ISI has a field day thanks to Vaidik and Times Now
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Ved Pratap Vaidik has made a fool of himself by walking into an extra-clever trap laid for him by Pakistan’s ISI. In all probability, the trap was laid by extending to him an invitation through two famously notorious Congress leaders, Mani Shankar Aiyar and Salman Khurshid, to join in one of the More...
Vaidik’s meeting with Hafiz Saeed is an act of treason
A lot is being said and written on the meeting between Mr. Ved Pratap Vaidik and Hafiz Saeed, head of a terrorist organization named Jama’at-ud-Da’wah. Hafiz Saeed also has close links with Lashkar-e-Taiba More...
A Nepal agenda for Narendra Modi
Backgrounder It is indeed good news that Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi will be visiting Nepal during which he is expected to announce a major economic assistance package for Nepal. After creating a positive More...
A Primer in Economics: Theft
Introduction Why are some countries poor while others rich? That’s a more complex question than the question why a particular person is rich and another poor. The difficulty in the latter case arises because an More...
Why the Congress should not be given the Leader of Opposition
The short and simple answer: it hasn’t earned it and therefore doesn’t deserve it. The slightly longer answer: with a paltry 44 MPs, it doesn’t have the 10% strength required to become the Leader of Opposition. There’s More...
How a chaiwallah enabled a Kutch villager’s vision for India
On our return from the Safed Rann (White Desert) back to Ahmedabad, we stopped by at Dhaaneti, an ordinary Kutchhi village off the Bhuj-Bhachau highway, made up of a few hundred well maintained homes set in narrow More...
Congress Crimes 5: Punishing Congress crimes is no vendetta
The Congress leaders seem to be convinced that they can fool all the people all the time. The grand old party has reasons to be sanguine about the efficacy of this mantra, for it has ruled the country most of the More...
How RSS-affiliated NGOs make a positive difference
Recently, the IB had come out with a report questioning the motives and agenda of the foreign funded NGOs operating in India. It is alleged that they have an anti-development agenda, which has caused serious More...
Summons to Gandhis in National Herald case: Legal study
Introduction The Right Wing is euphoric. It has already started visualizing the Mother-Son duo in Tihar. The other camp is just about recovering from the shock and continues with its “we care a damn” façade More...
Indian foreign policy: a wake up call
Indians and their policy makers share a belief that they are ineffably decent people, who embody worthy moral values. This was clearly the basis for Nehru’s much-reviled, pompous self-righteousness. It was in More...