By Vijay Darda | 02-12-2013 Amid all the hue and cry over sexual harassment cases in high places, it seems to have been forgotten that five states are in the midst of elections that could very well define the agenda for the next Lok Sabha elections in 2014. In fact, by the time the next week’s column appears the
By Vijay Darda | 25-11-2013 Any expression used to condemn these acts would be mild. In recent days, we have read reports of a retired Supreme Court judge, a chief minister aspiring to be the prime minister, and a senior editor with a holier than thou moral stance all indulging in acts that violate the dignity, integrity and sanctity
By Vijay Darda | 18-11-2013 All of us went through a collective emotional experience recently when the master blaster Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar retired from international cricket after creating such a stunning record of playing 200 Test matches, and being the only international cricketer to have scored 100 centuries and 30,000 runs. All of us knew that one such day
By Vijay Darda | 11-11-2013 When the founding fathers of our constitution gave us a federal structure with unitary features, they were clear in their mind that subjects like foreign policy and defence belong to the domain of the Centre. But like everything else there has been an erosion in these values as well. Now, foreign policies no longer
By Vijay Darda | 03-11-2013 There is hardly any soul that does not suffer from pains and sorrows. As the poet put it eloquently in a couplet: “Woh kaun hai duniya mein jise gham nahin hota, kis ghar mein khushi hoti hai matam nahin hota”. Ups and downs, sorrows and joys are like inseparable twins in our life. Even
By Vijay Darda | 28-10-2013 One can sense an air of a frustrated annoyance in the election speeches of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. He has always been aggressive and contemptuous of the Gandhi family. He deploys a mocking tone, and is loved by his loyalists for it. But now he has been moved to refer to the
By Vijay Darda | 21-10-2013 By popular corporate perception, India embraced the market mantra in 1991 when it opted for the reforms route. An idea was then sold that we should kiss good bye to all socialistic spending as growth would lead to a trickle-down effect and tackle all the economic problems including poverty. So, the organised voices in
By Vijay Darda | 15-10-2013 We all know that in India cricket is a religion. The fan following for this game cuts across all barriers and unites us with the same must win spirit that binds devotees of a religion. For 24 years one man Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has been the presiding deity of this religion. He has been
By Vijay Darda | 13-10-2013 It is a truth universally acknowledged that no society, state or country in this world can advance on the path of development without the freedom of expression. Since the individual’s expression lacks the strength of collectivity, it is the media that gives voice to the thought of common people which is what we call
By Vijay Darda | 07-10-2013 Right from the time, the Congress Working Committee resolved that a separate state of Telangana would be carved out from the unified Andhra Pradesh, the people of Seemandhra have been restless. They have been raising a cry that they would not allow the bifurcation of the state. I appreciate their zeal, but then I
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