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• Court Cases Galore in Karnataka | J P Gadkari

  5 October 2024, by J P Gadkari

  October 4, 2024
  During the last couple of weeks cases are being filed on regular basis against each other among the political opponent and so-called social activists.
  Firstly, the MUDA land scam case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was promptly taken for hearing by the Karnataka High Court when the State Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot ordered prosecution of Siddaramaiah and the plea by the C M of quashing the Governor’s order was rejected by the court.
  Secondly, immediate hearing (…)

• A New Language of

  5 October 2024, by Arup Kumar Sen

  On October 2, 2024, West Bengal witnessed a unique procession/rally from College Street to Dharmatala crossing in central Kolkata. Thousands of people from different segments of the population joined the procession mobilized by West Bengal Junior Doctors

• The MUDA Issue And The Political Situation in Karnataka | P. S. Jayaramu

  5 October 2024, by P S Jayaramu

  October 5, 2024
  I wrote last week in these columns( 28th September) that the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

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  Sitaram Yechury and non-sectarian leftwing politics | Pritam Singh

  5 October 2024, by Pritam Singh

  One image and an idea that prominently comes to mind when considering paying tribute to Sitaram Yechury are non-sectarian ways of conducting politics. Politics in India, especially in the last few years, has become so polarised that the idea of non-sectarian politics appears odd; precisely because of that, it is alluring as an imagination. His premature death when Indian politics and society needed more than ever to respect divergent views, traditions, and cultures is not only a loss to (…)

• Lateral Entry in Civil Services

  5 October 2024, by Jos Chathukulam

  The practice of bringing domain experts into the government is not new to India. It is a fact that lateral entry could bring in fresh ideas, energy, talents, and diverse experiences into the bureaucracy that will augment the state capacities to meet the complex tasks and diverse challenges of governance and development. Lateral entry shall be visualised for gap filling, supplementing, and value addition to the system for a shorter period, rather than supplanting the top management in the (…)

• Remembering Gandhi In War-Ravaged And Polarized Time | Vijay Kumar

  5 October 2024, by Vijay Kumar

  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, along with Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela (latter two being inspired by the former), were the three greatest moral personalities of the last century. The ethical resonance radiated through their lived lives has hardly any parallel, and there is no one at the present turbulent time, who comes anywhere near them.
  The famous quote of American poet and philosopher, Walt Whitman, that

• Rabindranath Tagore and the need for civilisational dialogue | Archishman Raju

  5 October 2024

  In a letter to Rabindranath Tagore in anticipation of his visit to China, the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo wrote

• 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections: Will Emotional Campaigning and Populist Promises Pave the Road to Stability | Adfer Rashid Shah

  5 October 2024

  The Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections-2024 mark a transformative moment for the region

• Church and Muslims in Kerala: Dialogue essential between believers in God

  5 October 2024, by John Dayal

  October 1, 2024
  With some prayer and a lot of negotiation, it is hoped that some 600 families of fishermen

• Ahimsa

  5 October 2024

  Shalom Netanyahu!
  You want to tell the world,