Pankaj Vohra

GOVERNMENT MUST ENSURE THAT PARLIAMENT FUNCTIONS

December 4, 2021

It is an accepted fact that it is the responsibility of the government and the treasury benches to ensure that Parliament functions smoothly. For this to happen, the ruling dispensation has to take into account the concerns of the Opposition and accommodate their views as far as possible. It has...

CHANNI’S AAM AADMI IMAGE PUSHES AAP ON BACKFOOT IN PUNJAB

November 29, 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is emerging as the most effective politician in the border state and if he manages to assist the Congress in winning next year’s Assembly polls, he would have joined the big league. The simple but astute politician appears to be giving a tough time...

LEADERS REMEMBER AHMED PATEL, SONIA GANDHI’S TROUBLESHOOTER

November 27, 2021

Ahmed Patel was without any doubt the most powerful functionary of the Congress in this century. On his first death anniversary on Thursday, several top leaders paid tributes to him, recalling his pronounced role during the presidentship of Sonia Gandhi without mentioning that in fact, he was the de facto...

JFK’S ASSASSINATION AND HOW IT AFFECTED COVERAGE IN INDIA

November 22, 2021

It would be 58 years on Monday (22 November) since America’s first Roman Catholic President John Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas by sharpshooters allegedly linked to the Mafia and a specially created Delta Force. The murder mystery remains unresolved though it was officially claimed that JFK was shot by...

INDIA NEEDS TO BE MORE TOLERANT AND PLURALISTIC IN ITS THINKING

November 20, 2021

The recent debate over the performance of Stand in Comedian, Vir Das at the Kennedy Centre in the United States as well as the observations of film actress Kangana Ranaut regarding our freedom struggle and Mahatma Gandhi, only indicate how intolerant we as a nation have become. While I do...

FIVE-YEAR TENURES OF CBI/ED DIRECTORS HAVE WIDE RAMIFICATIONS

November 15, 2021

The Centre through a presidential Ordinance has extended the tenures of the directors of Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation from two years to five years, a move that is going to have wide ranging ramifications for the civil services to begin with. The immediate fallout of this extension...

PRE-TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES FAIL TO REACH T20 WORLD CUP FINAL

November 13, 2021

The reason why cricket is such a fascinating game is because no one can take this sport for granted. The two semi-finals of the T20 World Cup witnessed some superlative performances which resulted in the ouster of the pre-tournament favourites. There is no doubt that both England and Pakistan were...

JINNAH CONTINUES TO REMAIN A FACTOR IN INDIAN POLITICS

November 8, 2021

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, a barrister and freedom fighter, continues to be a factor in the politics of the sub-continent, 74 years after the partition of India. Millions of people were killed in this unnatural divide, enforced by the British, with the reluctant concurrence of many...

AMARINDER CHOOSES HIS OWN POLITICAL PATH AFTER BREAK-UP

November 6, 2021

As expected, the former Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh has severed all links with the Congress after accusing the Interim president, Sonia Gandhi and the Gandhi siblings of hatching a midnight conspiracy to oust him. His resignation from the grand old party has been accepted, clearing the decks for...

PATEL, A UNIFIER, AND INDIRA, THE MOST CHARISMATIC LEADER

November 1, 2021

October 31st has a special place in India’s history. It is the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who after Independence played the most difficult role of uniting the various provinces and Rajwaras despite opposition, and also the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi, who prevented the Nation from being balkanized...

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