Month: August 2017

SC frees Indians from netas

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by nine judges, declared privacy “as an intrinsic part of the right to...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 30 Aug 2017, 11:10

Insensitive Minister blames media for Dera violence

By sending a “reminder” to the media to refrain from “causing panic, distress and undue fear” by its coverage of...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 27 Aug 2017, 12:54

The face of insolence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s condemnation of the massive violence that erupted after Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction in a...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 26 Aug 2017, 02:07

A question for Mr. Owaisi

In a recent television debate with senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 25 Aug 2017, 02:12

Liberals turn a blind eye to Love Jihad

The entire liberal establishment is aghast that the Supreme Court has not dismissed the phenomenon called ‘love jihad’ or rubbished...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 25 Aug 2017, 02:08

Free India, unfree India Inc. – Part 2

The life of Jamnalal Bajaj (1889-1942) exemplifies the freedom of thought and action that Indian industrialists enjoyed during the Raj....

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 18 Aug 2017, 09:53

Free India, unfree India Inc – Part 1

At a time when India is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Independence, it would be instructive to find how free...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 18 Aug 2017, 09:44

Gorakhpur: When shame dies

Governments change, James Bond said in Golden Eye, the lies stay the same. Also the dissimulations, the deceits, the excuses....

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 15 Aug 2017, 11:24

What freedom?

As India celebrates the 70th anniversary of freedom today, does anybody bother to stop and ponder over the content of...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 15 Aug 2017, 05:11

Politicians’ cant and rancid reality

Three sanitation workers died of asphyxiation inside a sewer manhole in New Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar on Sunday. About 10 days...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 10 Aug 2017, 10:04