From drought to floods: The struggle continues

  By Vijay Darda | 01-09-2019 Degradation of environment has been alarming worldwide and the temperature in Europe has risen to 45 degree Celsius Recently, I am touring European countries. I feel delighted to see the crystal clear rivers and magnificent forests across Europe, but I am amazed at the rising temperature here. France’s temperature […]

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 […]

Cacti of challenges in our garden of freedom

  By Vijay Darda | 14-08-2017 There is no doubt that India has made a lot of progress in the last 70 years but the goal is far from achieved yet! Just a few hours hence we will be celebrating 70th anniversary of India’s independence. Of course, being a citizen of a free country is […]

He has proved himself to be a real ‘Sartaj’

  By Vijay Darda | 13-03-2017 There is an explosion in a train at Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, and the blast trail links the incident to Lucknow. A young man named Saifullah is found to be the mastermind of the blast and is later killed in an encounter. Police wanted to hand over the body to […]

Alvida Kalam Sir

  By Vijay Darda | 29-07-2015 At 83, with his youthful energy former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam showed no signs that he was living in the sunset years of his life. Indeed, moments before the missile man actually flew into the stars, he was preparing to offer an assignment to the students of the […]