2024

Hype raised about the so-called “Modi-wave” has failed to help Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) return to power with a thumping majority. Besides, numerous “masks” donned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while campaigning for parliamentary elections failed to have the needed electoral impact on voters as BJP has not won 272 seats in 543-member Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) to form the government on its own strength. Not too long ago, Modi was confident of returning to power with (…)

June 5, 2024
Results of tbe 18th Lok Sabha elections are out. The BJP has been chastened by the mature sovereign voters of India by denying it a majority. As the single largest party, it will head the NDA Coalition Government. Here is an attempt to set an agenda for the new government.
Before getting down to the proposed agenda, a few words about the historic election that has gone by. This was an election which had many unique features. Let me recount some of them in the form of major (…)

Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party in power in West Bengal, has improved its score in Lok Sabha polls in 2024, compared to 2019 in terms of number of seats won, 29 seats out of 42 (in 2019, the party won 22 seats). The seats won by its main contender, the BJP, got reduced from 18 in 2019 to 12 in 2024. The percentage of votes won by the TMC also increased from 43.7 in 2019 to roughly 45.7 in 2024; on the other hand, percentage of votes garnered by the BJP came down from 40.6 in 2019 to (…)

On 1st June 2024 evening, after ending his 45-hour ’Dhyanam’ (meditation), Narendra Modi had announced that he felt like the "Divine spirit" flowing in his body. Earlier, he had even claimed that his birth was not a biological one but a "Divine Incarnation" and that he was created specially to serve the cause of human welfare.
He was making these declarations as various agencies were announcing the exit polls predicting a "400 par" and a comfortable third term for the Modi Govt. But (…)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have felt bad when Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin made fun of him for repeatedly visiting his state in the run up to the parliamentary elections. The politician that he of course is, Modi at times appeared in public in Tamil Nadu in a very visible while veshti and with vibuthi smeared on his forehead. Whatever may have been Stailin’s motives in criticizing Modi, the reality is that most Tamils were simply not impressed by the prime minister’s attempts to (…)

With the resignation of a Cabinet Minister Nagendra for his alleged involvement in Scheduled Tribe Welfare Ministry scam involving siphoning off crores of rupees, the Congress Govt in Karnataka has suffered another setback after its recent poll debacle in L S polls in the State.The Congress High Command has already taken a poor view of the dismal performance of the party in the State and is likely to initiate stringent action against those who worked against the party candidates, would (…)

After the first phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections, which were conducted in seven phases, it was already indicated that a large part of the country’s population had decided to contest the elections against the present government. A large number of unemployed youth and already agitating farmers played a major role in this act of protest. On one hand, this phenomenon encouraged the opposition in the next phases of elections, while Prime Minister Modi started using the weapon of Hindu (…)

On an extremely hot afternoon of May 22 people saw a pathetic scene near Gwalior railway station. A woman with three small children was standing near a rickshaw and weeping loudly. On the rickshaw was spread the body of a very weak man who appeared to be dead.
A number of persons gathered around her and as it was confirmed that there was no trace of life left in the body on the rickshaw, the woman cried out even louder and seeing her weeping the children also started crying. Inquiries (…)

NARENDRA ACHYUT DABHOLKAR (1 Nov 1945 — 20 Aug 2013)
While he was on a morning walk on 20 August 2013, Achyut Dabholkar was shot dead at point blank range by assassins who came and fled away on motor bikes. Dabholkar died on the spot. The body was donated to the medical college according to his wish. After autopsy, it was found that the body was mutilated to an extent that it was declared unfit even for academic purposes and returned to the family. It was cremated in Satara without any (…)

Abstract: The paper offers a glimpse into the intricate process of Tibetan refugee integration within Indian society. This paper aims to delve deeper into this multifaceted journey, examining the challenges and opportunities faced by Tibetan refugees as they seek to establish themselves in India. Through an analysis of policies, practices, and lived experiences, this study aims to provide insights into the factors shaping the integration process. It will explore the role of government (…)