This election has shaken the roots of fair play!
By Vijay Darda | 13-05-2019 Use of such foul language by leaders was never practised in earlier elections; such trend is dangerous for democracy Dushmani jam kar karo lekin ye gunjaaish rahe Jab kabhi hum dost ho jaaye toh sharminda na ho! These lines from the eminent Urdu poet Bashir Badra has become very […]
Why do officers & leaders want to look different?
By Vijay Darda | 24-04-2017 Just the removal of red beacons from atop the vehicles will not end the VIP culture. The very mentality needs to be changed At long last, the central government has finally decided that the cars of VIPs will no longer sport red, yellow, blue beacons. Indeed, for a long […]
Nourishing his idea of India is vital for democracy
By Vijay Darda | 14-11-2015 Remembering Panditji As the year-long 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India and rightly called the architect of our modern nation, conclude today, my mind goes back to an event that took place in the mid-fifties. At that time in 1958, […]
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 […]
The void will never be filled
By Vijay Darda | 04-06-2014 The sudden and unexpected death of veteran political leader and my dear friend Gopinath Munde has caused big void in Maharashtra. His departure has caused an irreparable loss not just to Marathwada but to the entire Maharashtra state and the country. Munde was a truly mass-based leader who rose […]
Freedom of expression
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 […]