No friends around, children falling prey to loneliness

April 14, 2021

The ongoing power struggle in Maharashtra, the furore in the police department, the Naxalite rampage in Chhattisgarh, people in West Bengal and other states turning out in massive numbers at election meetings and rallies sans masks and without observing a safe distance, a scary spike in coronavirus cases, accusations and...

Carelessness will lead to disaster

April 6, 2021

The second wave of coronavirus sweeping across the country has once again raised the question as to which one will you choose: Economic destruction or life? It is obvious that one will opt for life, “Jaan hain to jahan hain”. You will be able to fight back if you will...

Melodrama of dirty politics has struck a deep wound

April 1, 2021

Diversity of viewpoints is a natural process in a democracy and it is also essential for a healthy democracy, but the spectacle of low politics in Maharashtra has hurt my feelings deeply. Whatever is going on these days is extremely mortifying. Politics apart, everyone who loves Maharashtra is feeling hurt....

Road accidents and automobile pollution emerge biggest challenge

March 23, 2021

Of course, the newly-announced Vehicle Scrappage Policy of the Central Government kindles a ray of hope that perhaps everything will be hunky-dory in the years to come! But a question also arises as to why there is still the shortage of laws? There are many existing rules which if strictly...

Spirit of freedom should run through our veins

March 16, 2021

Our country is going to complete 75 years of independence on August 15, 2022. Just 75 weeks before this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’ from Sabarmati. A Dandi March has started to cover a long journey of 386 km in memory of the 1930...

PORN MOVIES ENTER HOUSEHOLDS UNDER THE PRETEXT OF WEB SERIES

March 9, 2021

The proliferation of pornography has reached to such an extent that even the Supreme Court had to make scathing remarks about the sexual content being served by the producers in the name of web series. The apex court is right to say that porn movies are being dished out in...

Despite umpteen ceasefire agreements, Pakistan continues to provoke us

March 4, 2021

This is not the first time that India and Pakistan have signed a ceasefire agreement on their borders to give peace a chance. After the fierce Kargil War of 1999, there was peace on the border for sometime, but it was short-lived. By 2003, when the situation went from bad...

CARE FOR YOUR AND OTHERS’ LIVES

February 23, 2021

As the New Year dawned, it looked like that the coronavirus pandemic was now tapering out. The number of Covid positive patients was declining rapidly and the death count was also going down, but by mid-February, reports of a fresh coronavirus outbreak from several parts of the country started pouring...

LET THIS BONHOMIE PERCOLATE TO POLITICS

February 16, 2021

M y friendship with G h u l a m N a b i Azad might be some three decades old and the biggest reason for this closeness is his charming personality. Another major reason is his preoccupation with the development of the country. Ghulam Nabi Azad, who once led...

Imran’s promised neverland

February 9, 2021

There was euphoria when Imran Khan left the cricket field and came to bat on the political pitch — the world felt that Pakistan had found a politician with the ability to get the country out of the quagmire it was in. Just as Jayaprakash Narayan gave the slogan of...