What has Congress done?

  By Vijay Darda | 11-03-2019 All the parties have contributed to the progress of the country in their times, but some people are asking an absurd question I vividly remember an anecdote from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s days. When he came to power, he found that Nehruji’s photograph in the corridor of Parliament was missing. […]

Pranab Da is outspoken and committed to diversity

  By Vijay Darda | 11-06-2018 What is relevant now is not why he went to the RSS programme. What is important is what he said there. Even as Dr Pranab Mukherjee came under sharp criticism from all quarters for accepting the invitation to attend the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) programme, he refused to answer […]

Oppn unity must for health of democracy

  By Vijay Darda | 28-05-2018 Political parties will have to rise above self interest to capitalise on the hope revived during the swearing-in ceremony in Karnataka Reviving the hope of opposition unity, important leaders of opposition parties came together on a single platform during the swearing-in ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy in Karnataka, thereby giving […]

To compete, India needs to be economically strong

  By Vijay Darda | 30-04-2018 The informal summit between Chinese President and Indian Prime Minister is a welcome move, for parleys alone can lead to a thaw in relationship Eminent poet Nida Fazli has penned a wonderful couplet: Dushmani lakh sahi Khatm na kije rishta Dil mile ya na mile Haath milate rahiye! Personally, […]

India-Japan friendship foretells dawn of new era

  By Vijay Darda | 18-09-2017 China is frustrated with the new equation because of its serious border dispute with both the countries Looking back at the history, the cultural relation between India with Japan was established in the sixth century only when Buddhism reached there. Since then, the relations have been good. There is […]

Global escalation is a warning bell

  By Vijay Darda | 07-08-2017 The US, Russia and China are engaged in proving their supremacy The continuation of atmosphere of tension between different countries is nothing new. Many countries are also fighting against each other. In many countries of the world, civil war-like situation is prevailing, but some of them have brought about […]

India’s emergence as star player in a changed world!

  By Vijay Darda | 10-07-2017 India is shaping its foreign policy in such a manner that it should also be in the driver’s seat..! If we look at India in terms of population, then one sixth part of the world resides in India. As a consumer market, India is one of the fastest growing […]

From Ammu to Amma: Rise, fall and rise!

  By Vijay Darda | 07-12-2016 Legend has it that Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was referred to as “Ammu” by her mother Sandhya and her mentor and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M G Ramachandran. But by the time the 68-year-old breathed her last, she had become “Amma” to millions of her followers […]