godi media nor Arfa talk much of massive povertyContinue Reading
The Senior Editor of the portal thewire.in, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, recently spoke at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi In her speech she spoke of the atrocities on Muslims in India, hate speeches against Muslims, voters being polarised, etc It is true that atrocities on Muslims have increased after the BJP cameContinue Reading
I have the highest respect for former Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s wife Bushra bibi But first I must make a confession. I had in the past ridiculed her on twitter etc by calling her ‘pinky peerni’, who does ‘jaadu tona’, and by saying that she has two djinns in aContinue Reading
Arghya Sengupta’s superficiality and inanity By Justice Katju I saw the recent interview by the eminent journalist Karan Thapar of Arghya Sengupta, Research Director of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on his book ‘The Colonial Constitution‘, and I regret to say that I found Dr Sengupta’s views totally superficial and inane TheContinue Reading
How could 100,000 Britishers, who came from far away, conquer and rule over 350 million Indians during the British Raj ? This happened for two reasons (1) Indians were technically backward (2) We were divided. Presently we have no dearth of technical talent. In fact Indian IT engineers are largely manningContinue Reading
Dev Anand’s films By Justice Katju The Indian origin journalist Mayank Chhaya, who is based in Chicago, has written an article on the film star Dev Anand, published in the portal indicanews.com The article mentions little about Dev Anand’s films, and only recounts some encounters with him. Films are a form ofContinue Reading
Moeed Pirzada’s superficial understanding By Justice Katju Moeed Pirzada is an upright Pakistani journalist, whom I respect, as he is bravely fighting for restoration of democracy in Pakistan. However, with respect, his recent video talk reveals his inanity and superficial understanding. Most of his talk is a rambling discourse on IndianContinue Reading