आज मोहम्मद अली जीना आपल्या कबरीमध्ये विजयी हास्य करत असतील’ अशी कोटी ‘नागरिकत्व (सुधारणा) कायदा २०१९’ला विरोध असणार्‍यांकडून करण्यात येत आहे. वास्तविक आज जर जीना हयात असते तर त्यांना नागरिकत्व (सुधारणा) कायदा २०१९पेक्षा, ज्या पद्धतीने हा कायदा भारतीय संसदेत पारीत करण्यात आला आहे, त्याबाबत स्वत:चे भाकित खरे ठरल्याचे अपूर्व समाधान वाटले असते! जीनांची फाळणीची भूमिका …
सरलेल्या वर्षात, म्हणजे २०१९ मध्ये, राजकारणाचे एक वर्तुळ पूर्ण झाले आहे. एक वर्षापूर्वी ज्या प्रकारची परिस्थिती देशात होती, जवळपास तशीच परिस्थिती २०२०मध्ये प्रवेश करताना आहे. फरक एवढाच आहे की, यंदा लोकसभेच्या निवडणुका होऊ घातलेल्या नाहीत. २०१९च्या एप्रिल-मे महिन्यात पार पडलेल्या लोकसभा निवडणुकीने देश उजव्या विचारसरणीच्या दिशेने ठामपणे झुकला असल्याच्या वस्तुस्थितीवर शिक्कामोर्तब झाले. मात्र, उजव्या बहुसंख्याकवादी …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhvF03VHUvA Shri P V Narasimha Rao memorial Lecture – 2 – S B City College, Ngp – Dept of Pol Sc and Alumni Asso
मार्च-एप्रिलमध्ये झालेल्या चार राज्यांतील विधानसभा निवडणुकांच्या निकालांनतर, भारतीय राजकारणाला नवे वळण मिळण्याची शक्यता निर्माण झाली आहे. मार्च-एप्रिलमध्ये झालेल्या चार राज्यांतील विधानसभा निवडणुकांच्या निकालांनतर, भारतीय राजकारणाला नवे वळण मिळण्याची शक्यता निर्माण झाली आहे. ही शक्यता भारतीय राजकारण डाव्या कुशीवर वळण्याची किंवा अधिकच उजव्या दिशेला सरकण्याची नसून, एकीकडे प्रादेशिक पक्ष आणि दुसरीकडे काही राष्ट्रीय आकांक्षांच्या रूपातील प्रादेशिक …
When the Bharatiya Janata Party is engaged in a fierce political battle to capture power in Kolkata, the resumption of the ceasefire on the LoC in the north-west of India has acquired an importance of its own. A joint announcement by the militaries of India and Pakistan to strictly observe the 2003 ceasefire decision on …
Extensive use of social media by Indians has enabled the political actors to craft incisive propaganda strikes. Use of social media was a prominent feature of Narendra Modi-Prashant Kishor’s campaign strategy in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. It was a time when the mobile users were transiting into smart phones. Between 2014 to 2019, most of …
The current disengagement at Pangong Tso will certainly prove significant if it leads to status quo ante as of March 2020 throughout the Ladakh sector. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement on both floors of parliament about the ‘disengagement’ with China in the Pangong Tso area is commendable for its clarity. Unlike in the past, the …
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The crisis of 2020 in bilateral relations is also an opportunity to address all the issues together, which is perhaps the only way to bring in normalcy in relations with China without compromising Indian interests and priorities. Dr. S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, has espoused the Modi government’s new China doctrine while speaking online at …
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To remain relevant, irrespective of whether one donates for the Ram temple construction, Indians should ask a few questions of the fund collectors. The RSS and its affiliate organizations, including the ruling BJP, have launched the most massive public fund collection drive for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which will be built by …
The opposition in India hopefully and happily draws parallels between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, it has no real answers to why the former lost in 2020 and the latter won in 2019. A new year and a new decade began for the United States, and perhaps for the entire world, in …
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