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The present ongoing Indian farmers agitation is of historical significance, and I wish to explain why. 1. Our national objective must be to transform India from an underdeveloped country to a highly developed, highly industrialised one. Without doing so we will remain condemned to massive poverty, record unemployment, appalling level of child malnourishment ( every […] More

The Pakistan Govt has approved a Bill to be introduced in the Pakistan Parliament for chemical castration of rapists. I submit this step is silly, and will not only have little effect ( like Gen Zia’s law for flogging thieves publicly ) but will only lead to blackmail by false implications and increased police corruption. […] More

Today is the death anniversary of the great Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz ( 1911-1984 ), whom I regard as the greatest Urdu poet of the 20th century ( though I have also great regard for other Urdu poets like Firaq Gorakhpuri ). In 1981, when I was a lawyer in Allahabad High Court, Faiz […] More

The Bihar state Assembly elections are over, and despite all the opinion poll predictions, and despite the huge rallies of Tejaswi Yadav in which he emphasised on massive unemployment in Bihar and Biharis migrating to other states in search of jobs, the NDA won a clear majority. This makes it evident that in Bihar, as […] More

Jains are a small religious community in India. Although there are many Jainis in India, most people, including many Jainis, do not know about the philosophy of Jainism. I was a student of philosophy at Allahabad University and was deeply impressed by the Jain philosophy. In a country of such diversity as India, Jainism is […] More

Known as the world’s rooftop, Tibet was a land of peace and harmony. It was 61 years ago when China occupied Tibet. The intrusion turned out to be very brutal and horrendous for Tibetans back then and still. As of now, there is restricted freedom of religion, belief, and association. During the 1959 Tibetan uprising, […] More

Our national aim must be to transform India from a backward country with huge poverty, unemployment, child malnourishment, lack of healthcare and good education for our masses, etc to a modern, highly industrialised, and prosperous country with its people enjoying a high standard of living. But this is impossible unless we unite. At present we […] More

The rising people’s distress in India requires a massive united struggle led by people for its alleviation and the transformation of India into a highly industrialised prosperous country. This massive historical struggle must be led by intellectuals, for intellectuals are the eyes of society, and without them society is blind. India today has millions of […] More

I entered the writing world through translation work. My English teacher- cum – novelist Lt. Damyanti Raina, continually, used to give me originals and I had to translate them into Hindi for various magazines. In turn, I got paid for those translated pieces. During my engineering college days, it was a bonus for me apart […] More

I regard Ram as the great grandfather of the Indian nation ( in which I include Pakistan and Bangladesh ), the father being Emperor Akbar and the grandfather being Emperor Ashok. Today because of some bigots Ram is regarded as an oppressor or tyrant by the minorities in India, but was he really like that? […] More

In Karachi, a demonstration was held against Shias. Ahmadis are regularly attacked in Pakistan. Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians are often targeted (by invoking blasphemy laws, etc). All this paagalpan (insanity) in Pakistan needs a Mustafa Kemal to eradicate. Turkey was called ‘The Sick Man of Europe’ and was often kicked around by European powers like […] More