To hear Rahul Gandhi hurl allegations at the armed forces or brand his colleagues as traitors is to witness a very old game being played with very new, and very dangerous, stakes
The concluding episode of this series offers some suggestions regarding Ghar-Wapsi and some measures to counter the existential threat faced by the Hindu community
DVG wrote his play, "Mahachunavane" (General Elections) in 1965. It depicts an unflattering picture of the first general elections in India held in 1951-52. There is a justified need for revisiting and re-analysing this play today.
The 1967 General Elections of India was a crucial juncture in the history of "independent India." It was the clear line that separated decency from brazenness.
The era of Hindu monarchies was one where the rulers genuinely feared and respected public opinion and conducted themselves in tune with it. In democracy, public opinion has degenerated into the sham of perception-management. We trace this downfall with concrete examples from history.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s vision of and eulogy to the Indian Civil Services in his inspirational speech on April 21, 1947 to the first batch of the Indian Administrative Services
Honourable Members…I ask you, Members, to stand in your places to pay our tribute of respect to Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who by his grim determination and stead fast