Rajesh Talwar

Is India on track to become an education superpower?

October 11, 2023

As World Student Day approaches on 15 October, to honour the birthday of APJ Abdul Kalam, one of India’s greatest Presidents, it is time to soberly reflect as to what India can offer the global student community in time to come. India has certain advantages that make it possible for...

What happened after Gandhi was thrown off the train

September 26, 2023

As Gandhi Jayanti approaches it’s time once again to reflect on the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi as depicted in articles, books and even cinema. Turning to the film ‘Gandhi’ which garnered as many as eight Oscars, Richard Attenborough the director shoots a scene etched in the minds of...

Cheerleaders at the battle of the billionaires

August 18, 2023

Bill Gates once stated in an interview that he often has bets with his billionaire friend Warren Buffet whenever they are in disagreement over the outcome of something. They generally have a bet for one dollar, and the loser presents the bill to the victor. Those genteel days appear to...

Was Winston Churchill a war criminal and genocidal dictator?

July 26, 2023

In 2012, the BBC carried out a poll on the hundred greatest Brits, and as a result of that poll, Winston Churchill emerged as the greatest Briton. The results of that poll were subsequently taken down, but there is no question that in the minds of many Brits, even today,...

Poll season: Transparency needed in political funding

June 28, 2023

In a few weeks from now, India will head for elections in five states, and a few months thereafter, the countdown will begin for Lok Sabha elections due possibly around April 2024. Once again, there will be editorials in newspapers and heated debates on television centred on how it is...

Roald Dahl, Winston Churchill, and the Nobel Prize

June 5, 2023

A fair amount of controversy was generated some weeks ago in respect of the proposed editing of several works written by notable children’s book author Roald Dahl. Mr Dahl, it was argued by his publisher, often used language that could potentially foster prejudice in children instead of inculcating good values....

Judging the judges and the justice machinery

May 31, 2023

“No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it,” said President Theodore Roosevelt famously while addressing the US Congress more than one hundred years ago. In order to mitigate corruption anywhere in the...

Remembering Netaji and Winston Churchill on World Hunger Day

May 26, 2023

Established more than ten years ago in 2011, World Hunger Day reminds us about the global food crisis. Observed on 28 May, as the day approaches this year, it is an opportune time to reflect on the devastating Bengal Famine of 1943-44, the last major famine in India that claimed...

Introducing a law against dynastic politics

April 24, 2023

A few years ago, the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discovered that Indians have not yet rejected hereditary candidates. As a matter of fact, an astonishing 46 percent of voters said that they actually preferred politicians who hailed from dynasties. Nearly one in two Indians preferred candidates with a...

Why the demand for Scotland’s independence from the UK has started gaining momentum

April 11, 2023

When Rishi Sunak became the first Indian-origin prime minister of the United Kingdom, it was a remarkable development. Earlier, it was only in the corporate world that India was providing leadership, with numerous CEOs of Indian origin heading some of the world’s biggest companies, including Microsoft and Google. Now it...

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