Former Governor, Jammu & Kashmir
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The world order needs a major overhaul. — George Soros
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Vivek Katju
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With reference to ‘Cracks in AAP’; the editorial lays bare the deepening cracks within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), underscored by Kailash Gahlot’s resignation ahead of the Delhi polls. The resignation of leaders like Rajendra Gautam and sidelining of veterans...
Apropos of ‘Ragging scar’; despite the Supreme Court’s stringent anti-ragging guidelines and a zero-tolerance policy, ragging remains a pervasive issue, leaving lasting physical and psychological scars on students. Despite punitive action against those responsible, it is clear that legal measures...
With reference to ‘Opportunity for SAD’; Sukhbir Singh Badal’s resignation could be seen as an opportunity for the SAD to re-evaluate and revamp its leadership and strategy. It may pave the way for a new leader to take the reins,...
Refer to ‘Gurpurb lessons for Centre, Punjab’ (The Great Game); it is surprising that Sunil Jakhar and Capt Amarinder Singh have started feeling disillusioned with their party. The reason is most probably that their roles in the BJP have not...
Refer to the article ‘Trump’s America must stand up to China’s aggression’; the Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague, convened under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ruled in favour of the Philippines in the...
With reference to the article, ‘Why lessons of 1962 war should still hold good’; when the lessons of the Mahabharata are still relevant, there is a lot to learn from the 1962 India-China war as well because of Beijing’s expansionist...
Refer to ‘Inflated BPL data?’; the sudden jump in the number of families in Haryana below the poverty line is quite worrisome. The data reveals 44 per cent increase in just two years. Such an exponential increase in poverty runs...
Apropos of ‘Beyond the boundary’; India’s decision to avoid going to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 may force the host to withdraw from the event. This situation could lead to further souring of the strained relations with the...
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Lahore, Friday, November 21, 1924 Who says that the proceedings of our Legislative Councils are not enlivened by occasional flashes of humour, even though the humour may be of the unconscious variety? In our own council, at any rate, such...
Lahore, Thursday, November 20, 1924 WHILE we are pleased that Mr CY Chintamani, Secretary to the National Liberal Federation, has requested members of the council of the federation to attend the conference of all parties which Maulana Mahomed Ali has...
Lahore, Wednesday, November 19, 1924 We are constrained to say that the leaderette in the latest issue of Young India, titled “Is it compulsion?”, which we reproduced in these columns yesterday, is not distinguished by that clear thinking which is...
Lahore, Tuesday, November 18, 1924 EXCEPT on one point, the reply given by Mahatma Gandhi to the critics of the Calcutta agreement in an article in Young India is both satisfactory and convincing. He frankly admits that he made a...
Lahore, Sunday, November 16, 1924 THE debate that took place on the Punjab Excise Amendment Bill at Thursday’s meeting of the Legislative Council was not an excise debate at all, but a debate on one of those proposals to amend...
Lahore, Saturday, November 15, 1924 THE government’s review of the Punjab Excise Administration Report for 1923-24 contains a lengthy examination of the problem of illicit distillation and sale of excisable articles. This practice is said to prevail on an increasing...
Lahore, Friday, November 14, 1924 THE luminous statement which Pandit Motilal Nehru made to an Associated Press representative at Allahabad regarding the joint statement issued from Calcutta, to which he was himself a signatory, calls for a more careful and...
Lahore, Thursday, November 13, 1924 WE have already referred in a general way to that part of Sir Malcolm Hailey’s speech in the Punjab Legislative Council which relates to the Sikh situation. There is, however, one aspect of the matter...
Lahore, Wednesday, November 12, 1924 THE first thing that strikes one about the speech with which Sir Malcolm Hailey opened the session of the Punjab Legislative Council on Monday is that the province again has a Governor with a personality,...