Privileges for the Scheduled Tribes exist to right the wrongs of history.But now the status of being a Scheduled Tribe is a sort of passport to a better life. Other non scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are thus naturally feeling the heat of...

Why are we anymore surprised to know of terrorists living amongst us? When Muslim kids are flunking exams in secular subjects because they are spending more time in religious studies, then why are we surprised at the results? Bad results translate...

It was recently pointed out that Bangladesh is being run by Mafioso-style leaders who do not care for the poor. Terrorists wax eloquent about the larger causes they profess to espouse, only to choose murder as the right path to silence all opposition....

Indians like to wash their dirty linen in public. This of course is put forward as a perquisite of democracy. The common argument is that watchdogs need to clean up the dirty acts of our fellowmen. If someone buys a billion dollars’ property in...

US soldiers are celebrating Thanksgiving in Afghanistan and this has made international news. The Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross had lost his legs to landmines, and his plight is making headlines simultaneously. Both stories are...

There is yet hope for India. A nation does not become a superpower by money and infrastructure alone. There have to be leaders who are fearless in speaking the truth, who care nothing for the opinions of the hypocritical many who serve a government as...

Pakistan is cornered. And she thinks India is to be blamed for the Commonwealth nations’ dalliance with the idea of suspending Pakistan from the group. The Commonwealth wants Pakistan out because of the ongoing Emergency there. The commonwealth...

We are blaming our own government for donating only $1m to cyclone hit Bangladesh. Times of India has pointed out that India could have done so much more for the poor cyclone-Sidr hit Bangladeshis. Also this very popular paper reports India’s...

Karl Marx had long ago pointed out how there is nothing called idealism. Everything runs on the cogs of money. Every struggle is between those who have money and those who don’t. At one level, Bush is in Iraq because he does not have oil. Now...

Why is it that we love to hear about the fall of Churchmen? And why is it that we hide it behind grave concerns about the victims? Ironically, in such news items the focus is always on the perpetrator of abuse and the victims are mentioned as...