By Vidya Bhushan Rawat It was early morning and our beautiful residence at the heart of Kumbha was engulfed in absolute fog yet most of us could finis our routine work in the morning because the facilities at the place. There were beautiful cottages which attracted every one and it was an experience for life [...]
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A US based Muslim scholar of Indian origin has asked demonstrators to stop demanding the ban on Vishwaroopam. Meanwhile its box office collections are going up By Syed Ubaidur Rahman Vishwaroopam has been released in North India in Hindi language, despite the film being banned in Tamil Nadu. Reports suggest that the film has been [...]
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Protests are being organized and threats to stall the proceedings of next Lok Sabha session are being dished out to oppose the Home Minister Sushil Kukar Shinde’s statement about the Hindu terrorism, its links with BJP and RSS. (23 Jan 2013). There are two major components of this statement. One is the use of the [...]
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By Saroj Mohanty “Going to Timbuktu”. This bit of a statement, made often in jest in metropolitan India, refers to some distant, exotic place on a corner of the earth. But for the clued up and those who care to find out, Timbuktu is the fabled city at the southern edge of the Sahara in [...]
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By Soroor Ahmed (NVONews.Com) It seems to be the case of bite off more than you can chew. The French military operation in Mali, a small country of 12 million, actually brought to the notice the fact that there is civil war going on there. Had it not been so very few outside Africa would [...]
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By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, The Uttar Pradesh capital may be hundreds of miles away from Islamabad but the two cities have a connect of sorts in the fiery cleric Tahirul Qadri. The 61-year-old former professor of international constitutional law does not only trace his ancestral roots to Lucknow but also visited the city in March [...]
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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat The atrocious beheading of Indian soldiers at the LOC and subsequent firing between the Indian and Pakistan troops must not be allowed to escalate into a blame game. The Pakistanis have as usual rejected Indian claiming for ‘beheading’ of the soldiers while the Indian intelligence and army blames the Special Operation [...]
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Thiruvananthapuram, A study on migration of Indians to Saudi Arabia says that despite various economic advantages, there is also a social cost that migrants are forced to pay over time for staying away from their kin. “Remittances from migration potentially improve education and health outcomes for children. However, the opportunity costs of absentee parents make [...]
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By B.R.P.Bhaskar Leaderless and unorganised groups of young men and women have been demonstrating demanding women’s security and just punishment to perpetrators of the Delhi gang-rape. They have defied ban orders and braved repressive police action. The death of the rape victim Saturday appears to have strengthened their resolve. But punishment in criminal cases, just [...]
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By Soroor Ahmed (NVOnews.Com) The letter of a Rajasthan MLA urging the state chief secretary to ban skirts as school uniform for senior girls is no new demand. Nor has it anything to do with India or Hindu or Muslim religion or dress code as some liberals and mediapersons tend to propagate. In fact in [...]
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Gang-rape in Delhi is no different from one taking place in Kolkata, Patna
December 25, 2012 No Comment
By Soroor Ahmed (NVONews.Com There is absolute no justification for being soft towards rapists. Those involved in the gangrape in a bus of New Delhi on Dec 16 night need to be severely punished. And citizens have every right to demand so and take to streets. But then there is absolutely no scope for double [...]
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I can look back at life with satisfaction, surprise: Dilip Kumar’s interview
December 11, 2012 1 Comment
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, On his 90th birthday Tuesday, thespian Dilip Kumar, who has regaled scores of fans over decades, recalls his journey full of surprises with satisfaction and a smile. He says it was his patience and sense of choice that helped him lead a successful career. “I can look back at my [...]
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By Ram Puniyani Gujarat is going to have the assembly elections in December 2012. As per the surveys and the claims of BJP and Narendra Modi himself, the ruling Chief Minister, will be winning with great majority. The media has created a larger than life image for him, Modi’s own media management firm has been [...]
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By Shubha Singh Inder Kumar Gujral was India’s prime minister for a brief 11 months in 1997-98. But the mild-mannered, soft-spoken politician, whose personality flew against the political archetype, will be remembered primarily for his keen interest in protecting and promoting India’s external interests and the eponymous Gujral Doctrine – his mantra for India’s neighbourhood [...]
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