The Draft NEP 2019 makes English compulsory throughout the nation. Why should a language be imposed on India, that too a foreign tongue? By Chamu Krishna Sastry Diversity of languages is one of India’s unique strengths. Unlike many western countries, India was never monolingual. There was no war on languages. […]
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The Breaking India Brigade has been propagating falsehoods and canards that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) insists that Hindi is the only national language and the organisation wants to ‘impose’ Hindi on non-Hindi speaking population. The RSS has always been clear that all Bharatiya languages are national languages. The second […]
1955ல் பிபிசி செய்தி நிறுவனத்துக்கு டாக்டர் அம்பேத்கர் அளித்த ப்ரத்யேக பேட்டியில் நாடு சுதந்திரம் அடைந்ததற்கு உண்மையான காரணம் என்ன என்று கேட்கப்பட்டது. அதற்கு அவர் பதிலளிக்கையில், ‘பிரிட்டீஷார் இவ்வளவு சீக்கிரம் சுதந்திரம் கொடுத்ததற்கு முக்கிய காரணம் நேதாஜியின் இந்திய தேசிய ராணுவம் கொடுத்த நெருக்கடியும், பிரிட்டீஷாரிடம் கைதான இந்திய தேசிய ராணுவ வீரர்களுக்கு ஆதரவாக 1946 பிப்ரவரியில் நடந்த கடற்படை வேலைநிறுத்தமும்தான் நினைக்கிறேன். பிரிட்டிஷ் பிரதமர் அட்லி சுயசரிதை […]
This election was between two different ideas of Bharat. On one hand was the ancient idea of Bharat based on spirituality which was integral, holistic and an all-inclusive view of life. This has been known across the world as Hindu view of life or Hindu thought. On the other hand, […]
British Prime Minister deeply regrets JalianwalaBagh Massacre Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore Renounced Knighthood after JalianwalaBagh Massacre Ravi Kumarji Kendriya Sampark Toli Sadasya British Prime Minister Theresa Mayon 10th April, 2019 described the JallianwalaBagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919 as a “shameful scar” on British Indian history but stopped short of a […]
Sukumar Sen: The Civil Servant Who Set Up India’s Extraordinary Electoral System – Some Interesting facts about the first General Elections after Independence Setting up a governance system was the priority after Independence, and eminent names from the Indian political system got down to work, laying down the foundations of […]
लगता है, आतंकवाद को लेकर कनाडा की नीति में बदलाव आ रहा है. वहां की सरकार ने पहली बार खालिस्तानियों को आतंकवादी माना है. वर्ष 2018 के लिए आई ‘पब्लिक रिपोर्ट’ में देश को खालिस्तानी आतंकवाद से खतरा बताया गया है. यह रिपोर्ट जस्टिन ट्रूडो सरकार में जनसुरक्षा मंत्री राल्फ […]
The apex court of India has ruled that a mosque is not an integral part of Islam – namaz need not be offered exclusively in a masjid, it can be offered anywhere, even in an open field. This begs the question – when Mughal conqueror Babar sought to build a […]
The controversial organisation Amnesty International, which is facing investigations for violation of FCRA regulations, has roped in actor Naseeruddin Shah to promote its anti-India propaganda. A video has emerged in which Naseeruddin Shah can be seen portraying India in a bad light and raising false alarms against the purported deterioration […]
Though the nature of land dispute in Ram Mandir issue at Ayodhya and that of Somnath Temple is totally different, the Supreme Court’s decision to not speed up the Ram Mandir case reminded me of a debate that took place in 1948 about the reconstruction of Somnath Mandir – another […]