Situation calls for bringing focus back on Punjab. Working with credible political forces, even adversaries, would serve national interest better than fighting in New York courtrooms.
It was probably the setback in Karnataka that shook Modi & the BJP. As is a pattern in our politics, the loser searches for external factors to blame rather than look within.
At the point you are reading this, Indian team holds #1 spot in ICC rankings in all 3 formats of the game. The biggest reason behind this success is the rise of a true meritocracy.
By reigniting Middle East just when we had begun to believe it had gone into deep sleep, Hamas has also underlined the many contradictions within, and questions about, Islamic world.
Over the last decades, club sport and professionalism have softened hard nationalism. It began with football and much of that is playing out in cricket now. The ongoing World Cup is proof.
Last 8 decades following WW-II & Israel’s experience show relying on military power, however formidable, is an ineffective approach to achieving larger political & strategic aims.
While it's not a good idea to bring religion into the game, all competitive sport is about passion. To expect a crowd to not be heavily partisan, particularly when India and Pakistan play on each other's turf, is a fantasy.
Benjamin Netanyahu persisting with his sledgehammer approach where a scalpel might have worked is not wise. In the war of dead-baby pictures, the question of who’s the real victim will inevitably be obfuscated.
Kanshi Ram was a genius & a political visionary, his ideas gave India an OBC prime minister. But Bihar-style caste census would be a very sad offering to the rest of the country.
Just because Trudeau in his juvenility has declared war on the Modi government, it is no reason for India to launch hostilities with their own people in Punjab.
When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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