कौन थे वंदे मातरम के रचयिता बंकिम चंद्र? ‘वंदे मातरम’ के 150 वर्ष पूरे होने पर देशभर में उत्सव मनाया जा रहा है। 1875 में बंकिम चंद्र चट्टोपाध्याय द्वारा लिखे गए इस गीत ने भारत की आजादी की लड़ाई में अमर भूमिका निभाई। यह गीत आज भी मातृभूमि के प्रति समर्पण, एकता और स्वाभिमान … [Read more...] about ‘वंदे मातरम’ के 150 वर्ष
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Pakistan–Afghanistan Relations Go from Dependence to Defiance: Implications for South Asia
Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar The Pakistan–Afghanistan relationship has long been a complex tapestry of ethnic, political, and strategic contradictions. Rooted in an artificial colonial border and deepened by decades of mistrust, both nations have oscillated between cooperation … [Read more...] about Pakistan–Afghanistan Relations Go from Dependence to Defiance: Implications for South Asia
Long road to justice in ’84 riots cases
HS Phoolka Forty one years after the 1984 Sikh genocide, in which 2,733 Sikhs were brutally killed in Delhi (as per official figures), justice continues to elude the victims. The cases against two key masterminds — former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler and former MP Sajjan … [Read more...] about Long road to justice in ’84 riots cases
Pakistan’s biggest business: The Army and its exports of terror
Rishi Suri Every state has its defining institutions. In India, it is democracy and enterprise. In the United States, it is innovation and rule of law. In Pakistan, it is neither democracy nor enterprise, but the Army. Not just as a military machine but as the country’s … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s biggest business: The Army and its exports of terror
Victims of Sikh Genocide in 1984 Await Justice
Iqbal Singh Lalpura & Jaibans Singh The Genocide On 31 October 1984, the then Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi was assassinated at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh who belonged to … [Read more...] about Victims of Sikh Genocide in 1984 Await Justice