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Painful Partition of India
Going through the popular column of journalist Vivek Shukla ‘Dilli dil se’ in a Hindi daily of Delhi provides enormous profit and immense pleasure. It is simply engrossing and enlightening. His pen portraits of the historical places and the history of Delhi leave an indelible mark on the mind. It is the simplest way of…
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Rashtrapati is ‘gender neutral’ like ‘Crorepati and Lakhpati’
The credit for coining the words like ‘Rashtrapati’, ‘Shri’ and ‘Shrimati’ for the ‘President of India’, ‘Mr’ and ‘Mrs’ go to famous Hindi journalist Pandit Baba Baburao Vishnu Paradkar when he was the editor of the daily Aaj of Varanasi. Hindi journalism has produced six great editors- Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, Rajaram Khadilkar, Lakshman Narain Garde,…
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Annual Conferenceof Darshan Parishad at Azamgarh will provide impetus to locals
My friend Ravindra Nath Tripathi, an Advocate practising in the courts of Azamgarh has sent me an invite to the annual conference of Uttar Bharat Darshan Parishad, which is being held on the campus of the prestigious Children College and Schools Azamgarh ( Yes, this is the name). In a way, it is the most…
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Missive of Retired Judges to the CJI is unjustified
Sometimes extraordinary measures need to be adopted to deal with an extraordinary situation. The manner in which the peace was being hijacked by some rioters in different places of Uttar Pradesh after the Friday prayers in mosques was highly disturbing for the common people. There could be no room for any doubt that it was…
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Arun Shouri’s Latest Tome is Worthless Through and Through
Arun Shouri’s Latest Tome is Worthless Through and Through Arun Shourie’s latest book ‘The Commissioner for Lost Causes’ is boring and insipid, and it does not enlighten in any manner whatsoever. It is an account of the self-righteousness of Arun Shourie. Let it be said that it has unfortunately now become a new trend or…
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Violence After Prayers Stinks of Obnoxious Conspiracy
Stone pelting after the Juma Namaz (Friday Prayers) at various places in the country amply demonstrates that some forces, which are inimical to India are actively engaged in hatching a conspiracy to shatter the peace and harmony. This is being done in the name of opposing Nupur Sharma. Demonstrations and gheraos are legitimate rights of…
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Suspension of Nupur Sharma Shows the Sign of Imbecility
One wonders why some intellectuals in India and some governments of tiny Islamic countries are up in arms over what Nupur Sharma said in a TV debate. She might have naturally gotten infuriated over the extreme provocation by some panellists over Shivlingfound at Gyanvapi of Varanasi but what she had said about Prophet is fully…
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Debate and Dissent cannot be throttled in the Name of Faith
It is reported that communal violence broke out in Kanpur as some people after offering Namaz in a mosque started pelting stones at shops in the locality to protest against the assertions of BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma about Prophet Mohammad in a TV debate. They say it is blasphemy to speak against the Prophet Mohammad…
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Yogi Deserves Praise for Restoring Rule of Law
One often wonders and marvels at the will and commitment of UP Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath to maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the state. Some forces at the instance of their masters sitting inside and outside the country were hell-bent on creating disturbances and communal tensions in Uttar Pradesh at the time of Ram Navami…
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Phoney Allegiance to the Constitution is Like Devil Quoting Scripture
I have heard ad nauseam that Asaduddin Owaisi is a Barrister by profession as he studied at the prestigious Lincoln’s Inn of London. However, I must confess that I have neither seen him arguing any case nor read any reported judgments argued by Shri Owaisi, yet he is praised for his very sharp forensic knowledge.…