A large number of my students want to discuss the marks they obtained in SSB. These are my views about the SSB marks: Marking is a complex process and there is no need for the candidates to assess the implications. It is adequate to know that the person has not been recommended. It would be…
We are used to thinking very highly of democracy — and by extension, of Ancient Athens, the civilization that gave rise to it. It’s therefore very striking to discover that one of Ancient Greece’s great achievements, Philosophy, was highly suspicious of its other achievement, Democracy. This is an article to — “why?” 6thDecember 1992 The demolition of the Babri…
The world economic forum’s Global Gender Gap had ranked India at 149 out of 153 nations on economic participation and opportunities. The same forum had also stated if women participation increases then our GDP will rise substantially. Even this is pragmatic as if half our population does not work then how our country could achieve…
The ‘two plus two’ dialogues as they are called are bilateral meetings between countries involving representatives of the defense/military affairs and the external affairs from either side. These are essentially aimed at increasing co-operation in matters relating to security. The US, Japan and Australia are the only strategic partners with whom India has established a…
Human being is the most unique creation of God. Psychology is an interesting science which does not have absolute yes/no answers. From past studies of human behaviour we can discern trends or predict behaviour of an individual. This assessment may not necessarily be true because each individual is unique & he/she may not conform to the…
Bihar and state bye elections in MP, UP, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Manipur, Nagaland, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Odisha and Jharkhand have revealed the following main points to us: Modi and BJP: Most Favoured Modi continues to be the most favoured brand and BJP continues to be the most favoured political party across India. This is despite it being communal,…
The Supreme Court would do well not to proceed with the case against Kunal Kamra. Kunal has done a good job by stating the facts in his tweets. The Attorney Journal has done greater service to the nation by giving his consent to initiate proceedings against Kunal and thereby giving great publicity to the facts…
I returned home after spending 10 days in ICU for Covid on 23 Sep. My lungs were still in a bad shape and I continued on steroids for 22 days more. I continued to find it difficult to sleep for about 6 days and took sleeping pills on two nights. For about 10 days I…
08 Nov 2016 was the day PM Modi announced demonetization. This economically stupid step made India poorer by approximately Rs 5 lac crore. The aim of PM Modi, as assessed by me, was to get rid of the tag of “suit-boot ki Sarkar” and give an impression that he was getting after the rich and…
Over 95 percent of media has been suppressed in Modi misrule of 6 years. There are a large number of lapdog media and lapdog journalists. Arnab was the leader of the lapdogs and I would like to call him Modi’s attack dog. He has contributed the most in promoting Modi’s agenda. No wonder practically the…