When I Met a Gandhian ‘Jihadi’ in America
Fethullah Gulen, a self-exiled Turkish scholar, is using his movement to propagate Greater Jihad, the most misunderstood concept in Islam.
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Covid Lockdown is Seen as a Cover for Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir is also imprisoned in intellectual, political, constitutional, strategic and moral lockdowns.
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When a News Article Vanishes, We Have More Than Just a Pandemic to Worry About
An article critical of the government’s response to COVID-19 was published on The New Indian Express’s website on May 8, and disappeared from its link within a day.
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The Prime Minister’s ‘Self-Reliance’ Speech, and Its Real Implications
The strenuous emphasis on ‘self-reliance’ in the Prime Minister’s speech may actually usher in the opposite – greater foreign dependence.
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Will Alcohol and Tobacco Use Jeopardize the Response to COVID-19?
Governments lose much more money than what they earn from revenue from tobacco and alcolhol, if we look at the cost of diseases, disabilities and untimely deaths caused by these addictions.
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Spending is the Easiest Way to Revive the Economy
Money needs to be given out to people; cash in hand, is at the core of restarting the economy.
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The Lockdown is a Dangerous Experiment, India’s Democracy Will Not Emerge Unscathed
Just as daily bread is necessary, said Bertolt Brecht, so is daily justice. “It is even necessary several times a day”. Unless the Supreme Court remembers this, an Orwellian world can easily become reality.
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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!
It was indeed with a deep sense of dismay and disappointment that we watched the rather prosaic address by the Chief of Defence Staff, thanking the ‘Corona Warriors’.
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Meher Engineer—A Requiem for a Man of Reckonable Height
Letter to Editor – Remembering Meher Engineer, who passed away on April 24 last year.
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Late Madhu Limaye
A tribute to Madhu Limaye, one of the most distinguished socialist leaders of India.
