By Dr Syed Khursheed, Bandra The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. Albert Einstein The world suffers a lot. Not because by the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people. Martin...
By Vikas Datta, Across the Second World War's hundreds of thousands of armed clashes, big and small, across multiple theatres, there are few soldiers, below general rank, who may have influenced its strategic course, and in a way, shaped the future, despite their...
By Saeed Naqvi, I have never seen the electronic media so totally defiant of the BJP government. Home Minister Rajnath Singh's avowed intention to calm Kashmir by announcing a Ramadan ceasefire appears to have been dismissed as "appeasement of Pakistan and...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, Public opinion on privatisation ranges from proponents who say it increases efficiency to opponents to fear it will lead to higher charges. As we evaluate potential policies regarding privatisation in India, it would be useful to look at the...
By Anil K. Rajvanshi, Quite a number of years ago, I was invited to give a major lecture at my alma mater IIT-Kanpur (IIT-K). My lecture was an inspirational one where I told the students how they can, through their technological training, help in nation-building and...
By Amit Kapoor, Just as the Indian economy was limping back to normalcy after an elongated period of subdued growth, oil prices have thrown a spanner in the works right on cue. Oil prices, which had fallen to sub-$40 levels, are back with a vengeance having climbed to...
By Frank F. Islam, Over 31 million people of Indian birth or descent are part of the Indian diaspora spread around the world. Of them, 3.1 million, or 10 per cent, are Indian-Americans living in the US. The Indian-American diaspora has proven to be a vital resource...
By Ram Puniyani Recently (May 2018) Hamid Ansari, the ex-Vice President of India, was invited to Aligarh Muslim University to honor him with life membership of AMU Students Union (AMUSU). He had due security with him, still the Hindu Yuva Vahini-ABVP activists could...
By Vikas Datta, An essential attribute of humanity, languages serve the purpose of communication, but given their sheer multiplicity and variations, they are more liable to create barriers to understanding, than paving the way towards it. Though human ingenuity...
Dr Syed Khursheed, Bandra A vast majority of our country is not in favour of a divided country which the present Government is trying to bring ,though they have come to power with only 31 percent votes. This vast majority consists of liberal populace, amongst the ...