Opinion

Our national objective must be to transform India from an underdeveloped to a highly developed, highly industrialised, and prosperous country, for only then will we be able to abolish our massive poverty, massive unemployment, massive malnourishment, and other social evils. For achieving this, a mighty united, historical people’s struggle is necessary, which till now was […] More

What the Court had to decide was whether the laws in question were constitutional or not. In addition, it could have issued a mandamus that the farmers must not block roads, as that causes immense suffering to the public, particularly the residents of Delhi and those who have to go there for their work. More

One can understand the Supreme Court’s anxiety in ending the current deadlock. But at the same time, one wishes that the Court had paid heed to the abovementioned wise counsel of such eminent jurists before passing its order. After all, Courts cannot solve all problems in the country. More

(CAUTION: THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR’S OWN AND DO NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OR VIEWS OF THE RATIONAL DAILY IN ANY MANNER.) The deadlock between the agitating farmers and the government is continuing, both sides are not budging from their stands over the question whether the three farm laws […] More

(Caution: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author’s own and do not reflect the opinions or views of The Rational Daily in any manner.) I have been a staunch supporter of the present ongoing farmers agitation, calling it ( in my articles and interviews ) a historical event as it has […] More

A meeting was held in Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi yesterday, 1st December between the representatives of 35 farmers organisations and Ministers representing the Central Govt. Despite several hours of talks they were inconclusive, and the next talks have been fixed for tomorrow, 3rd December. The agitating farmers are demanding repeal of the three recent laws relating to […] More

There is a lot of talk of love jihad these days, and in fact the UP Govt has approved an Ordinance against it, providing for long jail sentences as well as heavy fines. Whatever the term may mean, I submit that love jihad is only a gimmick, intended to divert public attention from the steep […] More

The portal nayadaur.tv has published an article ‘ Killed in dark alleys–remembering the victims of Shia genocide in Pakistan ‘. This article states about the persecution of Shias in Pakistan, which though not as horrendous as the persecution of Ahmadiyas ( see my article ‘ Barbaric persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan ‘ published in rabwah.net […] More

The former Professor of JNU, Sudha Pai, has written an article published in thewire.in titled ‘ Rise of Tejashwi Yadav signals significant change in Bihar politics ‘. In this article she states that caste alignments alone do not matter now in Indian politics, and factors like unemployment, price rise, etc have also become important. She […] More