अफजल गुरु और इशरत जहां को आपके सामने खड़ा करने के पीछे नागपुर के राष्ट्रपुरोहितों की क्या सोच है? – Dilip Mandal

अफजल गुरु और इशरत जहां को कब्र से निकालकर झाड़ – पोंछकर आपके सामने खड़ा करने के पीछे नागपुर के राष्ट्रपुरोहितों की क्या सोच है?   1. डॉ. रोहित वेमुला ने देश के बहुजनों में अभूतपूर्व एकता पैदा कर दी है. 2. बीजेपी ने हाल के महीनों में एक भी चुनाव नहीं जीता है. बिहार का दर्द उतर नहीं रहा है. नरेंद्र मोदी के अपने … Continue reading अफजल गुरु और इशरत जहां को आपके सामने खड़ा करने के पीछे नागपुर के राष्ट्रपुरोहितों की क्या सोच है? – Dilip Mandal

Editors Guild Condemns ABVP Threats to Siddharth Vardarajan

  New Delhi: In a statement issued on Saturday, the Editors Guild of India strongly condemned “the blatant acts of intimidation and threats to Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor of The Wire, by student members of the ABVP in Allahabad University that forced the police to intervene to escort him to safety.” Varadarajan had been invited to deliver a public lecture on ‘Loktantra, media aur abhivyakti ki … Continue reading Editors Guild Condemns ABVP Threats to Siddharth Vardarajan

Setalvad questions legality of CBI raid on Kejriwal office

Teesta Setalvad has questioned the legality of the CBI procuring warrants from lower courts for ‘raid’on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office. She has called this overstepping the law which states that enforcement agencies can conduct searches only if there is evidence of non-cooperation. Continue reading Setalvad questions legality of CBI raid on Kejriwal office

This one is for Teesta – Salil Tripathi

#BraveTeesta This one is for Teesta – and other stubborn souls trying to keep India the way it was meant to be: First they went after Sanjiv Bhatt But I said nothing because I wasn’t a cop. Then the witnesses in Asaram’s case started dropping dead But I said nothing because I wasn’t a fan of any guru-buru. Then the witnesses of Vyapam case started … Continue reading This one is for Teesta – Salil Tripathi

Should Not Media be Concerned About Dissent in a Democracy?

      http://scroll.in/article/667252/failure-to-appoint-leader-of-opposition-would-undermine-democratic-checks-and-balances&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter Failure to Appoint Leader of the Opposition would undermine Democratic Checks and Balances On Sunday, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu indicated that there was a possibility that the 16th Lok Sabha may not have an officially designated Leader of Opposition. “There was no Leader of Opposition during Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi’s time,” Naidu said. “When Rajiv Gandhi … Continue reading Should Not Media be Concerned About Dissent in a Democracy?

There Will Come Soft Rains -Sara Teasdale

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white, Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done. Not … Continue reading There Will Come Soft Rains -Sara Teasdale