Category: Current/ Political Affairs
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SOWING THE WIND
At the beginning of the year, shortly after Trump invaded Venezuela, I had written “As Thick as Thieves”. I re-read it before writing this piece. I had then warned that the Venezuelan “success” would embolden Trump to flex his muscles elsewhere too. True to his rampaging and disruptive style, he has done it again, this…
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AS THICK AS THIEVES
There are some common English sayings like – “As thick as thieves”, “Birds of a feather flock together” and “Fools seldom differ”. By now an intelligent reader like you would have guessed where this is going. It’s pointing to Trumpeting Trump and his coterie. Does it surprise you that those whom Trump has called his…
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PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO CATHOLIC FORUM
Smt Draupadi Murmu, Hon’ble President of India responded to the Memorandum dt 31st December 2025 submitted by me in my capacity as the Chairperson of the Indian Catholic Forum (ICF). The Memorandum highlighted the attacks on Christians across India that spiked at Christmas time. Besides creating a fear psychosis in the community it also attracted…
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MEMORANDUM ON CHRISTMAS ATTACKS
Hon’ble Smt Draupadi Murmu,PRESIDENT OF INDIRashtrapati BhawanNew Delhipresidentofindia@rb.nic.in 31st December 2025 Respected Rashtrapatiji, Sub: Christmas attacks on Christians Namaskar! I respectfully place before you some of the legitimate fears and apprehensions of the Christian community in India. It is common knowledge that the pro-rata contribution of the Christian community to the nation in the realm…
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THE “IDIOTS” OF LADAKH
The block buster Aamir Khan movie “Three Idiots” is to some degree inspired by Sonam Wangchuk of Ladakh. You heard right, the same person whom the Government has now arrested under the draconian National Security Act and lodged in far away Jodhpur jail. Ironically, till recently, Wangchuk was an avid fan of Prime Minister Narendra…
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VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS – POLITICAL & SPIRITUAL
Nepal is in the news for the saddest of reasons – a political volcanic eruption led by youth disenchanted by the political system; its corruption and opaqueness. This is déjà vu for what happened in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. With three neighbours in political turmoil, can big brother India remain unscathed? There have been similar…
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WHERE IS GOD?
Those watching TV on 27th August evening would have been jolted by two tragic events. The first was of hundreds of pilgrims washed away in flash floods/ landslides in the Jammu region. The second instant was of two young girls shot dead while praying in a Catholic school in Minneapolis, USA. Both incidents were when…
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BOOK REVIEW: MANIPUR’S ATOM BOMB
(Manipur’s experience with AFSPA by John Shilshi IPS Retd, Rs 499/- Pgs 328 Hard Cover, published by White Falcon Publishing) Exactly eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, atom bombs are again in the news. Rahul Gandhi has claimed to have dropped an atom bomb on the Election Commission of India through his allegations of vote…