Tag: Mahatma Gandhi

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 […]

Citizens of 83 countries are still slaves!

   By Vijay Darda | 15-08-2022 We are lucky to be born in a free country. Ask about the value of freedom to the people living under dictatorship Vijay Darda I hope we haven’t forgotten China’s business mogul Jack Ma, who until a year and a half back was a big name in the world. […]

Take everyone into confidence before taking any decision

   By Vijay Darda | 20-06-2022 Damaging government property while protesting against Agnipath scheme should not be tolerated under any circumstances; clarity is necessary before announcing any scheme Vijay Darda There is a storm-like situation in several parts of the country following violent protests against the proposed Agnipath scheme which promises to recruit youths between […]

Don’t crush love in the name of religion

   By Vijay Darda | 09-05-2022 Lord Shiva drank poison to save the universe, but today poison is being spread in the name of religion Vijay Darda I am deeply perplexed over two incidents. One incident is from Hyderabad where a Hindu boy Nagaraju married his best friend Sultana. The girl’s family and community could […]

Significant events become rituals, core messages forgotten!

   By Vijay Darda | 18-04-2022 Plethora of events and politics in the name of great men, but none is willing to follow the path shown by them! Vijay Darda Last week, while I was celebrating Ram Navami, the birth anniversary of Maryada Purushottam Prabhu Shri Ram, Lord Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Mahotsav and the birth […]