In its ‘white paper’ on events leading to the demolition of the disputed Babri structure in Ayodhya on December 6 last, the Bharatiya Janata Party has marshaled evidence which the government, other political parties and critics of the BJP will find difficult to controvert. The document is equally devastating on … Read More
Though I am not sure, it does appear to me that no major English-language newspaper in the capital has taken proper notice of the second wave of refugees from Afghanistan into Pakistan. This is a much smaller wave; the figure runs into thousands and not millions, as in the first … Read More
One must be dishonest or naive to deny that illegal immigration from Bangladesh constitutes a serious problem for the country. It will overwhelm us in the years and decades to come if it is not checked. Bangladesh’s is among the fastest growing populations and slowest growing economies. As it is, … Read More
Since intellectuals of different hues began warning us over a year ago against ‘enemies’ of ‘true’ Hinduism out to ‘semitise’ it, I have waited for a statement by anyone of them on what precisely alarms them in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. I have waited in vain. Instead, we have been … Read More
The Madhya Pradesh high court’s judgement invalidating the dismissal of the state government is obviously a shot in the arm for the Bharatiya Janata Party and an embarrassment for the Union government and the Congress. But, above all, it is a landmark in the country’s judicial history and should be … Read More
The New Statesman ceased to be the mentor of Indian social democrats of the well-heeled variety long before it went into decline and added “& society” to its name. Most of them may not have read the article entitled “Coming next: Christian socialism” in its March 19 issue. But in … Read More
If the BJP leadership has decided to downplay the Ram Janambhoomi temple issue, as appears to be the case, it has been well advised. If it has not so decided, it would be well advised to do so. Mr L K Advani said more than once before the fateful December … Read More
It is neither possible nor necessary for us to take a position on the charge that Iran is assisting terrorist activities in Egypt, Algeria, Jordan and other Arab countries directly and through Sudan. Not possible because no one has produced the evidence so far, though Cairo claims to possess it; … Read More
Rao is not responsible for the rise of BJP as Arjun Singh would have us believe, says Girilal Jain Mr P V Narasimha Rao’s leadership stands challenged openly and explicitly, leaving him no choice but to fight back to the bitter end. The days of so-called consensus politics in … Read More
Students of world affairs would be familiar with attempts at psycho-histories of Hitler, Mao Zedong, Stalin and some other individual leaders. But psychoanalysis of the phenomenon of political parties as such is rare. An Italian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Dr Pierro Rocchini, has done just that. And apparently he is well … Read More
