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Javed, Lata, Shabana & Pakistan!

   By Vijay Darda | 27-02-2023 At Faiz Festival in Lahore, Javed Akhtar showed everyone the mirror in his sharp characteristic style Vijay Darda Jidhar jate hai sab jana udhar achha nahi lagata, Mujhe pamaal raaston ka safar achha nahin lagta. Galat baaton ko khamosi se sunana haami bhar lena, Bahut hai fayade is mein magar achha nahi lagta This

Two priceless gems of India!

   By Vijay Darda | 20-02-2023 Both minister of external affairs S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval are playing amazing roles Vijay Darda Even as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar used the words “old, rich opinionated, and dangerous person” for America’s veteran businessman George Soros, his sharp and savage replies have become the talk of the world. In fact, George

Fifty years of swimming against the tide

   By Vijay Darda | 18-02-2023 Keep going, keep going! With faith, confidence, and mutual trust! Vijay Darda The first issue of the Nagpur edition of Lokmat was published on December 15, 1971. Explaining the stand in a special article in this first issue, my father and guide Jawaharlalji Darda alias Babuji, quoted a line from an eminent Marathi poet

Quakes: How prepared are we?

By Vijay Darda | 13-02-2023 The multi-storey buildings in Turkey were not earthquake resistant, causing massive destruction to life and property Vijay Darda Scenes of thousands of buildings reduced to rubble in Turkey’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake have forced the whole world to think as to how prepared we are to deal with the unpredictable earthquakes? About 59 per cent

Do Pakistanis want to forget Kashmir?

By Vijay Darda | 06-02-2023 New generation of Pakistan is fearlessly asking on social media, what did we get by insisting on Kashmir? Vijay Darda You will be astonished to know that a totally different kind of campaign is going on in Pakistani social media these days. Being in India, we may feel that the entire population of Pakistan is

Why quibble when border is tense?

   By Vijay Darda | 30-01-2023 Let’s learn lessons from past incidents but remaining stuck in them will do no good Vijay Darda The BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ has created an uproar in several parts of the country over the last few days. This documentary is based on the 2002 riots in Gujarat. Although it has been blocked