DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI analyses the Riyadh Declaration signed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and King Abdullah bin Abdul Azeez Al-Saud on March 1, and calls PM’s visit to Saudi Arabia fruitful.... ![]()
We have learned to live with politicians who use caste and creed to win elections by exploiting these emotions. What we cannot live with is people who admit publicly that they have no regard for the Constitution of India and rule of the law. Also, eq... ![]()
Professor A. Rahman, who breathed his last at his residence in Okhla, New Delhi on November 5, 2009, following a prolonged illness, was a well-known science policy scientist. Before 1947, during his student days, he was a freedom fighter. He was a gr... ![]()
The waves of educational development which swept over South India a couple of decades ago, unfortunately failed to reach North India. The nation cannot prosper if a particular area or community is kept aside to avail the government’s fruitful s... ![]()
Washington and its willing mouthpieces in the media have for years been trying to sell us the preposterous war in Afghanistan. While they attempt to convince us that the war is predicated on a faultless military logic and moral wisdom, it remains in ... ![]()
The recent earthquake in Haiti was very devastating. Just a few days after the earthquake, a team of Helping Hand for Relief & Development USA rushed to the quake-hit country to provide urgently needed relief items such as food, water, tents and ... ![]()
Forget the peace process. Only world public opinion can put an end to the Israeli Apartheid, just as it did in South Africa, writes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED.... ![]()
After labourers, it is the turn of the beggars to be sent packing – this time from Delhi. The argument is simple: their presence will leave a bad image about India, which is hosting the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. The Delhi chief secret... ![]()