Tag: current affairs – India

Her rapists were sentenced to life in prison. Now they’re free, and she’s in hiding

Standing in a row outside the gates of Godhra remand center in Gujarat, western India, the 11 middle-aged men could have been mistaken for visiting dignitaries receiving sweets and blessings from local admirers. In reality, they were part of a 2002 Hindu mob who had just been released after serving 14 years of life sentences for one… Read More Her rapists were sentenced to life in prison. Now they’re free, and she’s in hiding

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Press mute for Indian Muslims: Gujarat flogging shows up ‘secular’ silence of Indian politics

SHEKHAR GUPTA Who speaks for India’s Muslims now? Who can, or is even trying to fill the Mulayam Singh Yadav-sized hole there? The answer is none. The BJP’s rivals want the votes of Muslims, but are frightened of being seen as their leaders. For clarity, this week’s National Interest isn’t yet another obituary, tribute or… Read More Press mute for Indian Muslims: Gujarat flogging shows up ‘secular’ silence of Indian politics

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Teenage girl fights for her life in India after alleged rapist’s fire attack

Mainpuri – Fears are growing for the survival of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set on fire by a family member who is also accused of raping her as she fights for her life at a hospital in northern India. In a case that has shocked the country, police in Uttar Pradesh state arrested an 18-year-old man… Read More Teenage girl fights for her life in India after alleged rapist’s fire attack

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Why are EC, SC and government singing the same tune on “freebies”?

Bharat Bhushan The growing noise in public discourse about whether freebies should be promised to the electorate suggests that the playing field is about to change for the 2024 general election. Not only the Election Commission (EC) but the Supreme Court and the government have also contributed to this debate. The Law Minister has announced… Read More Why are EC, SC and government singing the same tune on “freebies”?

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Jailed separatist leader Altaf Shah passes away at AIIMS, says daughter

Jailed separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early on Tuesday morning. Shah’s daughter Ruwa Shah confirmed the death through a tweet. “Abu (father) breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi. As a prisoner,” she tweeted. Son-in-law of late Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani,… Read More Jailed separatist leader Altaf Shah passes away at AIIMS, says daughter

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Why Gauri Lankesh was assassinated: The story of an indoctrinated engineer

Prajwal Bhat  Amol Kale was a 23-year-old mechanical engineer working in a multinational company in Pune when he went to a Shiva temple for a prayer meeting. Here, he met a charismatic couple with whom he had a deep conversation about Hinduism. This moment in 2003 changed Amol’s life so much that soon he decided… Read More Why Gauri Lankesh was assassinated: The story of an indoctrinated engineer

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The Publicity-Shy Funds Backing Gautam Adani’s Massive Empire

Andy Mukherjee – Bloomberg Gautam Adani’s rise to the No. 2 spot in global wealth rankings, crafted chiefly from shares traded in the local market, deserves to be in the spotlight – as much as a poster child of Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” self-reliance as an opportunity for some much-needed transparency about the tycoon’s… Read More The Publicity-Shy Funds Backing Gautam Adani’s Massive Empire

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The Prime Minister wants India to shed its colonial past. He should begin by reforming the police

PRAVEEN SWAMI Forty-five annas worth of goods had vanished from the house in Katra Sheesh Mahal, nestled inside the lanes of Delhi’s Chandni Chowk: Kitchen utensils, women’s clothes, a hookah, and, mysteriously, a bowl of kulfi ice-cream. Late in 1861, Maeeduddin Yar Khan, son of Muhammad, walked into the Sabzi Mandi police station, one of three in Delhi,… Read More The Prime Minister wants India to shed its colonial past. He should begin by reforming the police

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Indian government accused of ceding land in Himalayas to China

Aakash Hassan Indian people living near the country’s disputed Himalayan border with China have accused their government of giving away swathes of land after both sides agreed to withdraw troops from some contested areas and create buffer zones. Earlier this month, Indian and Chinese troops, who have been locked in a tense border dispute since June 2020,… Read More Indian government accused of ceding land in Himalayas to China

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Society of the Spectacle / इमेज – Image: A Poem on Deaths in the Age of Covid

First posted on May 16, 2021 “The spectacle is the guardian of sleep”: Guy Debord   – ‘But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence… illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay, sacredness is held to be… Read More Society of the Spectacle / इमेज – Image: A Poem on Deaths in the Age of Covid

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