Adam Gilchrist was a wonderful wicketkeeper-batsman and a treat to watch. It is heartening to know that he planned his retirement because he missed a couple of catches in the recent test series and felt that it may be time for him to bid adieu to the game so that the more spirited younger players may play for Australia. This was despite the fact that he was still in excellent form in the batting department. It’s a shame that the Indian cricketers lack such a spirit and attitude and ar...

It’s really shocking to see people like Raj Thackeray questioning the Bachans. The act of vandalism at the Theatre & Pratiksha raises questions over the age-long definition of patriotism, where you are not supposed to have any affinity to the place where you were born and brought up. The goons of Raj’s party MNS, moved around the city of Mumbai, thrashed innocent people belonging to Uttar Pradesh and other states. They vilified the cosmopolitan city. Are these goons the cert...

With around 1 lakh female foeticide each year, the female-male ratio in UP has come to 898/1000 whereas the national figure stands at 933/1000. How to combat this menace? The Supreme Court had directed the central and state governments to implement the Pre-natal Diagnostic Technique (PNDT) Act to put an end to female infanticide. But the criminal negligence of the Health and Family Welfare Department has brought this shameful situation. True, no law can effectively stop this practice. So th...

The suggestions made by National Commission by Women (NCW) are feasible but the government and the society should also cooperate. It is also necessary that girls should not wear semi-nude or peep-through dresses; for it is also nothing short of an offence. This type of dressing leads to eve-teasing. Only law making is not sufficient to contain the menace of eve-teasing. This evil starts only after young girls come out without veil and interact with boys. Here we can understand the importanc...

Never in history has a story been so slanted as that of Palestine and Israel. Never has the victim been so squarely blamed for his own misfortunes as the Palestinian. This is a glaring truth that continues to be either ignored or misunderstood. What is totally forgotten is that it was the Palestinian proletariat, the cheap, oppressed, and dispossessed labour force that mostly worked the land, erected the homes and tended to the gardens of the ‘miracle’ state. Moreover no less th...