Anti - entrepreneur vision

All income tax officials, right from a junior gazetted officer, had been vested with sky high powers.

They could raid, seize, attach and even sell while the matter is still in court. There could be nothing more absurd than this.

- P Chidambaram, Former Minister of Finance, Government of India.       News 7  Tamil

non progressive masquerade, as liberals?

Federal government overruled by legislation, the Shah Bano judgement in 1986.
The 'liberals' (?) should have emphatically and unitedly opposed the legislation, effected by the congress government. It was a blatant act of appeasement, for vote bank politics.

'Liberals' are not grounded in the ancient culture.
They are also unfamiliar with Kabir and Sufi traditions.
And are confused about secularism, in Indian context.

- Pawan K Varma -  Where liberals err       Times of India    March 7, 2020

Ramar Pillai

Ramar  Pillai

Ramar Pillai

Ramar Pillai

Wasant Panchami

The official press release identifies Munna Master Bhajan Gayak as a bhajan singer from a traditional Muslim family of Bagru in Jaipur.

For Ramzan Khan, recipient of Padma Shri, the happiness is yet to soak in.

Two months back, his son Firoz Khan had stirred a controversy  - appointment, as assistant professor of Sanskrit in Benaras Hindu University.

The award has brought some cheer, to the family that has been living in fear.

- Times of India Jan. 27, 2020

C A A - Scope for expansion?

Much of Yazidi theology is non-Islamic. It's cosmogony has many points in common with ancient Iranian and ancient Mesopotamian religions.

Similarities between Yazidi and Yaresan traditions are well established. Some traditions are traced back to pre-Zorastrian Mithraic religion.

-Wikipedia 

more than mere elections

Has India lots of elections - and too little democracy?

Civil rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj who has been honored for her work by Harvard Law School is in jail, as an under trial. Charges are not yet framed.

Other academics and rights activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon agitation are also in jail. Citizens' fundamental right to question the government, is now in serious danger.

There is chilling disconnect between governance and citizens' issues.

Small, new state of Jharkhand needs a 5 phase election schedule.
Because three fourths of it still remain under Maoist influence.
Governance models have failed to deliver genuine welfare.
Elected governments fail the test of trust.

Unseen is the reality that without a free, empowered citizenry, there can be no real democracy.

- Sagarika Ghose,  Times of India,    November 7, 2019.

Rajyotsava '19

Defence of liberty is the best rationale for a nation.

The American Declaration of Independence focuses on protecting citizens' rights. This simple objective has been enough to make US, the world's greatest nation - on most indicators of human flourishing.

India could end up like China or Saudi Arabia - where citizens are disposable meat. Allowed to live if they obey; killed if they asked questions. Millions of citizens flee China and Saudi Arabia, every year. Poisonous idea of Hindu kingdom must be called out, as being against free India.

Sanjeev Sabhlok,   Swarna Bharat Party,   Times Of India,   October 30, 2019