Modi versus Togadia: No place in India for politics of hate
The politics of hate and divisiveness has no place in a civilised time-tested secular polity as India. But the daemons of communalism are always itching to rare their ugly heads.
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World’s Biggest Carnival of Democracy
World’s Biggest Carnival of Democracy: A short film by Mr Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes, www.indiawrites.org, on India’s parliamentary elections, which are seen as the world’s greatest democratic carnival. It’s a carnival …
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The India I have seen – A Kuwaiti viewpoint
India and Kuwait enjoy traditionally friendly relations even before the discovery of oil. Geographic proximity, historical trade links, cultural affinities and the presence of nearly 700,000 Indian expatriates in Kuwait strengthens this long standing relationship.
Read MoreDelhi gets first female chief justice
Breaking yet another glass ceiling, Justice Gorla Rohini has become the first woman chief justice of the Delhi high court. In a male-dominated judicial system in India, Chief Justice Rohini …
Read MoreNigeria Africa’s largest economy
Nigeria’s economy is on a roll. West Africa’s largest economy has clocked an average growth of 6.45 percent, which is 2.39 percent higher than the combined percentage of 4.06 for …
Read MoreSyria announces elections, opposition cynical
Amid a festering civil war in the West Asian country, the Syrian government has announced that it will conduct a presidential election on June 3. The announcement has been greeted …
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India and the United States: The Long View
India and the United States are today positioned to embark on a more closely collaborative path. The world the two nations seek does look similar in the big picture: with greater prosperity, more freedom, market economics, rule based regimes, and pluralistic societies. At a more practical level, this is being translated into ground reality.
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War against corruption: Modi vows to cleanse the system
Mid-way through the nine-phase parliamentary elections in India, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has declared a war on corruption and vowed to cleanse the Indian political …
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Modi declares war on corruption, vows to cleanse the system
In a country where more than 500 million people are young and restless to script a new life and destiny for themselves and their country, the new government in India, which is formed after the results of the elections are declared on May 16, will have to work doubly hard to deliver on its promise of clean governance, economic recovery and swift development.
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For Now, it is Ballot over Bullet in Afghanistan
The recent Afghan elections are not merely about change in leadership; it is about ushering the country into a ‘decade of transformation’ (2015-24) by further institutionalising a relatively inclusive political culture which could cater to the rising scepticism as well as aspirations among the Afghan people.
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