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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.

We should learn spiritedness from country like Croatia

  By Vijay Darda | 16-07-2018 It is painful to see India, with a population of more than 125 crore, standing at the last rung in the world of sports A small country with a long coastline between Central and Southeast Europe on the Adriatic Sea, Croatia though lost the title clash, astonished the whole world by reaching the FIFA

Who is responsible for the plight of cities?

  By Vijay Darda | 09-07-2018 Indian cities have ra, yet the government says we are progressing..! Rain in Mumbai..Mumbai helpless! Rain in Nagpur..Nagpur helpless! Rain in Delhi..Delhi helpless! Whenever any city experiences a little more than average rainfall into cesspool..! A stampede on the railway bridge in Mumbai last year, a bridge collapsed this year. A few months ago,

India should not bow down to US threat

  By Vijay Darda | 02-07-2018 We should have the right to look at our interests; America should refrain from playing the Big Brother of the world! Janunat Garbe Nafse-khud tamam ast/Je-kashi Pa-be Kashan Neem Gam Ast! The meaning of Ghalib’s couplet is.. Once if we make up the mind, the distance between Kashi and Kashan is only a half

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 loans worth Rs. 1,44,000 crore. Generally it is called a

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 fearlessly and called a spade a spade. He was actively