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Exchange RatePatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday won the trust vote in the assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the BJP. A total of 126 legislators voted for the motion moved by the chief minister while 24 voted against. The house has 243 members. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out before the special session [...]
Author Archive: Arun Koshy Philip
My interests lie in current affairs, social issues and political analysis. A strong believer of independent thinking and healthy scepticism.
Sharmila’s chains shackle our conscience
What happens when the State, that is duty-bound to provide justice to its people, turns oppressor?
Reason should reign over religion
The proposed Sethusamudram project is back in the eye of the storm after its opponents have gone ballistic in their objection, with the issue rocking the Parliament.
Coffins to choppers: No end to scam plague
Even as an Italian investigation is bringing out damning information on the VVIP helicopter deal, the Indian response has been divided.
Time to streamline anti-naxal ops
Two Central ministries, ministry of defence (MoD) and ministry of home affairs (MHA), are engaged in a nasty war of words over an incident involving Indian Air Force personnel during an anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh.
Why are we Indians toying with the judiciary?
Lack of faith in elected representatives and administrative machinery has seen people increasingly turning to judiciary to get things done.
Rajnath Singh appointment is a blow to BJP, boost for Modi
Every effort of embattled BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to wiggle out of the Spurti quagmire has backfired and the proverbial final nail on the coffin was stuck by the I-T raids on the company stakeholders’ offices.
Teaching is not a business
I chanced on newspaper report on how the State’s teachers’ unions are up in arms over a government proposal to introduce biometric attendance for teacher and other school staff. Their bone of contention is that the government is ‘wasting’ money on unnecessary matters while basic facilities such as classroom infrastructure and toilets are ignored. One [...]
Only generals gain from Indo-Pak war
Calls by a section of media for surgical strikes and war make it sound like a cakewalk. Pakistan military is no pushover and is competent enough to give us a bloody nose if any hastily-planned cross-border adventure is initiated.
Owaisi doesn’t hold monopoly of hate
MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi is in the eye of a storm kicked up by his controversial speech. His vitriolic words have drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum — and increased his following among the hawks in his party.
When state fails, vigilante rises
Law and order exists for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Martin Luther King Jr. Much has been the public outrage across the country in general, and the national capital in particular, after the Delhi bus [...]
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