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Lord Meghnad Desai feels that lack of experience in treasury benches and Rahul Gandhi's desperate bid to prove himself as a leader are reasons for the current impasse in parliament. "There isn't any logical reason to stall the House proceedings but it was done because Rahul Gandhi is desperate to… Read More

Per Home Ministry data, there were 330 incidents of communal violence between January and June, 2015, of these 68 were in UP and 41 in Bihar, totally about 1/3rd of all reported incidents. Data from West Bengal is not clear as some allege that communal incidents are grossly under-reported. Read More

Media reports claimed that the The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) this time prohibited wives and girlfriends from accompanying Indian cricketers - who one might argue are hugely overpaid given their track record. The official reason given was: "Most of the players on tour are just coming… Read More

The national confusion about and bias against, military power, started with Ashoka who gave up wars after he was shocked by the scale of destruction in the Kalinga war. Ashoka, after the Kalinga war, was in the same state for mind as Arjuna was before the Kurukshetra war. One cried… Read More

President Kalam is profiled by his millions of admirers as a ‘People’s President, Teacher, Scientist, Visionary, Thinker, and Patriot.’ He is certainly all these and more. For instance, he had bombs and missiles on the one hand with veena and Gita on the other. Read More

Justice Dave said, "Raj dharma mandates a king to wield the rod against 'paapis' (sinners) even if the king himself is a sadhu (pious person)." "If a judge does not award appropriate punishment to a sinner, then he is equally guilty of breaching raj dharma," The Justice rejected request for… Read More

A few unfortunate things said about President Kalam: Ramachandra Guha, supposed a well-known author said n 2012: "Ramchandra Guha, historian and author, feels that the people have got wrong in voting for Kalam as he will be forgotten in 10 years. He is not an original scientist, he will be… Read More

July 27 was Aashada Shukla Ekadasi - a very auspicious and important day, the day President Kalam passed away. Kalam's was at the Indian Institute of Management (IIIM) Shillong to deliver a lecture on the topic 'Creating a more liveable planet'. Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/kalams-passing-away-brings-global-prominence-for-shillong-1820791.html Read More

It is an irony that the Government has declared a holiday when Kalam himself never wanted it. “Don’t declare holiday on my death, instead work an extra day, if you  love me”- Dr. Kalam had exhorted once. Even as the city of Shillong was shocked by the news of Dr… Read More

What noone could ever do for Shillong - also known as the Scotland of the East - for almost a century, the 'Missile Man' of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, did to the capital of Meghalaya with his last visit. Patricia Mukhim, editor of The Shillong Times, aptly put it in… Read More