RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
Def Ministry’s reliance on public sector smacks of socialist mindset
The Defence Ministry’s decision to exclude the private sector for the upgrade of 693 BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) reeks of socialist mindset. It doesn’t augur well for national security, ... Read More
Basirhat: Jinhen naaz hai secularism per wo kahaan hain…
The Left-liberal establishment is likely to pounce upon Bharatiya Janata Party MLA H. Raja Singh who has harangued the Hindus in West Bengal to “respond in the same way” as their coreligionists in... Read More
Hypocrisy, thy name is Chidambaram
Normally, there are two kinds of politicians—hypocrites and unabashed hypocrites. Congress leader and former Union minister P. Chidambaram belongs to the second category. Speaking at the launch of j... Read More
Israel visit: Modi’s biggest foreign policy feat
Isn’t it odd that no prime minister of the world’s largest democracy ever visited the only genuinely democratic country in the Middle East for almost seven decades? Against this backdrop, Prime Mi... Read More
India has no China policy
To jaw-jaw, said Winston Churchill, is always better than to war-war. To that extent, China’s regular aggressive posturing against India in the recent past is better than any conflict escalation on ... Read More
GST shouldn’t be fiscal socialism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to sell the new goods and services tax (GST) as “good and simple tax,” and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has tried to present as a pro-poor tax. How good it ... Read More
Theatre of the familiar
The woes of living in India are not just confined to poor living standards, shoddy governance, rickety infrastructure, and ubiquitous lawlessness; one also has to endure unbearable ennui. Every event,... Read More
NAPA is GM monster from Jurassic age
The new goods and services tax (GST) regime, we are told, will be a boon for the economy; it would benefit consumers as prices would be down and also be good for the economy which would get a boost. T... Read More