The Commonwealth (full name is Commonwealth of Nations) is an organization of fifty four member states. Fifty two of these nations were part of the British Empire. The Commonwealth Games is one of the showcase events for this organization. Except a few countries like Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada almost all other countries are [...]
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, Tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! – [...]
Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes (446 BCE) once said “A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers”. Recently I have been thinking about my homeland a lot. I am not alone. Millions of Indians including many of my friends are seriously considering winding up whatever they are doing and heading back to India. This is a tough [...]
The External Affairs Minister of India S.M. Krishna has informed parliament yesterday that the Indian government is undertaking efforts to make Hindi as one of the official languages of the United Nations. He said “We are taking active measures to make Hindi an official language at UN. A high level committee is looking into it”. [...]
We in India know that we have a great history. I am not sure how we know this for a fact but we know. The Chinese hold a very similar opinion. Maybe the concept of the great past is something that our forefathers passed on to us as we pass on to our future generations. [...]
The motto of the International Cricket Council is “Great Sport Great Spirit”. But the spirit was anything but great after the failed attempt by Australia and New Zealand to install former Australia Prime Minister John Howard as the next ICC President. The reaction from both Australia and New Zealand raises many questions about their perception [...]
In a ruling that will have a major impact on the lives of millions of children in India, the Indian Supreme Court has ruled that a child born out of a live-in relationship can only claim a share of the parents acquired property and not ancestral property. This is because the child born out of [...]
India today is the 12th largest economy in the world. Among large economies India is also the second fastest growing economy in the world after China. If this growth rate continues India will become the third largest economy in the world in less than 25 years. Indians particularly those who are young are optimistic and [...]
Most of us know by now that Ramkishan Alipur Yadav (known as Swami Ramdev) has started a political party. The party named Bharat Swabhiman will contest all 545 Lok Sabha seats in the next national elections. The Swami himself will not stand for elections (this stance reminds me of Sonia Gandhi and her relationship with [...]
I consider myself to be fortunate enough to be brought up in a family environment where religion was not important. As a family we rarely talked about religion. Although a skeptic myself I am very fascinated by the history of religion, the mythologies that are part of it and the reasons why religion still plays [...]
Many media organizations in India and the rest of the world have recently written articles about the upcoming internet revolution in India. About 130 countries in the world already have 3G platforms and India is getting ready to sell its airwaves for third generation services. This is good news for the government as it is [...]
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released a report that states that 60% of all complaints registered against the police in India are false. Approximately 49,000 complaints are filed against the police in a year. Of course data of this kind will not fool anybody in India. Very few Indians have faith in the [...]
Rev C Rothuama is the President of the Baptist Church of Mizoram (Mizoram is a remote state in the northeastern part of India). In a meeting chaired by Rev Rothuama in Lawngtlai the Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) decided to take strong actions against members of the Church who are homosexuals including ex-communication from the [...]
India and the United States have a strong strategic relationship today. A lot has been written about the many things that India and the United States have in common. Pluralism and a belief in a democratic system of government is one of them. But I also think that the attitude of both these nations when [...]
The Indian Railways is a living example of the failure of the Indian state to manage and operate anything efficiently. As one of the few major countries in the world that still does not have a national limited access highway system, Indians are completely dependent on the Indian Railways to travel. Air travel which is [...]
India became an independent nation in 1947 after the British left India. Pakistan was created immediately thereafter. For the past 62 years the two countries have grown dramatically differently. Today there is no comparison between the two nations in terms of economics, education, health care, freedom and civil liberties and military and space technology.
