As a nation, India often finds itself in a tug-off-war between the grandeur of its aspirations and the ghosts of its past. One would imagine that a country was designed as a global power – provoking nuclear capabilities, a leading space program, a “tech stack” that is the world’s jealousy and an ambitious dialect for … Read more
New Delhi: The controversy over the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is “unnecessary”, said Suresh “Bhaiyyaji” Joshi, senior leader of the BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today, brushing off the issue that had triggered weeks of acrimony between the BJP and the opposition. “The issue over Aurangzeb’s tomb is unnecessary,” Mr Joshi told reporters … Read more
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is celebrating 100 years since its inception—a remarkable journey for an organisation that was long considered untouchable and ridiculed by the intellectual class yet has not only survived, but thrived. The Congress, with its glorious legacy of members like Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Tilak, and Bose, has fractured multiple times; the … Read more
Sanjay Raut. (File photo) During the Maharashtra assembly election campaign, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut termed the news of his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah as a ridiculous story. The MP said that working with the PPP was like joining hands with Aurangzeb and Afzal Khan. Surprisingly, Congressional leaders have also made … Read more