It was emotional, was Rahul Gandhi’s speech. His personal tragedies were also the nation’s — the loss of his grandmother, that of his father. And his mother cried, too, as the time approached for him to take over the mantle of Congress leadership. This story could not have been otherwise: a party formed to win [...]
Numerous are the grave news of our country, and too much heart-burning is bad for the liver. This time around, I want to help readers see how we could laugh our blues away. India is rich in comedians especially in its politics.
Rahul Gandhi had been shying away from all eyes despite the nation being in uproar over severe issues. You may not blame him: the reasons for his hiatus were grave and heavy: even if he had been in grooming for long to shoulder the responsibility of the party and at a later time the nation, [...]
Virat Kohli has once again hit form and stood firm by Captain Dhoni as the latter hit the winning runs to beat England, once again. A section of the media has gone gung-ho about Kohli’s innings. All that is fine, but Kohli should not get carried away by the pile of praises heaped on him, [...]
As if our education system was not sufficiently dismal with the impractical content and archaic methodologies used to impart knowledge in schools, we now are also faced with the even bleak news that our students are below par in learning and almost 53 per cent of Class V government school students cannot read a Class II level text book nor can they solve simple arithmetic problems.
Is Sonia Gandhi on the defensive or offensive when it comes to the corrupt government? Her recent remarks on “public being rightly fed up” on corruption levels, and the pompous display of wealth by leaders, might leave one wondering why politicians charged on various grounds of corruption and crime and still in her party. Is [...]
They prowl the street of London, clad in hooded jackets. Their intention is to educate people about the right way to live. But when Muslim Patrol insists that people do as deemed right by their religion, they cross a line. Because saying something to people and insisting that something be done are different. And when [...]
Armstrong must be banned for life, and more than that he should now face criminal charges which, if convicted, should see him do at least 10 years in prison. Not for doping, but just for being such an ass.
A woman is gang-raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi, and a country looks at its soul. States and the federal government start revamping rape laws and commissioning fast-track courts. All good stuff.
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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