‘Earlier British, now elites are trying to divide India’: Vijay Rupani
'India is united. Our cultural foundations are strong, our economic aspirations are high,' he said.
'India is united. Our cultural foundations are strong, our economic aspirations are high,' he said.
The study or practise of Gandhi's principles is gradually increasing in China. During the first phase, it had become somewhat static due to the political ideology. In the second phase, it was driven by the rationalists and the academics. Later, it was a victim of political concepts. It appears that in the next era, the changes that took place in the liberal policies and the political outlook under the patronage of Mao ensured the acceleration of Gandhi's thoughts.Along with socio-economic development, Gandhi and his principles have helped the Chinese to deal with such issues as social discrimination, human rights, environmental protection,freedom of expression, corruption. The Mahatma's thoughts are very pertinent in contemporary China.
Amidst protests across the country, writer-activist Arundhati Roy compared the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with the "1935 Nuremberg Laws of the Third Reich" and appealed to people to "stand up".
The open letter mentioned the mob killing of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities must be stopped immediately, while stressing that there was "no democracy without dissent." It also noted that "Jai Shri Ram" had been reduced to a "provocative war cry."
She appreciated the filmmakers and writers who have come together to draw the Prime Minister's attention to the "tragic events" happening all over the country.
The 49 celebrities, who have signed the letter include Adoor Gopalkrishnan, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soumita Chatterjee, among others.
I wish those in power who ritually bow before Shastri’s statues and busts in Varanasi and Allahabad realise how much they have deviated from the ideals and secular path of this noble son of India.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday slapped a legal notice on author Ramchandra Guha for allegedly linking the Sangh…
