Vedanti's Remarks about Sonia, PM Generate Political Heat

SAHAR KHAN analyses the offensive remarks made by VHP leader Ram Vilas Vedanti and the political heat they have generated in Chhattisgarh....

And Say: "My Lord! Increase Me in Knowledge" - I

We often mention with pride, and truly so, that our great religion, Islam, has always encouraged knowledge. The very first revelation of the Holy Qur’an, to the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be with him, was about reading and acquirin...

There is Some Computational Error

I don’t consider this (loan waiver to farmers) a burden but as a duty of the government. I assure you that the programme would be implemented by June 2008.            
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V.S. Naipaul and Islam

Vidiadhar Seepersad Naipaul is gifted, like other creative artists, with a fresh and original observation and communicative skill clear and daring. Still the pull of upbringing and immediate surroundings is too overwhelming for any individual to make...

Electoral System in Yemen

The electoral system in Yemen provides advanced features. The electoral process is dynamic and maintains a set of regulations and ten mechanisms for administering them. Those mechanisms underline the need to maintain diagnosis of any shortfalls ...

Take up Legal Social Work with All Sincerity

The country is passing through a phase when there is an exponential rise of violation of civil liberties on one hand and, on the other, genuine voices for preservation of civil society are dwindling day by day, said renowned legal expert and presiden...

• Indian economy is going the corporate way: Prof. Arun Kumar

It's Still the Occupation, Stupid!

If the world genuinely wants peace in the Middle East, it has to address the real issue at the heart of this conflict, opines AIJAZ ZAKA SYED...

Know the Shatrus within, Bihari Babu

Shatrughan Sinha is the only film-star in Mumbai to be addressed by the state identity – Bihari Babu. There is no Punjabi Babu, Bengali Babu, etc. in the tinsel town. Yet it was he who on March 7 showered fulsome praise on the Thackerays &ndash...