Rajesh Talwar

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

April 10, 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...

Criminality of overseas Khalistani propagandists

April 4, 2023

The criminality and hypocrisy of overseas propagandists of an independent state of Khalistan is evident to most Indians, including the vast majority of Indian Sikhs, though not to naïve Western governments, some of whom have become inadvertent facilitators and co-sponsors of global terrorism. Are you listening, Mr Trudeau? Only part...

Belling the cat, or dealing with criminality in politics

March 25, 2023

Whether or not you agree with the recent verdict against Rahul Gandhi, it raises numerous questions about the pace of justice in the country and the upward trend in the criminalisation of politics across the country, across all political parties. This verdict involving a case of alleged criminal defamation was...

Finding elusive HAPPINESS

March 21, 2023

As International Day of Happiness approaches,it is time for all of us to think of how we can be happier, even though happiness, like love, cannot be forced. For ten years now, since 2013, on 20 March, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness. A more equitable...

‘MONA DARLING’ AND CINEMATIC DIALOGUES

March 15, 2023

An actor can make his or her presence felt even with a few lines. Actors may complain to film directors about having too little to say. Directors argue back that it is not what you say that matters as much as how you say it. Bollywood fans recognize snatches of...

Confronting China, the bully in the class

March 13, 2023

In Goldfinger, one of Ian Fleming’s most memorable novels that was subsequently made into a film, a character says the following words: ‘Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.’ The behaviour of the Chinese too, even if...

Remembering The Ranis on this Republic Day

January 24, 2023

As this year’s Republic Day approaches, an important birthday approaches just a few days earlier which the nation will also celebrate. In 2022, it was decided that henceforth, Republic Day celebrations should commence from 23 January onwards so that Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday could be celebrated as well. This year...

A SPECIAL YEAR FOR INDIA

January 7, 2023

Even though nominations will be announced only towards the end of January 2023, you could say that, in a sense, movie history has already been made with the shortlisting of four Indian films at the Oscars: two documentaries and two feature films. The possibilities of an enhanced Indian presence at...

Pitfalls of living with dangers of human rights violations

December 10, 2022

Human rights presuppose the existence of humans and on Human Rights Day, celebrated every year on 10 December, we have to prioritise the rapidly escalating threat to humankind and all forms of existence above human rights itself. Following recent military reverses faced by the Russians, President Putin’s oblique remarks on...

ON FAST FOOD, PAANI PURI AND AMITABH

December 3, 2022

PIYA: Can I have some money, Papa? PAPA: What for, Piya? PIYA: Just going to McDonalds with friends in the evening. PAPA: To eat all that junk food. PIYA: Not unhealthy if eaten in moderation, Papa. The Americans were so smart to have invented fast food, weren’t they? PAPA: They...

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