It will be difficult to resolve the temple issue within the existing Constitution, says Girilal Jain Protagonists of Hindutva are as confused about what is happening in the country as their opponents. They are finding it as difficult to distinguish the essential from the accidental as the latter. The accidental … Read More
Combining Bhakti with Power Some liberal Hindus and Muslims have been highly critical of what I have written on the demolition of the Babri structure and related issues since December 6. They expect that I define my position on the question of the place of Muslims in India. Even if … Read More
It is obvious that the district magistrate of Faizabad could not possibly have taken so momentous a decision as to allow public darshan of the Ram Lalla and other idols on the site of the demolished Babri structure without the consent of the UP administration which in turn could not … Read More
It appears that the Prime Minister has recovered his breath and begun directing the government’s and the Congress Party’s retreat from the brink. This message comes fairly loud clear from the proceedings and the resolution of the extended meeting of the Congress Working Committee on Thursday. Though party spokesman VN … Read More
WHEN Pandit Nehru accused the Chinese of betrayal in 1962, he spoke for the nation, though the charge was misplaced. Indeed, the Chinese have spared little effort, especially after the revolt in Tibet in 1959 leading to the fight of the Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetans into India to … Read More
In keeping with his well known strategy of using the media to keep the prime minister off balance and to force a decision on him, Mr Arjun Singh has said that elections in UP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh will not be held within six months of the dismissal … Read More
When I wrote last week that in banning the RSS in the absence of evidence of its leadership’s involvement in the demolition of the Babri structure in Ayodhya, the government had fired the last shot in its arsenal, I assumed that the memory of the Emergency and its consequences would … Read More
It is indeed surprising that Prime Minister Narasimha Rao has walked into the trap laid by some of his partymen by dismissing the BJP governments after having given the impression that he was recovering his composure and capacity for cool calculation. Mr Arjun Singh, determined to capture the ideological leadership … Read More
Muslims Have To Reckon With Realities An historic opportunity for genuine and long-term Hindu-Muslim understanding offered by repeated and passionate pleas by Hindu organisations for the Ramjanmabhoomi site in Ayodhya has been thrown away. But all is not yet lost. Something can still be salvaged, and a new beginning made. … Read More
With its decision to ban the RSS, the government has fired the last shot. Its armoury is now empty. The result cannot but be victory for what has come to be known as the RSS parivar. They cannot be blamed if they have begun to scent victory, though, of course, … Read More
