His full name was Bhalchandra Bhai Vaidya but people used to call him Bhai Vaidya. I always addressed him as ‘Bhai’. In our village, it was an accepted norm to call a father ‘Bhai’ and a majority of people followed this practice. I came in personal contact with Bhalchandra Bhai Vaidya after my father passed…

It is now the fourth year since the government of Uttar Pradesh started taking Right to Education Act 2009 seriously. Section 12(1)(c) of this Act is the most attractive feature from the point of view of parents from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections as they can get their children admitted to even the most expensive…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now well in control of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He has installed his close lieutenant Amit Shah as the party president. However, people’s memory is short. The founding president of the BJP was Atal Behari Vajpayee who subsequently occupied the office of Prime Minister to lead the NDA government,…

It’s high time for India to understand and acknowledge what Israel is. They don’t have a law which they can be forced to follow. They follow their own law in their own way. Those who recognise Israel are not supposed to recognise that there is some country called Palestine. No, there is nothing called Palestine….

Before entering into a discussion on the subject of Indo-Pak amity, it is necessary to take a brief look at the history of India before its partition. The development of India before partition is the history of advent of various races, religions and civilisations into India, such as, Aryans, Kushans, Huns, etc. All of them…