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The Justice Swaminathan Flashpoint: How a Festival Ritual Shook Tamil Nadu Politics
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 12th December: Some political crises ignite from scandals; others from sudden controversies. But in Tamil Nadu, it was a simple flame on a hilltop — the Karthigai Deepam ritual at Thiruparankundram — that stirred…
NCERT’s New Class 7 Textbook: A Clearer Look at Mahmud of Ghazni’s Violent Campaigns
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 11th December: History often sits quietly in our schoolbooks, reduced to a handful of tidy sentences that barely hint at the chaos, courage, fear and upheaval that shaped real lives. This year, NCERT has decided…
Rahul Gandhi’s Politics of Perpetual Defeat and Manufactured Outrage
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 10th December: Politics has always rewarded winners, but Rahul Gandhi has perfected a paradoxical craft—he loses with remarkable consistency yet emerges claiming a moral victory, draped in righteous indignation.…
Vande Mataram and the Politics of Division: Modi Rekindles a 150-Year Debate
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 9th December: The Lok Sabha witnessed an unusually charged moment when Prime Minister Narendra Modi reopened a long-simmering debate around Vande Mataram. His speech did not merely revisit history; it challenged a…
Bharat’s Growth Story Deserves Better Than a Colonial Throwback
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 9th December: For decades, Bharat has been viewed through a fogged colonial lens—one that often defined the country not by its potential, but by its supposed limitations. At the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit,…
Assam’s Bulldozer Doctrine: Himanta Biswa Sarma’s War on Illegal Encroachment
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 9th December: There are moments in governance when the state draws a line—not on paper, but on land itself. In Assam, that line is being drawn with bulldozers, demolition notices, and a Chief Minister who has made…
Judiciary Halts Mamata’s OBC Push in Stunning Blow
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 8th December: There are moments in the life of a state when a courtroom verdict becomes more than a legal pronouncement—it becomes a mirror. The Calcutta High Court’s sweeping decision to freeze the West Bengal…
Needonomics-Driven Multidisciplinary Research justified at International E-Conference Hosted by G.M.…
Tala (Raigarh), 6th December: Prof. Madan Mohan Goel, Propounder Needonomics , Former Vice-Chancellor (thrice) and superannuated Professor of Kurukshetra University , addressed the International E-Conference on “Exploring New…
Assam Draws a Red Line: Why the State Has Banned All Jihadi Content
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 6th December: In the shifting landscape of national security, every state eventually reaches a moment where caution must turn into action. For Assam, that moment has arrived with a sweeping ban on what the…
Calcutta High Court Raises Alarm on Border Vulnerability
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 6th December: As borders grow more volatile and geopolitical undercurrents shift across South Asia, the question of internal administrative responsibility has never been more relevant. In a recent and sharply…