Do not make Omar Abdullah Kejriwal
K B Jandial It is more than four months since Omar Abdullah assumed office as the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir. Following a highly charged election campaign against…
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India’s security concerns are non-negotiable
Harsha Kakar Directions by the new Trump administration on stopping all US foreign aid, initially for a period of 90 days, has resulted in uncertainty and confusion across the globe as also the UN. Agencies…
Sugriv tastes the fruit of Friendship
Sugriv was happy. His arch-enemy, Bali had been eliminated and he was going to be the king of his race. Now he did not have to wander in the forest like a homeless exile.…
Hanuman brings together Ram and Sugriv
Ravan had abducted Sita and held her captive in Ashok Vatika, a royal garden of Ashok trees in Lanka. Ram-Lakshman, pursuing Ravan’s trail, arrived at Mount Rishyamook. They had prior knowledge that the monkey chief,…
The embattled ICC
Harsha Kakkar Last weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a bill termed as the ‘Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act’ which seeks to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC). The bill proposes to freeze property assets…
Ram returns to his empty abode
Vishnu-avatar Ram had set the ball rolling. Ravan gloated over his success in Sita’s abduction, while Lord Ram, in His garb of a human being,suffered like any other man the pain of the loss of…
Ravan thinks of a Revenge
Ram had killed Khar, Dooshan and fourteen thousand Rakshas warriors with them in the battle of Dandkaranya. There still survived, however, one prominent Rakshas by the name of Akampan. He was Ravan’s maternal uncle. As…
India-Bangladesh ties in the coming days
Harsha Kakar The Indian foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, recently visited Bangladesh and apart from meeting his counterpart, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, also met the head of the interim Government, Mohammad Yunus. As per the MEA readout,…
Shoorpnakha blows a Fuse
Ram, Lakshman and Sita lived a blissful life in their Parnkuti. One day, when Ram and Lakshman were busy talking, Ravan’s sister, Rakshasi Shroopnakha, came there all of a sudden. She gawped at Ram’s celestial…
Hermit Ram sets up his House
Maha Muni Agastya was known for his mystical powers, as borne out by his very name – one who can stun Ag (Sanskrit for mountain) – see Balmiki Ramayan/Aranya Kand/Canto 11(lxxi) and the footnote to…