Views That Matter

While a three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court hears arguments for and against the legality of wearing hijabs -- the Islamic headdress prescribed for women -- in classrooms across Karnataka, two deeply damaging consequences of the controversy are already being felt.
For the sake of `India, that is Bharat’, these forces that seek to transform the character of independent India must be defeated.
When the BJP-ruled states are letting these forces run amok, it becomes the duty of the secular and democratic forces to unitedly rebuff and counter these forces.
The kisan movement also saw the growing unity of workers and peasants in joint actions. This will lay the basis of future struggles and battles against the Hindutva-corporate regime. The New Year begins on this good augury.
It is pertinent to note that Savarkar’s habit of petitioning the government for release from internment and making offers of good behaviour did not end with his release from British jails in 1924
Those who have nothing to offer but  tyranny and  fascist like terror take refuge behind the shields of falsehood and lies to hide their failures and fears. Biplab Deb, his party and its ideological fountainhead RSS are no exception.
SUPREME Court Judge, Justice D Y Chandrachud, has given a thoughtful and lucid talk on ‘Speaking Truth To Power: Citizens And The Law’ on the occasion of the Justice M C Chagla Memorial Lecture.
THE everyday violence against Muslims is showing a disturbing pattern.  In the month of August, there have been at least four recorded cases of gratuitous violence against Muslims in the streets of some cities and small towns in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.  The targets of such at
AMERICA’S ignominious exit from Afghanistan, the collapse of the Afghan National Army, the fleeing of President Ashraf Ghani and the rapid takeover by the Taliban, have all been stunning developments.
AS India celebrates the completion of 74 years of independence and enters the period leading up to the 75th anniversary of independence in 2022, the country is truly at a critical juncture.