India-Japan friendship foretells dawn of new era

  By Vijay Darda | 18-09-2017 China is frustrated with the new equation because of its serious border dispute with both the countries Looking back at the history, the cultural relation between India with Japan was established in the sixth century only when Buddhism reached there. Since then, the relations

This storm of hatred will erode democracy

  By Vijay Darda | 11-09-2017 The freedom of expression is for everyone but the chaos spread over social media is not right for anyone Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, M M Kalburgi and now Gauri Lankesh..! There is a commonality among these four; that they were free-thinkers and expressed their

Need to transform Indian Railways

  By Vijay Darda | 04-09-2017 Financial condition has worsened, there is no money to change unsafe tracks and around 1.22 lakh posts in safety category are vacant When India’s first passenger train between Bori Bunder (Mumbai) and Thane was flagged off on April 16, 1853, there were only 400

Playgrounds needed to save children from killer game

  By Vijay Darda | 28-08-2018 The internet game known as Blue Whale Challenge has perturbed the world and India is not untouched too! It is believed that the blue whale comes to the seashore to die or commit suicide. In the name of this blue whale, a Russian student

Why are children’s lives so cheap?

  By Vijay Darda | 21-08-2017 As usual, the country will forget the inglorious chapter of Gorakhpur deaths but the question will continue to haunt! Some four years back, there was a huge hue and cry when 35 children died within five days at BC Roy Hospital in Kolkata. Four

Cacti of challenges in our garden of freedom

  By Vijay Darda | 14-08-2017 There is no doubt that India has made a lot of progress in the last 70 years but the goal is far from achieved yet! Just a few hours hence we will be celebrating 70th anniversary of India’s independence. Of course, being a citizen

Global escalation is a warning bell

  By Vijay Darda | 07-08-2017 The US, Russia and China are engaged in proving their supremacy The continuation of atmosphere of tension between different countries is nothing new. Many countries are also fighting against each other. In many countries of the world, civil war-like situation is prevailing, but some

Foundation of unity of Opposition shaken

  By Vijay Darda | 31-07-2017 Nitish Kumar was the greatest hope for opposition in the next Lok Sabha elections, but the BJP took him away! Signs had started appearing long back that the distance between Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi is reducing and the bonhomie with the NDA is

Kovind will not become a rubber stamp President

  By Vijay Darda | 24-07-2017 After reaching the constitutional post, no person belongs to any party, but to the entire nation It is undisputable that a person associated with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh has reached the country’s highest office for the first time. In such a situation, it is natural

Nobody gains anything from war!

  By Vijay Darda | 17-07-2017 More than one crore people of Syria became refugees; after Aleppo, Mosul city also fell into ruin First the story of Iraq..! Just three years ago, a man from the Islamic State Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi declared himself the Khalifah of the world from Mosul