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The bigger the lie, the more easily the public will swallow it
FAKE NEWS
The bigger the lie, the more easily the public will swallow it
27.04.20 - Markandey Katju

It was a dictum of Nazi Propaganda Minister Dr Goebbels that the bigger the lie, the more easily and readily will the gullible public swallow it. In fact Goebbels had learnt this from Adolf Hitler, who wrote in his autobiography Mein Kampf that a lie ...
  

PM speaks against communalism but too late and too little
हमेशा देर कर देता हूँ मैं .....
PM speaks against communalism but too late and too little
22.04.20 - VIPIN PUBBY


PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi at last came out with a message on social site Twitter on Sunday to state that "COVID-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or borders before striking. Our response and conduct thereafter should ...
  

Treating migrants with compassion is the least the government can do
LOCKDOWN WITHOUT PLAN
Treating migrants with compassion is the least the government can do
19.04.20 - VIPIN PUBBY


There are some visuals from the post-Independent India which would forever remained etched in our collective conscious and would cause all sane persons to hang their heads in shame.

The first such images were the trudging of millions of people, including women, children and the infirm, ...
  

Redesigning Delhi: The folly and vanity of the Central Vista project
What HT Wouldn't Dare To Publish
Redesigning Delhi: The folly and vanity of the Central Vista project
19.04.20 - Ramachandra Guha

In a two-part article published last month in the website Newslaundry, the writer Alpana Kishore subjected the project to redesign New Delhi’s Central Vista to critical scrutiny. The first part asked the question: "Why is redeveloping Central Vista a bigger priority than fixing the capital’s ...
  

The fault lies with human greed, not the innocent timepiece
THE TYRANNY OF TIME
The fault lies with human greed, not the innocent timepiece
18.04.20 - Irfan Husain

Clearly, some malign agency is hard at work to erase our humanity, and turn us into automatons that follow orders. Gradually, our individuality has been hollowed out, and we have become enslaved to forces beyond our ken.

From the dawn of civilisation, the process of enslavement ...
  

A Good Leader Does Not Spread Panic
EXTENSION OF HARDSHIPS
A Good Leader Does Not Spread Panic
17.04.20 - ADITYA

FOR THE THIRD time the Prime Minister addressed the countrymen on the menace of Corona virus and for the third time he failed to articulate in policies any concern for the overwhelming majority of the people of the country who are suffering much more due ...
  

écrasez l'infâme — Crush the infamy
INDIAN MUSLIMS
écrasez l'infâme — Crush the infamy
16.04.20 - Markandey Katju

Atrocities and harassment of Muslims has increased in India lately, and demonisation of Muslims as terrorists and anti nationals has become not just a popular past time but an obsession with many people, particularly many in the media, like a TV anchor whom I call ...
  

Intellectuals and the post corona era in India
Intellectuals and the post corona era in India
15.04.20 - Markandey Katju

Presently everyone in India is focused on corona, but it is time now to think of the post corona period.

I have said several times that India's huge socio-economic problems ( which have been aggravated by the corona pandemic ) of massive poverty, record and rising ...
  

Covid-19 lockdown: How can government strike a balance?
Between the devil and the deep sea
Covid-19 lockdown: How can government strike a balance?
09.04.20 - Markandey Katju & Dhruti Kapadia

The crucial question before the Indian Govt is whether the nationwide lockdown be ended after the three-week period announced on March 24 by the Prime Minister expires on April 14, or should it be continued thereafter?
 
This is the Catch-22 situation which the authorities in ...
  

Why is Prime Minister Modi behaving like Bigg Boss?
BIGG BOSS CHAHTE HAIN..
Why is Prime Minister Modi behaving like Bigg Boss?
09.04.20 - VIPIN PUBBY


WHAT HAPPENED behind the scenes that culminated in India agreeing to send the consignment of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for which US President Trump had called prime minister Narendra Modi ? Was it actually a threat of retaliation or the chronology of events had jumbled ...
  

Nationalism is not the right framework for solving the global problems mankind faces: Jathedar, Akal Takht
CORONAVIRUS AND AFTERWARDS
Nationalism is not the right framework for solving the global problems mankind faces: Jathedar, Akal Takht
02.04.20 - Giani Harpreet Singh

Recently the acting Jathedar, Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Harpreet Singh addressed the Sikh congregation. He mentioned how the Coronavirus is a major challenge for our times. He also stated that there is no need to criticise nationalism but it is clear that for the challenges ...
  
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