Eminent Congress member Ghulam Nabi Azad denied comparing RSS to ISIS in the Parliament today. In fact he even waved a CD with the speech recording as proof of his statement and accused BJP of creating political controversy by asking Congress to issue apology for the alleged statement. Like any sane thinking individual without any political interest, the first course of action on hearing this clarification was, ‘Oh Really! What […]

In March last year a bizarre and unprecedented phenomenon occurred. Indian women began to launch a defence of Indian men on the social media and at dinner tables. Indian men were not as bad as the world perceived them to be, the women said, not all Indian men were rapists. Indian men, naturally, agreed. They were reacting to a documentary called ‘India’s Daughter’, which was about the gang rape and […]

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday cleared the decks for the three-day cultural extravaganza of Art of Living (AOL) on the flood plains of Yamuna river from Friday but imposed a fine of Rs five crores on it as environmental compensation. After posing tough questions, the tribunal also slapped fine of Rs five lakh on DDA and Rs one lakh on Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for not discharging statutory […]

We have come a long way from the times when only 38 women MPs were represented in Parliament (5.3%) to the current day when 12% of Parliament is composed of women MPs. Yet, we are much behind nations like Iraq, China and even many African nations like Rwanda and Tunisia. Interestingly, these nations fare better than us in the UNDP inequality index too. Indeed, development of any nation is concomitant […]

Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was given a roaring welcome at JNU upon his release from Tihar jail on Thursday — nearly three weeks after he was arrested on a controversial sedition charge — and said he never “asked for freedom from India, but freedom within India”. Kumar, who returned to the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus amid celebrations by hundreds of students and teachers, took on the Prime Minister, saying “Modiji […]

In an emotional speech in Parliament today, Union Minister Smriti Irani hit out at the opposition for targeting her on the suicide of Hyderabad research student Rohith Vemula last month.   “My name is Smriti Irani. I challenge you to ask me my caste,” the Education Minister said, rubbishing allegations that Rohith was persecuted because he was a Dalit.   “No one can raise a finger against me on this […]

It’s the eighth day of violence across Haryana as Jats continue their agitation demanding reservation. After a brief lull on Sunday, the situation has again become tense as news of fresh death poured in. As the Centre and the state grappled to bring the situation under control and the death toll nears 20, the state Government has finally decided to bring a bill granting reservation to the Jats in the […]

We all agree that India is one of the worst victims of terrorism in the world. We also agree that this terrorism is aided and abetted from across the border. Yet, we have a section of people in our country which believes that those who publically advocate dismemberment of India should be treated with kid-gloves. Can we afford to be so ignorant that we would allow these people to create […]

At least five people have been killed in a second day of violence related to caste rights in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police say. Protesters in the towns of Rohtak and Jind set fire to police vehicles, public buildings and buses. The demonstrators are mostly from the Jat community who are unhappy about India’s caste quota system. They say it puts them at a disadvantage in government jobs […]

The former First Lady and the top American diplomat who is aiming to create history by becoming the first woman president of the US was responding to question if the country is ready for it. Hillary Clinton has said she is not sure if the US is ready to elect its first woman president even as the Democratic presidential front-runner emphasised that there has been a “big improvement” in people’s […]