Categories for Analysis
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Congress : Mahatma Gandhi to Rahul Gandhi
The oldest party of India founded in 1885 is passing through its most difficult time. There are variety of reasons for this crisis. Mahatma Gandhi had said that Congress has achieved its goal of getting freedom to India and it... View Article
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Narendra Modi & Rajiv Gandhi : CONTRASTING LEADERSHIP IN DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY
Thirty five years ago, on 29th July 1987 to be precise, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed an accord with Sri Lankan President Junius Jayawardene which was called Indo-Sri Lanka accord. This was apparently to bring peace in the... View Article
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A credible & stable pole of ideological clarity and political efficacy : BJP AT 42 AND STILL GOING STRONG
The biggest contribution of the BJP are injecting an element of patriotism, nationalism and credibility to the Indian politics in general and the then Opposition space in particular. The formation of the BJP was announced by Atal Behrari Vajpayee on... View Article
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Yogi: The Rock Star
Sometime in 1996, The Times of India carried a full page advertorial headlined – Man India Waits For. This was during those churning years of economic liberalisation initiated by the duo of PV Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh and a... View Article
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Law To Raise Marriage Age
Let me begin with a disclaimer: I am neither a member of BJP nor of any of its associate Sangh organizations like RSS or VHP or Bajrang Dal or any other organization nor have I got anything to do with... View Article
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Farmers’ Agitation : At What Cost to the Country?
All is well that ends well. But that is not always true. This saying may help one to draw an illusory satisfaction. That can be said to be true of the farmers’ 13 months old agitation which came to an... View Article
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‘USA benefits greatly from Indian talent’ -Elon Musk
‘O wealth less, unpleasant and ever troublesome poverty ! Go to remote hill. Or else with all our might we will bring your destruction!’ [Rigveda-10, 155,1]. The content of the verse is enough to understand that in our life-philosophythe prosperity... View Article
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Global hunger index : Intersection of conflict and hunger
The 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI) points to a dire hunger situation in a world coping with multiple crises. Progress toward Zero Hunger by 2030, already far too slow, is showing signs of stagnating or even being reversed. A recent... View Article
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Our National Security Must Always Stand Paramount
It is most heartening to note that just recently, the three-Judge Bench of Apex Court comprising of Justice Dr DY Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Vikram Nath while hearing a petition on Char Dham Highway expansion in full court... View Article
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Test Identification Parade : Purpose And Object
At the outset, let me begin by stating most unambiguously that the test identification parade is always conducted immediately after a criminal offence takes place so that the eye witness who does not know the accused identifies him/her and thereby... View Article