When Indira mistook ‘haath’ as ‘haathi’, but Narasimha Rao’s reference of ‘Panja’ gave Congress its symbol
“Unsure of which symbol to pick, Singh (Buta) booked a call to seek Indira’s approval. The line was, probably, not clear or, perhaps, Singh’s...
Syria: From Land of glory to rubble of gory spectacles
Har sham hai shaam-e-Misr yahaṅ, har shab hai shab-e Shiraz yahaṅ
Hai saarey jahaṅ ka soz yahaṅ aur saarey jahaṅ ka saaz yahaṅ
(Every evening is...
Government’s fantasy healthcare programme with negligible funds
Union Budget for 2018-2019 has promised a National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), a publicly funded health insurance programme for half a billion citizens of...
Lessons from Baba Bulle Shah’s kalaam, crow and dog at India-Pakistan borders
A crow flew off from the flag atop a pole at the security post in Pakistan’s side of Punjab and, covering a few yards...
BJP-Trinamool brinkmanship in Bengal boils communal cauldron
West Bengal is witnessing frequent communal flare ups these days in tandem with the gradual emergence of the Modified BJP as the principal opposition...
Pakoda: More a part of our culture than a tool in political gimmick
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Pakoda sellers as employment gainers at a TV interview, he did two grave blunders: first, he displayed his...
