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Sardar Patel
Could it be this Mahatma Gandhi we Indians don’t know?
It always troubled me how a global empire so ruthlessly built as the British did, bowed to the moral powers of Mahatma Gandhi. I...
Of sobbing Sabrina, outraged Obama—and a conniving Congress
Much has been written about the recent Narendra Modi's visit. The epoch-making visit is hailed by the real watchers of geo-politics and has been dumped...
That day at Ramlila Ground and The Emergency thereafter
Notwithstanding the fact that the sun was on fire in national capital, yet the massive Ramlila Ground had no space left even before the...
17 York Road: Where Nehru used to meet Edwina Mountbatten
(Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru died on this day in 1964. Seasoned journalist and author Vivek Shukla, a walking encyclopaedia on Delhi, brings out some nuggets...
Is Rahul Gandhi the last Mughal, the Bahadur Shah Zafar of a dynasty?
I worry for this India where a rank failure in politics, with no connection to people, and little integrity, is lauded as Messiah every...
Aligarh as Harigarh: Those who fume in mouth need a reality check
It could happen that Aligarh is renamed as Harigarh. It’s also on cards that the city’s airport would be named after BJP leader Kalyan...
It’s only logical we nominate a National Betrayal Day after Partition Horrors Day!
Independence Day is an event. As the preceding day would now be the one for Partition-Horrors. What do you think should be the National...
Too little on Hindu kings, social reformers, saints in our history books: Research to Parliament Committee
There is a disproportionate attention to Mughal rulers, caste issues and barely any mention of achievements of Hindu kings, Indian saints and social reformers...
How come stone-pelters are queueing up in thousands for a BSF job, Ms Mufti?
Kashmiri youths were stone-pelters and now they are lining up to protect India’s borders and we don’t know whom to believe anymore.
The Gupkar club...
Be it Somnath or Ram temple, why Congress sulks at symbols of Hindu’s faith?
The country saw the split of ideologies when Pt. Nehru said, “I do not like your attempt to revive Somnath (temple). This is Hindu revivalism.”...
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