Killing of Apple Employee Vivek Tiwari and Lawlessness in UP

Killing of Apple Employee Vivek Tiwari and Lawlessness in UP In their moment of grief, I wish to express my complete solidarity with family members of Vivek Tiwari. His killing by the trigger happy UP police is a direct outcome of the policy of complete impunity given by the Yogi Adityanath to the police to…

Babri Demolition: Need for Reconciliation with Justice

Babri Demolition: Need for Reconciliation with Justice In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court in a 2-1 majority verdict refused to refer the Dr. Faruqui verdict to a Constitution bench. This said verdict had stated that the mosque in not an essential part of Islamic practice. In the recent judgment, the dissenter judge felt that…

Mahatma Gandhi: The Great Communicator

Mahatma Gandhi: The Great Communicator India has established a committee to commemorate next year’s 150th anniversary of the birth of the “father of the nation”, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the members include politicians across party lines as well as some foreign representatives, among them the Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and…

Narendra Modi’s Paradoxical Claim on the Legacy of Gandhi

Narendra Modi’s Paradoxical Claim on the Legacy of Gandhi India has established a committee to commemorate next year’s 150th anniversary of the birth of the “father of the nation”, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the members include politicians across party lines as well as some foreign representatives, among them the Nobel…

What Mahatma Gandhi Said to Those Who Wanted Beef Banned in India

Linking Aadhaar to Bank Accounts will Destroy the Banking System An excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947, from the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 88, as published online by the Gandhi Heritage Portal. Translated from Hindi.   Rajendra Babu tells me that he has received some 50,000 postcards, between 25,000 and…

A Practical Program to Give a New Lease of Life to Land Reforms

A Practical Program to Give a New Lease of Life to Land Reforms At last some voices are rising to strongly assert the need for better implementation of land reforms. On October 2, Gandhi Jayanti day, nearly 25,000 landless workers and adivasi peasants gathered at Mela Maidan, Gwalior to raise a strong voice in favour…