‘Quaint’ Then, ‘Cavalier’ Now: The Trudeaus of Canada
The only ones in India applauding, serenading and commiserating with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his demi-tour are MPs of a regional Indian party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is restricted to the eastern flank of India, far, far away from Canada. The Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, the Gulf …
Nehru Was Against Bangladeshi Hindu Refugees Entering India Despite Then Bengal CM’s SOS, Reveals BJP Leader’s New Book
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not only voiced his support for Bangladeshi Hindus and other minorities under attack in the neighbouring country but also given Sheikh Hasina safe refuge, a new book by BJP leader Dr Anirban Ganguly makes a sensational claim. The book, which explores …
Bengali’s Classical Status: A Triumph for India’s Linguistic Heritage
The conferring of classical language status to Bengali is a tribute to the legions of thinkers and scholars who have devoted their best energies and thoughts to its preservation, promotion, and dissemination. The conferring of classical language status to Bengali during ‘Devipaksha’, when the whole of Bengal fervently celebrates Durga …
A Proposed Semiconductor Plant And West Bengal’s Chance to Come Out of The Politics of Disruption
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced, along with US President Joe Biden, the firming up of the deal for the semiconductor plant to be set up in Kolkata In a week, Kolkata and West Bengal saw two major developments in terms of investment, industry, futuristic technology, and advancement. Prime Minister …
PM Modi’s Tribute to Bengal’s Legacy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just completed his first hundred days in office in his third term. As the only Prime Minister to be re-elected for an uninterrupted third term since Jawaharlal Nehru, Modi has indeed etched his tenure and name and that of his party’s in the history of …
Rahul Gandhi’s Grammar of Anarchy: A Recipe for Disaster
Rahul Gandhi, along with his minders and advisers in the Congress, believes that the grammar of anarchy will revive the Congress, help it win more seats, and expand its political footprint across the country The script that Rahul Gandhi reads on foreign soil is rooted in a grammar of anarchy. …
How India Has Become A Major Geopolitical Actor And ‘Kalyana-Mitra’
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi concludes another landmark visit to Singapore, one is reminded of recent observations by Singapore’s diplomat-emeritus, Kishore Mahbubani. In a significant remark, Mahbubani asked, “How many leaders in the world can comfortably visit both Russia and Ukraine and be warmly received by both countries? Very few. …
Opinion | Remembering Partition Horrors, Commemorating the Tricolour: PM Modi’s Twin Calls
In 2022, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed declaring August 14 as a day of remembrance for those who suffered the torments of partition and also perished in it, a section of the gatekeepers of history writing and dissemination opposed him. They opposed his naming the remembrance as ‘Partition Horrors …
Opinion | The Report They Tried to Bury: The Shah Commission and the Emergency
The Indira Gandhi government believed destroying the Shah Commission Report would erase the 1975 Emergency from India’s memory. But history, like truth, has a way of re-emerging The late Era Sezhiyan (1923-2017) was a stellar parliamentarian, public intellectual, writer, political leader, and associate of Annadurai, the founder of the DMK. …
Opinion | PM Modi’s Russia Visit: A Symbolic Dimension
In a historic moment, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being conferred Russia’s highest civilian award, the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, by President Vladimir Putin within the historic precincts of the Kremlin, one’s mind wandered to the innumerable scholars and thinkers who shaped the India-Russia narrative …
Opinion | Why Sandeshkhali is the New Marichjhapi
The Marichjhapi scale was much bigger, but the mindset that drove the Marichjhapi massacre and the Sandeshkhali subjugation and exploitation is the same. Jyoti Basu got away with Marichjhapi, but Sandeshkhali will prove to be Mamata Banerjee’s undoing Sandeshkhali is to Mamata Banerjee what Marichjhapi was to Jyoti Basu. Marichjhapi …
To Rid Free India of Symbols of Subjection
What could not be done in 60 years, Narendra Modi has done in a decade and India’s rise on the ladder as an economic power from 11th position to 5th best signifies the scale of transformation and performance The BJP’s national council meet – its national convention – concluded on …
Opinion | Edifice of a Swaraj State with Swaraj Character
The grand and ennobling Ram Mandir at Ayodhya is one of the finest and most enduring symbols and edifices of the Swaraj state with a Swaraj character. In one of his early writings, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, who was, besides being the originator of the ideological and philosophical bases of the …
Opinion | North-South Divide: A False and Vicious Dichotomy
The ‘North-South’ divide debate that the Congress is trying to foist on us, after its recent electoral debacle, is passé and will not strike roots anymore. Among the many myriad things he has achieved, many new narratives that he has generated, and many warped narratives that he has challenged and …