This approach of banks may ruin the country!

  By Vijay Darda | 25-06-2018 Ruthless with small borrowers and complicity with big defaulters is an open secret now; the entire banking system is at stake! Three news reports which have come within a week are extremely worrying. The first news was that the government has written off bad

Need for a decisive battle against terror

  By Vijay Darda | 18-06-2018 The killing of Shujaat Bukhari is an attempt to bury the yearning for peace. Salute to brave soldiers like Aurangzeb! The gunning down of Shujaat Bukhari, editor of newspaper Rising Kashmir, is not a commonplace incident. Shujaat was a journalist who used to write

Pranab Da is outspoken and committed to diversity

  By Vijay Darda | 11-06-2018 What is relevant now is not why he went to the RSS programme. What is important is what he said there. Even as Dr Pranab Mukherjee came under sharp criticism from all quarters for accepting the invitation to attend the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS)

If we continue to trifle with nature, disaster is imminent!

  By Vijay Darda | 04-06-2018 Land is turning barren, rivers going dry, forest getting denuded, air getting polluted, things are not hunky-dory any more! Alarming as it is, a recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment has shocked me. The report states that by 2030, 21 cities

Oppn unity must for health of democracy

  By Vijay Darda | 28-05-2018 Political parties will have to rise above self interest to capitalise on the hope revived during the swearing-in ceremony in Karnataka Reviving the hope of opposition unity, important leaders of opposition parties came together on a single platform during the swearing-in ceremony of HD

Did country dream of such a democracy?

  By Vijay Darda | 21-05-2018 Politics runs amok in the arena of power. Might becomes right! The common man is reduced to being a mute spectator! This was bound to be the fate of Yeddyurappa, who tried to ride piggyback on the governor to occupy the chair of Karnataka

Keep elections out of mud-slinging

  By Vijay Darda | 14-05-2018 As the dust and din of electioneering settles in Karnataka, the unanswered question is why were public issues left untouched during the campaign? The fate of the candidates has been sealed in the EVMs and who will win and lose in Karnataka will be

Non-serious approach over air pollution is dangerous

  By Vijay Darda | 07-05-2018 Will the Indian government wake up from its slumber after the latest report of World Health Organisation? The latest report of the World Health Organisation on pollution in our country comes as no surprise to me. I keep touring the world and naturally know

To compete, India needs to be economically strong

  By Vijay Darda | 30-04-2018 The informal summit between Chinese President and Indian Prime Minister is a welcome move, for parleys alone can lead to a thaw in relationship Eminent poet Nida Fazli has penned a wonderful couplet: Dushmani lakh sahi Khatm na kije rishta Dil mile ya na

Those who preach hatred must be taught a lesson

  By Vijay Darda | 23-04-2018 Politics has plunged the nation into useless issues; for votes they are playing with democracy Maikhane se  Puchha Aaj Itna Sannata Kyon Hai? Maikhana Bola- Lahu ka daur hai sahib Ab sharab kaun  pita hai? (Why is the tavern so desolate? When people are