By Vijay Darda | 23-08-2021 Why did the US shove Afghanistan back into the cruel clutches of the Taliban which it wanted to crush? Vijay Darda Let me remind you that I had written in this column in the last week of July about the brutality and atrocity against
By Vijay Darda | 17-08-2021 The film ‘Shershaah’ made on Captain Vikram Batra’s bravery is an amazing saga of inspiration for the youth Vijay Darda I always make it a point to watch patriotic films, the ones which inspire the youth and all of us. I recently watched the
By Vijay Darda | 09-08-2021 Athletes who came from humble backgrounds have brought laurels to the country, untold hardships notwithstanding Vijay Darda Crores of Indians were thrilled when the tune of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was playing in the Tokyo Olympics stadium and its echo was being heard all over
By Vijay Darda | 02-08-2021 Politics heats up after Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with Sonia Gandhi; they are giving slogan ‘Save democracy, save nation’ Vijay Darda Even as Mamata Banerjee went to meet Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at their residence during her Delhi visit, I recalled the West Bengal
By Vijay Darda | 26-07-2021 Horrendous atrocities being committed on women and girls in Afghanistan Vijay Darda A short video clip uploaded by an international news channel has shaken me to the core. In that video, a fourteen-fifteen-year-old girl is seen screaming and shrieking. Her parents are begging for
By Vijay Darda | 19-07-2021 Rahul Gandhi says those who are scared are free to leave the party. What does it imply? Vijay Darda Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement that ‘those who are scared should leave the party’ has stirred the hornet’s nest in the political circles. People are
By Vijay Darda | 21-11-2022 A noble human being, Dilip Kumar was an apostle of peace and an unmatched ‘Kohinoor’ of acting Vijay Darda Dilip Kumar epitomised two personalities. One was Dilip Kumar and the other Yusuf Khan. Dilip Kumar was completely devoted to his acting career as well
By Vijay Darda | 05-07-2021 In our quest for materialistic progress, we do not even think about the soil from which we are born, to which we will all return Vijay Darda When President Ram Nath Kovind bowed down and applied the soil of his village on his forehead
By Vijay Darda | 28-06-2021 The Prime Minister’s initiative on Jammu and Kashmir is welcome. Enough of bloodshed, let us give peace a chance. Vijay Darda I have visited Kashmir Valley a number of times and have travelled the Valley in almost all seasons. Everytime I visited the Valley
By Vijay Darda | 21-06-2021 Milkha Singh wished to see an Indian win Olympic gold medal in athletics Vijay Darda I salute and bow down to the legendary sprinter Milkha Singh who got the sobriquet of Flying Sikh. On his departure, two thoughts come to my mind. First, will