What a fate?
Today, all her dreams are veined in darkness. Her smile has turned into gloom. In 2002, her name was a name to reckon with. She was well-known doctor as well as active politician in Naroda area of Ahmedabad, infamous for gruesome massacre of Muslims in riots spread after Godhra Train carnage.
After 10 years memories haunting me..
10 years after the communal madness, the worst of Gujarat riots is still haunting both victims and accused. Not even them, but many like me had witnessed fury of blood thirsty mobs before safely reaching home. For me also it was a nightmare on February 28, 2002, when I was returning home as riots started everywhere in Ahmedabad city.
Politicians under shoe attack
The trend of hurling shoes at politicians and public figures in India seems intensifying day by day. But is it that our politicians keep on ignoring the real problem as a result of which they fall prey to public anger?
Indian school education is collapsing...
When media made headlines of Dev Anand's sad demise, Justice (retired) Katju commented in his column that media has lost intellectuality as there are many serious issues in the country but are never highlighted in eight columns of the newspapers.
Dirty Picture is here again
Every political party is in race to win assembly election as all are trying to achieve magic number for ruling the states.
Condemnable threat
As I started to surf the web for today’s news in the morning, I was shocked. News that an unknown group from Delhi has threatened to inject syringes containing AIDS infection to Anna Hazare and his supporters, who have been agitating in the national capital for their demand of Jan Lokpal bill, is barely anything less than a shock
We have never tried to learn
Three years ago from now on 26/11/2008, whole "The Sunday Indian†team was busy with its deadline to complete edition. Suddenly a bullet of breaking news horrified all of us as terrorists from Pakistan storm financial capital of India.
High profiles v/s Commons
On June 10, 2011, there was a chaos in Haridwar because a high profile swami on fast was battling against death. Whole government machinery of Nishank Government was after saving his life. The BJP Chief Minister, Nishank, was blaming Centre for the worsening situation of Baba Ramdev who had started crusade against corruption.
J Dey was killed for exposing the Mafia
The slain crime reporter of Mid Day, Jyotirmoy Dey, had exposed the major scandals - including the oil scandal - of crores of rupees operated from Kandla port of Gujarat in his reports. He also exposed the modes operandi of D-Gang that how it is smuggling drugs through wooden boats and carcasses of animals. Is it why J Dey was killed
HIV, harassment swallowed poor family
It is alarming. And rather more disappointing. Three young daughters of poor farmer, infected by HIV positive, committed suicide because of harassment from society
To whom should we blame?
Ethics and moral values have been evaporated from our society and everybody is in hurry to become a successful entity by hook or crook. Corruption has bonded in our genes and it seems that from childhood it develops in our body. No Hazare or Lokpal can remove it from our system.
Why Hazare hijacked Govt's Lokpal project?
On 26 February, the National Advisory Council (NAC) decided to take up Lokpal bill. Aruna Roy, head of NAC working group on transparency, accountability and governance was given a task to consult civil society groups on the Lokpal Bill and study the drafts prepared by civil society groups.
Who should be first to throw stone!
On February 3, Supreme Court quashed the appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner. It said that the recommendation made by high-powered committee headed by the Prime Minister did not consider the relevant material.
Stringent punishments needed
Why should Kasab be hanged so easily? After all, gruesome acts of Kasab and his associates have snatched 164 precious lives of Indian citizens including top officials of Mumbai police and NSA.
Investigating agency's credibility at stake
The alleged confession of Swami Aseemanand has raised eyebrows on the credibility of the investigating agency about the arrests of Muslim youth charged with terrorist activities in Malegaon. Recently Maharastra’s home minister RR Patil wrote a lett