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Operation Sindoor Truth Needs No Defence

India, June 16 -- Our national motto is: Satyameva Jayate (Truth shall triumph). It is drawn from the Mundaka Upanishad. What it says is that Truth does not need defence. It is capable of defending it... Read More


National Reconciliation Need of the Hour

India, June 16 -- Whenever there was an external attack on India since independence, the people of India stood solidly behind the government in power, forgetting all differences of religion, region, l... Read More


The Temporariness and Unpredictability of Life

India, June 16 -- It is a tragedy of immense proportions! One of the worst in the history of civil aviation in India! An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI-171), from Ahmedabad to London, crashed s... Read More


Judicial Corruption

India, June 16 -- Five years after my appointment as a judge of the Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, I was designated a special judge for trying cases under the Prevention of Corr... Read More


Election Commission in the Dock

India, June 16 -- The Constitutional bodies are independent and insulated against arbitrary actions of the Executive. The pillars of democracy - the Legislature, Judiciary, and the Press - are expecte... Read More


Rewriting the Nation: Historical Revisionism and the Rise of Hindutva Nationalism in India

India, June 16 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in India has been at the forefront of a concerted effort to reshape the nation's historical narrati... Read More


Grounding the Dreamliner!

India, June 16 -- So now, NDTV says, they're talking about grounding all Boeing Dreamliners flying in India. Yes, the same plane that evokes dreamy sighs from frequent flyers and mild envy from budge... Read More


Dying Before Knowing!

India, June 9 -- Many years ago, while writing for the Asian Age, a paper that MJ Akbar owned, he wrote me a line I've never forgotten. "Never criticise anyone immediately after a tragedy." A rare bit... Read More


Education Must Become India's Greatest National Priority

India, June 9 -- India stands at a crossroads where today's decisions will determine whether the next generation inherits opportunities or struggles. Education emerges as our most powerful transformat... Read More


Who is Greater?

India, June 9 -- When Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam at the US Open in 2023, that terrific trio of tennis experts - Sania Mirza, Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja - were unequivocal in pronounci... Read More