Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Abrogation of Art. 370 and Art. 35 is not an issue. But the Central Government should have done it in a more decent and humane way. If not the constituent assemly, they should have at least consulted the state assembly and obtained their resolution before doing it. Abrogation on the basis of Governor’s proceedings while the legislative assembly was under suspension due to President’s rule in the state, is doing it stealthily subventing and bypassing the provisions of the constitution. Governor is never equal to an assembly, and far remote to represent the will of the people of the state. What was the hurry. This could have been done after the election, after formation of new state assembly, instead of choosing a back door method.
The detention of the leaders of main stream parties, particularly the three ex-Chief Ministers, during this operation is an undemocratic act. This shows the government was guilty and nervous and it amounts to suppression of public opinion surpassing political decency.
The bifurcation of the state into Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is alright. But downgrading them as Union Territories is too harsh a punitive measure imposed on the people for no fault of theirs. Above all the lockdown in the state for a pretty long period is inhuman, vindictive, apart from being undemocratic.
As I have written in my book India: Still A Shackled Giant, Penguin, October 2019, Article 370 should never have been promulgated. It was a disaster hoisted upon India by the Congress. The abrogation of that article, which treated its own territory as somehow having a “special status”, was long overdue.
It is high time that Indian Muslims in India feel they are an integral part of India subject to the rights and obligations conferred by its Constitution. The question of dual citizenship does not arise.
I have lived in the United States for close to 50 years. The author’s point that Americans in the United States enjoy “dual citizenship” is totally erroneous. While they are residents of its States, as citizens they are bound by the Constitution of the United States. The law does not guarantee any citizen to regain citizenship if he or she should relinquish it for whatever reason.
Problem with Muslims is that they want everything special for themselves, want to show off that they are different. They are in the habit of crying all the time for everything and always , always demanding & complaining interminably. Such attitude doesn’t bring happiness, progress, peace & equality. How can they be recipients of affection then? Can they ever assimilate themselves in larger society ?
Some of my early thoughts on 5th August last year were, What about Article 371 and the north east. Also, What does this do to India’s advocacy of devolution of powers and the rights of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka.
Abrogation of Art. 370 and Art. 35 is not an issue. But the Central Government should have done it in a more decent and humane way. If not the constituent assemly, they should have at least consulted the state assembly and obtained their resolution before doing it. Abrogation on the basis of Governor’s proceedings while the legislative assembly was under suspension due to President’s rule in the state, is doing it stealthily subventing and bypassing the provisions of the constitution. Governor is never equal to an assembly, and far remote to represent the will of the people of the state. What was the hurry. This could have been done after the election, after formation of new state assembly, instead of choosing a back door method.
The detention of the leaders of main stream parties, particularly the three ex-Chief Ministers, during this operation is an undemocratic act. This shows the government was guilty and nervous and it amounts to suppression of public opinion surpassing political decency.
The bifurcation of the state into Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is alright. But downgrading them as Union Territories is too harsh a punitive measure imposed on the people for no fault of theirs. Above all the lockdown in the state for a pretty long period is inhuman, vindictive, apart from being undemocratic.
it is pussy footing which has damage to India
As I have written in my book India: Still A Shackled Giant, Penguin, October 2019, Article 370 should never have been promulgated. It was a disaster hoisted upon India by the Congress. The abrogation of that article, which treated its own territory as somehow having a “special status”, was long overdue.
It is high time that Indian Muslims in India feel they are an integral part of India subject to the rights and obligations conferred by its Constitution. The question of dual citizenship does not arise.
I have lived in the United States for close to 50 years. The author’s point that Americans in the United States enjoy “dual citizenship” is totally erroneous. While they are residents of its States, as citizens they are bound by the Constitution of the United States. The law does not guarantee any citizen to regain citizenship if he or she should relinquish it for whatever reason.
Problem with Muslims is that they want everything special for themselves, want to show off that they are different. They are in the habit of crying all the time for everything and always , always demanding & complaining interminably. Such attitude doesn’t bring happiness, progress, peace & equality. How can they be recipients of affection then? Can they ever assimilate themselves in larger society ?
Some of my early thoughts on 5th August last year were, What about Article 371 and the north east. Also, What does this do to India’s advocacy of devolution of powers and the rights of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka.
A big no…Muslims are not special! They must learn to live without special treatment in a secular democracy.
Only after J&K residents show that they have rejected shariah and fundamentalism, they can be given concessions. Work hard and deserve it first!