In 'Muslim Women Speak: Of Dreams and Shackles', activist-scholar Jamil tries to find these women's real voices, instead of just presenting them as victims.
In Everyday Communalism: Riots in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh, authors Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar make a serious attempt to understand the contemporary form of communal politics in India.
India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Comment:Military officers carry out their duties amidst great strife and fog.Often what they do is covered by veil of official secrecy.Time passes and events loose immediacy.Few can recollect the vividness of long gone events. .Its a magnificent memoir by a very fine general that covers long decades of the Indian army.In doing so we can see the story of the army itself unfolding over the decades.But one thing is sure,none of us born in the previous century had imagined the omniscient power of social media or rather the mike being in everybodies hand now.To all those who recognize erudition and duty performed to high zenith,these memoirs will be very fulfilling and ironical to read.
Comment:The book is a wonderful memoir and of permanent value to all armed forces officers,who have to face challenges of mind boggling variety in doing their duty to their country.I hope that the religion or caste or province in which one is born shall never be of any consideration to these citizen soldiers. Its the best memoir from a military officers pen in the last couple of decades.
The writer has not mentioned the need for religious reforms. Blasphemy is a curse and must be eradicated. People should be encouraged to have faith in minimum 2 religions. Why should a person have faith only the religion of the family where she was born?
How is that even relevant to the subject matter? Questions of faith are matters of personal choice, a person can have one, many or none.
The article is not about religious reform. There is no blasphemy recognized under law in this country, unless you are from Pakistan. Hurting religious sentiments is criminalised as a matter of public policy due to the general tendency to riot in case people feel their gods’ been slighted. Why should people be encouraged to have more than two religions? What rationale is there to it? People can choose their religion, but unless they make a choice they are presumed to belong to the one they are born in and raised as.
Comment:Military officers carry out their duties amidst great strife and fog.Often what they do is covered by veil of official secrecy.Time passes and events loose immediacy.Few can recollect the vividness of long gone events. .Its a magnificent memoir by a very fine general that covers long decades of the Indian army.In doing so we can see the story of the army itself unfolding over the decades.But one thing is sure,none of us born in the previous century had imagined the omniscient power of social media or rather the mike being in everybodies hand now.To all those who recognize erudition and duty performed to high zenith,these memoirs will be very fulfilling and ironical to read.
Comment:The book is a wonderful memoir and of permanent value to all armed forces officers,who have to face challenges of mind boggling variety in doing their duty to their country.I hope that the religion or caste or province in which one is born shall never be of any consideration to these citizen soldiers. Its the best memoir from a military officers pen in the last couple of decades.
The writer has not mentioned the need for religious reforms. Blasphemy is a curse and must be eradicated. People should be encouraged to have faith in minimum 2 religions. Why should a person have faith only the religion of the family where she was born?
How is that even relevant to the subject matter? Questions of faith are matters of personal choice, a person can have one, many or none.
The article is not about religious reform. There is no blasphemy recognized under law in this country, unless you are from Pakistan. Hurting religious sentiments is criminalised as a matter of public policy due to the general tendency to riot in case people feel their gods’ been slighted. Why should people be encouraged to have more than two religions? What rationale is there to it? People can choose their religion, but unless they make a choice they are presumed to belong to the one they are born in and raised as.