Another chance for Pakistan to mend fences with India

   By Vijay Darda | 01-03-2021 Despite umpteen ceasefire agreements, Pakistan continues to provoke us This is not the first time that India and Pakistan have signed a ceasefire agreement on their borders to give peace a chance. After the fierce Kargil War of 1999, there was peace on the

Care for your and others’ lives too

By Vijay Darda | 22-02-2021 Government should also provide vaccines for the private sector and initiate strict action against careless people As the New Year dawned, it looked like that the corona virus pandemic was now tapering out. The number of Covid positive patients was declining rapidly and the death

Let this bonhomie percolate to politics

  By Vijay Darda | 15-02-2021 Ghulam Nabi Azad and Prime Minister Modi’s speeches in Rajya Sabha displayed the highest level of parliamentary maturity My friendship with Ghulam Nabi Azad might be some three decades old and the biggest reason for this closeness is his charming personality. Another major reason

Imran’s promised neverland

By Vijay Darda | 08-02-2021 Pandering to extremists, ruining economy, Pak PM is running out of time There was euphoria when Imran Khan left the cricket field and came to bat on the political pitch — the world felt that Pakistan had found a politician with the ability to get

Fruits of Budget must reach the common man

By Vijay Darda | 01-02-2021. The Covid-19 pandemic has picked everybody’s pocket and ruined the economy. Let’s nurse a hope for a better future Preparing this year’s Budget must not have been an easy task because the Covid-19 pandemic has ruined the country’s economy. Industries, which have been stagnant for

Temple of democracy should always be open

  By Vijay Darda | 21-12-2020. No matter how serious and extraordinary the circumstances, it’s not proper to suspend any session of Parliament. The government’s announcement that the winter session of Parliament will not be held has shocked one and all. Naturally, opposition parties have flayed this move in one

Why has muscle power politics become a norm?

  By Vijay Darda | 14-12-2020. There is no place for violence in a democracy but the history of violence is being repeated in West Bengal. The present state of politics in West Bengal is quite frightening. The language of ‘lathi and not democracy, is being spoken there. During the

Will ‘secular’ parties be able to fight RSS and BJP?

  By Vijay Darda | 07-12-2020. Unstable Congress and weak Opposition… and our secular country creaking under its weight! The BJP grabbed the attention of the entire nation for the way it contested the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election. This was for the first time that the national leadership of

Why not one election when nation is one?

  By Vijay Darda | 30-11-2020. Till 1967, the Assembly elections were held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha, but politics changed this system. Prime Minister Narendra Modi already has a majority in the Lok Sabha and will soon have one in the Rajya Sabha too. Therefore, it appears certain that

The year that held the mirror to mankind

By Vijay Darda | 28-12-2020. The year 2020 was a dreadful year but it also taught humanity a lot The year 2020 is coming to an end. Hardly anyone would like to remember this year, but it is also true that history will not forget it. It created and instilled