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Gandhi at 151 and the continued mystique of “Mahatma”
Last year India grandiosely celebrated #GandhiAt150. Today, on the occasion of Gandhiji’s 151st birth anniversary, can we expect the educated Indian youth to at least superfluously know about the person they call the ‘Father of the Nation?” Can he be seen beyond being an icon of “Satya and Ahimsa”? For how long they have to…
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ONAM – The Rituals, Legends and the Nonsense.
The Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has drawn flak for extending “Vamana Jayanti” greetings on Onam’s occasion. For a change, Kejriwal was right for the first time. The regionalists, Marxists, and also the pseudo bigots, in their collective attempt, declared that Onam has nothing to do with Vamana Jayanti, and it has offended Keralites. So…
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Second meeting with the Erdogan family – What is Aamir’s game?
When India was celebrating, it’s 74th Independence day, Indian actor and superstar Aamir Khan was meeting Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan at the presidential residence at the Huber Mansion in Istanbul. The news is that Aamir is in Turkey for ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’s shoot. The reports also suggest that the two discussed social projects, cultures,…
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Punyashlok Rajmata Ahilya Devi Holkar
Punyashlok Rajmata Ahilya Devi Holkar – an inspiring, benevolent queen, who made a huge impact on our history. Her life of this magnificent queen is so inspiring that it must be celebrated through the length and breadth of this nation. When the entire nation was in the clutches of Islamic invaders one woman dreamed of…
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आत्मनिर्भर बिहार, क्यूंकी… ठीके तो है नीतीश कुमार…
At a time, Bihar is witnessing the double disaster of the rapid spread of the Corona Virus and a disastrous flood, CM Nitish Kumar is more focused on Sushant Singh Rajput murder-mystery. There’s nothing wrong with responding to popular demand, but that cannot be the top priority at such a devastating time. CM responding to…
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प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी की श्री राम मंदिर भूमि-पूजन समारोह में उपस्थिति को व्यक्तिगत नहीं, बल्कि, इस अप्रतिम शुभ अवसर का उत्सव मनाने के लिए हमारे सामूहिक प्रतिनिधि के रूप में देखा जाना चाहिए।
5 अगस्त, 2020 को अयोध्या में राम मंदिर-भूमिपूजन सिर्फ़ हिंदू धर्मावलंबियों के लिए एक भावनात्मक उत्सव का क्षण ही नहीं है, इस दिन भारत के इतिहास में एक सुनहरा अध्याय जुड़ने जा रहा है। राम मंदिर एक ऐसे स्थान पर पुनर्जीवित होने जा रहा है, जिसे हिंदू मानते हैं कि यह उनके सबसे पूजनीय भगवान…
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The spin around Vikas Dubey’s encounter reminds the Police-Raid at Pratappur, Siwan.
After 5 days of chase gangster and mafia Vikas Dubey, who with his men killed 8 policemen in UP, was arrested from Ujjain, MP, and has been finally killed in an encounter, fake, or genuine. The report says he died after being critically injured in a shootout with STF officials. He was shot when he…
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Post-Galwan Valley violent clash between Indian and Chinese armies… where are we heading?
[This piece is in this week’s print edition of The Organiser. Since many are asking proper web page links, in absence, sharing the text here.] After the bloody clash between the Indian and Chinese Armies at the LAC ten days back, it is time to retrospect, where are we headed. Is a more significant military…
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विकृत धर्मनिरपेक्षता की बाध्यता
ऐसे समय जब घातक और जानलेवा कोरोना वायरस से पूरा विश्व जूझ रहा है, पूरे भारत में, अरबों लोग घर पर ही रह रहे हैं, कई विस्थापित हैं, कई आर्थिक तंगी का सामना कर रहे हैं, फिर भी सभी सहयोग कर रहे हैं। लेकिन लोगों का एक समूह इसे स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ताओं की अवहेलना और हमले…
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The farce behind Jamia CCTV Footage
The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), a group comprising students and alumni of the varsity, released the CCTV footage on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday. The 48-second video footage is of the Delhi Police’s crackdown on students of Jamia Millia Islamia who were studying in the library on 15 December 2019 that shows seven…
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