Islamists And Maoists – Two Sides Of The Same Coin
The modus operandi of the Maoists in Bastar and Islamists in Kashmir is exactly the same. They are opposed to development and fear education. On 22 February this year, a group of students owing allegiance to leftist student unions raised azadi slogans at Ramjas College, in New Delhi. The video is there on the internet for all to see. The slogans...
साधना के बिना प्रतिभा का सामर्थ्य असंभव होता है – डॉ. मोहन भागवत जी
राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के सरसंघचालक डॉ. मोहन भागवत जी ने कहा कि अपनी प्रतिभा के प्रकाश से जगमगाने वाली प्रतिभाओं की नक्षत्र मालिका को अभिवादन करता हूँ. आज सम्मानित हुई प्रतिभाओं का सम्मान मैं करूँ, ऐसा मेरे पास कुछ भी नहीं है. फिर भी इस कार्यक्रम में आया हूँ, उत्कर्ष के नित नए शिखरों को छूने वाली इन प्रतिभाशाली...
ఉగ్రరూపం.. ఎవరి సూత్రం?
పరస్పరం సంబంధం లేనట్టు కనిపిస్తున్న బీభత్స ఘటనలు ‘అంతర్జాతీయ ఉగ్రవాదం’లో భాగమన్నది వర్తమాన వాస్తవం. ఆఫ్ఘానిస్థాన్‌లో తాలిబన్ తండాలు సైనిక స్థావరంపై దాడిచేసి దాదాపు నూట నలబయి మంది సైనికులను హత్య చేయడం సరికొత్త దుర్ఘటన! ఈ దుర్ఘటన గురించి అంతర్జాతీయంగా చర్చ జరుగుతున్న తరుణంలోనే మరో పైశాచిక కాండ జరిగింది. మన ఛత్తీస్‌గఢ్‌లోని సుక్మా ప్రాంతంలో చైనా తొత్తులైన మావోయిస్టులు సోమవారం జరిపిన దాడులకు అనేకమంది కేంద్ర రిజర్వు పోలీసులు బలయిపోయారు! కశ్మీర్‌లో రాళ్లు రువ్వుతున్న జిహాదీలు విశ్రమించడం లేదు. పాకిస్తాన్...
J&K history is there, we fail to learn lessons
No short-cuts like Central rule or changes in the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act will win people's minds in Kashmir. A firm demonstration to defeat jihadi ideology alone will turn the tide back With the violence-wrapped low poll in the Srinagar constituency in Jammu & Kashmir, prophets of doom are back to their wretched business. Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief...
Malegaon case: HC grants bail to Sadhvi Pragya
The Bombay High Court today granted bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Takhur but denied any relief to co-accused former Lt Col Prasad Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. "The appeal filed by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is allowed. The applicant (Sadhvi) is directed to be released on bail on a surety of Rs 5 lakh. The appeal filed by...
25 CRPF men killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district
At least 25 CRPF personnel were killed in a three-hour-long gunbattle with the CPI (Maoist) in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. While eight others were injured, seven personnel, including the Commander of Central Forces, were reported missing after the attack. Chief Minister Raman Singh convened a high-level meeting and called for a greater need to remain vigilant and formulate...
Hindutva before Savarkar: Chandranath Basu’s contribution
“Hindutva,” as both term and concept, is usually identified with VD Savarkar (1883-1966). His 1923 essay, originally titled, “Essentials of Hindutva” and retitled, “Hindutva: Who is a Hindu” in its 1928 reprint is the most frequently, often the only, cited text in this regard. Even the ever-popular Wikipedia has it wrong in saying that the word was “coined in...
The Hindu nationalist tradition is not alien to West Bengal
In the long and acrimonious run-up to the 2014 general election, there were political analysts who discounted the possibility of the Bharatiya Janata Party ever forming a viable government at the Centre. Their scepticism was based on two considerations. First, it was felt that Narendra Modi was too 'polarizing' a figure to be acceptable to the Indian electorate. Secondly,...
Current Conflict is Essentially between Global and Local
The western world view has dominated for the last 200 or so years and hence their idea of “modern man’ is accepted as the “idea”. It is supposed to transcend territories and cultures. It assumes that “one size” fits all and enunciates “one model” works for all. In many seminars I am asked by foreigners about India becoming “Europe”...
