Category: Editorials

ISRO has become our bright earning star

  By Vijay Darda | 25-09-2018 India which carried the first rocket on a bullock cart to the launch station has carved a niche for itself in launching satellites The pictures you see along with this article belongs to April 1975. Then the parts of the rocket were carried on cycle and India’s first satellite Aryabhatta was taken to the

We need to imbibe the virtues of Lord Ganesh

  By Vijay Darda | 17-09-2018 There is always some message inherent in every celebration in Indian culture; we should understand those messages This is the festive season of Ganeshotsav. The holy festival of Lord Shree Ganesh has charged the atmosphere with enthusiasm, energy and excitement. The joyous shouts of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ are being heard everywhere. Seeing the society

African countries & Chinese debt trap

  By Vijay Darda | 10-09-2018 China has disbursed loan to the tune of Rs10 lakh crore in the last 18 years; 35 African countries walk in to debt trap The conference of ‘Forum on China-Africa Cooperation’ held in China’s capital Beijing last week did not attract any attention in the Indian media, but this matter is directly related to

Be proud of Indianness to make the country great

  By Vijay Darda | 03-09-2018 The trend of tearing children away from our culture and introducing them to Western values is hurting the entire society and the country. Whenever I visit any country, I try to explore and get to learn about the civilisation, culture and life there. I meet the common people. I had the opportunity to visit

Save nature or we will all perish!

  By Vijay Darda | 27-08-2018 Nature alone is not responsible for the devastation caused by floods in Kerala, it is also the outcome of human greed I was watching some of the videos of the catastrophe caused by floods in Kerala. A person standing atop the hill may have made this video. The floodwater was seen carrying the debris

We have to break fetters of linguistic slavery

  By Vijay Darda | 20-08-2018 Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi had said that the nation is dumb without a national language and only Hindi can be the national language of India Memories of the first World Hindi Conference held in Nagpur around 43 years back are still fresh in my mind because my Babuji freedom fighter Jawaharlal Darda

Have we really got complete freedom?

  By Vijay Darda | 13-08-2018 Lack of national character, sectarian thinking, corruption and casteist poison have ruined the entire country Once in Pakistan, the journalists there asked me why despite India and Pakistan attaining independence at the same time, India marched ahead and Pakistan remained behind? I answered them that we have Gandhi and Freedom of Press. It may

Biggest problem is lack of national character

  By Vijay Darda | 06-08-2018 Even after starvation deaths and rape on inmates of shelter homes, our blood does not boil; are our sensitivities dying? I am deeply troubled by some of the incidents that have occurred in the recent past. Girls between seven and 18 years in age were repeatedly raped in a shelter home in Muzaffarnagar, Bihar

Can Imran build ‘New Pakistan’?

  By Vijay Darda | 30-07-2018 Imran has emerged as a great hope for youths and his victory has come with a big responsibility to change the destiny of the country I have met Imran Khan twice. On both the occasions, I met him in London. The first meeting took place about 22 years back when he had just stepped

Mobocracy dangerous for democracy

  By Vijay Darda | 23-07-2018 Who is nursing and encouraging the crazy crowd that lies in waiting to pounce upon and kill anyone? It is difficult to comprehend as to what has happened to our country? Mobocracy is taking over. Any issue is enough to trigger an attack, and the crowd goes berserk. The victim is beaten to death.