https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionIndian media is obsessed with crime, cinema and cricket. If one adds politics to this, there is no place for any other news, howsoever important it may be. We hardly realise that we can enjoy all these only if we survive and it is time that the fo...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionWhat more can one expect from a broadcasting organisation that was set up against the backdrop of promoting colonialism and neo-colonialism to ensure that the United Kingdom’s voice was upper most in the newly shaping global order. At a time when ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionRahul Gandhi has been successful in keeping the nation’s focus on his “Bharat Jodo Yatra” by issuing bizarre statements against the RSS, the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This time, he has termed himself a tapasvi and described the BJP as ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionThe NDA would ride on performance, patriotism and projections. A buoyant economy and a hopeful nation would certainly go with Modi rather than trust naysayers and messengers of doom. India enters 2023 amidst hope both nationally and internationall...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionIn the recent clashes at Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), the biggest casualty is Rahul Gandhi’s political image. Serious observers of politics would be dumbfounded imagining the motivation for the Congress scion to indulge in such bizarre acts that un...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionThe opponents of the BJP are unable to digest the stupendous success of the party ever since Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of the country in 2014. They have been using spurious arguments to undermine the expansion of the party and are ke...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionWhile India is celebrating democracy in action, it cannot forget the poison and rancour that came up due to the Congress’ inability to keep the campaign within norms of civilized behaviour. The abuses the party hurled against Prime Minister Narend...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionEnvironmental activist Medha Patkar joining Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo yatra in Maharashtra on Saturday will seriously undermine whatever little chance the Congress had to give a fight to the BJP in Gujarat. Not that the Congress has any chance to...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionIn India, where dog has found mention in religious texts, none can imagine that people would not love dogs. It is associated with different forms of Lord Shiva. Lord Dattatreya is associated with four dogs that symbolize the four Vedas. It is asso...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/stubble-burning-blame-lies-with-the-states/November 8, 2022, 3:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Stubble-burning.jpgOpinionPolitical compulsions cannot be an excuse to jeopardise the health of citizens. Leaders must show the way and not bury their heads in sand at sighting resistance. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/sunaks-chance-to-better-india-uk-ties/November 1, 2022, 1:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Rishi-Sunak-1.jpgOpinionThe kind of goodwill Rishi Sunak has in India may translate into a windfall of an opportunity for the UK.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/hijab-row-are-we-ready-for-consequences/October 18, 2022, 12:14 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/images-28.jpegOpinionAccepting the pro-hijab argument would mean a death knell to the liberty of millions of Muslim women who feel the fresh wave of liberal air by not covering their faces.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/ecs-wake-up-call-on-parties-poll-promises/October 12, 2022, 12:15 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Election-Commission-on-Tuesday-said-the-returning-officer-RO-is-the-“final-authority-under-the-law”-in-the-matter-of-recounting-in-the-Nandigram-assembly-constituency.-1.jpgOthersPeople have not bothered to take parties to task for not fulfilling their promises after coming to power. The Election Commission’s proposal to educate voters about poll promises would empower people to take parties and leaders to court if they fa...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/extra-active-anti-india-forces-and-hate-crimes/October 4, 2022, 12:02 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/images-3.jpegOpinionIndia’s rise in terms of economic and military strength has provoked these forces who cannot digest the fact that India has emerged as a strong power and there is no looking back.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/dislodging-bjp-from-gujarat-is-impossible/September 27, 2022, 1:10 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/772462-bjp-up-pti.jpgOpinionThe opposition has failed to understand the basis of the support the BJP enjoys. Gujaratis have been voting for stability and development politics that also facilitates business. The politics of freebies or making tall promises won’t work.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/boycott-calls-bring-course-correction-in-bollywood/September 13, 2022, 4:50 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/boycott.jpgOpinionIn new India, where youths have been rediscovering the strength of their cultural roots and have started taking a pride in their liberal Hindu tradition, Bollywood is being subjected to critical scrutiny never done before. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/can-rahul-save-congress/September 6, 2022, 6:39 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rahul_Gandhi-petrol_price_1646531408534_1646531408744.jpgOpinionLast Sunday’s ‘Halla Bol’ rally was the start of the process to project the Gandhi family as very powerful and send a strong message to the Government that think twice before prosecuting members of the family on corruption charges. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/twin-towers-razing-must-raise-rwa-consciousness/August 30, 2022, 4:58 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/images-78.jpegOpinionPeople would keenly watch action taken against officials responsible for the Noida twin towers. Society wants action against the guilty so that it sends out a good signal to the building mafia and conniving officials.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/nitishs-move-lacks-credibility/August 16, 2022, 5:25 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nitish-kumar-1-1-300x169.jpgOpinionMany have tried to depict Nitish Kumar’s as a result of the BJP’s alleged attempts to divide the Janata Dal United (JDU). But this is far from the truth. Nitish was guided by his own vaulting ambition to take a final shot at the top slot-the Prime...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/why-hulla-bol-when-india-is-doing-better-than-many/August 9, 2022, 8:02 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/congress40_.jpgOpinionPrice rise is only a ruse. As the noose tightens on Congress leaders, the country is certain to witness more such protests on one pretext or the other. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/modi-will-spare-none-he-is-indias-lee-kuan-yew/August 2, 2022, 6:51 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2493520b_9898_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionThere is a lot of similarity between Lee and Modi. Modi is also committed to fighting corruption and taking action against the corrupt. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-to-save-every-drop-as-water-will-not-last-forever/February 1, 2023, 9:14 amOpinionOne wonders why in the last 75 years no party could think of making a Tribal as the President of India. We had Presidents from the Scheduled Castes or Muslim but not from the Tribals that have lived on the fringe and have shared worse or similar s...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/time-for-retributive-justice-in-gujarat-conspiracy/July 19, 2022, 5:22 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2493520b_9898_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionEveryone knows that Sonia Gandhi tried to decimate Narendra Modi by appointing fixers. Teesta Setalvad was a fixer playing on Congress money. Ahmed Patel is not alive to testify, but he had allegedly given money to Setalvad to keep defaming Modi. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/messengers-who-spread-hate-need-to-be-defeated/July 12, 2022, 3:40 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ed094ad2_10021_P_8_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe failure of the Muslim elite in India to strongly condemn violence and killings in the name of religion is creating a deep chasm that would be difficult to bridge. One can be a good Hindu or a good Muslim without hating each other if one does n...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/no-party-can-dislodge-the-bjp-for-40-years/July 5, 2022, 6:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BJP.pngOpinionUnion Minister Amit Shah’s statement that the BJP needs to stay in power for another 30-40 years for setting things right, should not be taken lightly. The BJP will use the time to end dynastic and caste politics, and the politics of appeasement.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/sorry-is-the-least-modi-baiters-need-to-say-now/June 28, 2022, 5:54 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/42e2844c_8657_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionNarendra Modi never condoned riots. But he was not ready to oblige the media by taking the blame for the riots. He always said if he was guilty he should be punished. ‘Hang me if I am guilty’, was his challenge. He knew for sure that he was right ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/sorry-is-the-least-modi-baiters-need-to-say-now-2/June 28, 2022, 3:17 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Modi.jpgOpinionNarendra Modi never condoned riots. But he was not ready to oblige the media by taking the blame for the riots. He always said if he was guilty he should be punished. ‘Hang me if I am guilty’, was his challenge. He knew for sure that he was right ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/agniveers-will-be-the-real-winners/June 21, 2022, 2:47 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/‘AGNIPATH-LAUNCHED-PAVES-THE-WAY-FOR-YOUNGER-ARMED-FORCES-1.jpgOpinionThe current average age of a solider is 32 which is young by civilian standards, but old by Army standards, particularly when one aspires to be a world-class Army. An Agniveer would walk in society with the confidence of an empowered young man. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/protests-for-faith-much-ado-about-nothing/June 14, 2022, 5:39 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/d2c8e177_9609_P_3_mr-1.jpgOpinionCan appeal to people to utilize their critical faculty rather than going mad at instigation by religious leaders and vested interests invite blasphemy? https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/why-attack-someones-faith-even-in-defence/June 7, 2022, 6:33 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/nupur-sharma-1.jpgOpinionOften the party informally decides not to participate in certain debates for the simple reason that spokespersons should not fall prey to the agenda of others. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/ias-power-to-serve-not-to-show-off/May 31, 2022, 5:40 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/7dcd4f77_9329_P_5_mr-1.jpgOpinionHow could this IAS couple be so insensitive when the promotion of sports is being taken seriously by the country? https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/pm-modis-jaipur-challenge-to-opposition/May 24, 2022, 6:20 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/42e2844c_8657_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe Prime Minister knows that the BJP’s biggest asset is its dedicated workers who have been trained with the vision of a strong country. It’s only when they become lethargic or disinterested that the party would lose its shine. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/thank-god-that-pm-modi-does-not-act-with-vengeance/May 10, 2022, 5:03 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/42e2844c_8657_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionThere is need for one and all to create an atmosphere of liberal values so that nobody suffers due to actions emanating from political vendetta. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/pass-the-litmus-test-before-you-ask-pm-modi/May 3, 2022, 1:00 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/42e2844c_8657_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe bulldozers have been used in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and other BJP ruled states against mafias, dons, and illegal encroachers. Who are the people trying to defend them and why? It is a sad commentary on the country and its people that t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/democracy-and-development-pms-twin-mantras-for-kashmir/April 26, 2022, 5:03 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/04b6e825_8652_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionNarendra Modi’s first visit to J&K after scrapping of Article 370 in August 2019 demonstrates his keenness to bring J&K on roadmap of faster growth, integration with mainstream for welfare of people in the UT.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/rioters-dont-deserve-sympathy/April 19, 2022, 4:30 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/8d41eab7_8553_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe State needs to be feared by those who violate the law and challenge the combined will of the people; and loved by peaceful, law-abiding citizens. The order cannot be reversed so that the State becomes the hand maiden of criminals and perpetrat...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bfrahuls-sacrifice-versus-karmayogi-modi/April 12, 2022, 2:21 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/9a8a1a38_8372_P_2_mr-1.jpgOpinionAny person aspiring to lead the country must know his people. When Mahatma Gandhi realized that poor persons were hungry and half-clad, he started wearing only one piece of cloth. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/%ef%bb%bfstrong-bjp-in-rajya-sabha-should-tee-off-major-reforms/April 5, 2022, 6:44 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BJP.pngOpinionThe BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has done well to get important legislations passed even without the requisite numbers due to better floor management. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/nazi-style-killing-in-lawless-west-bengal-the-rot-is-deep-within/March 29, 2022, 3:19 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/9098f42a_8318_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionEarlier, Left Front led by Communist Party of India-Marxist used violence to create fear and seek political submission in the name of removing inequalities and then, Mamata Banerjee emerged as a challenger and now using same technology as overnigh...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/now-what-will-pandits-ever-get-justice/March 22, 2022, 2:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/c01b0e2a_8244_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionA movie does not become a hit because a political party wants it to. It becomes a hit only when it honestly captures the incidents and does not tinker with facts. It is not a work of fiction and most incidents are those that actually happened and ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/nato-has-failed-un-must-be-strengthened/March 8, 2022, 8:00 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/184d3202_8088_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionNATO creates an unequal world and undermines the credibility of the UN. If other countries start emulating the example of NATO and create their own separate military alliances, this would be an end to the existence of the UN. This would also creat...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/india-offers-hope-in-ukraine-crisis/March 1, 2022, 6:42 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/d2b4087c_8008_P_4_mr.jpgOpinionThe Russian intervention in Ukraine is the biggest diplomatic failure of recent times.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/the-hindu-muslim-divide-is-indias-biggest-challenge/February 22, 2022, 7:32 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hindu-Muslim-1.jpgOpinionThere are enough Muslim leaders to create an impression that Muslims are suffering because of a government wedded to nationalist ideology. They call it Hindu oriented government to make the divide sharper and create their own political constituency.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/asserting-an-islamist-identity-through-the-hijab/February 15, 2022, 6:51 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/56b745e4_7852_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionSome Muslim women, supported by radicals, are demanding that they be given the right to wear hijab. All such dresses are an outcome of patriarchal fear that they could become a victim of the evil gaze of men outside immediate male family members. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/fear-narrative-will-decide-up-poll-outcome/February 8, 2022, 7:58 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/f6f75646_5992_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe Yogi government has earned the love and respect of people by dismantling the crime structure in the state. By 2021, more than 139 notorious criminals have been killed in encounters and more than 13,700 cases have been registered, in which more...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/indias-war-legacy-cannot-have-colonial-shadow-on-it/January 25, 2022, 2:42 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/acdbd4e9_7627_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe India Gate was constructed as a British war memorial to commemorate the 83,000-plus soldiers who died during the First World War, from 1914-21. Out of these, the names of only 13,516 soldiers, including British, are inscribed on it https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/modi-phobia-has-blinded-gregory-stanton-and-co/January 18, 2022, 7:41 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/41fa3e8b_7486_P_5_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe earlier predictions of the ‘Genocide Watch’ founder on Kashmir, Assam and CAA too were proved wrong, and nobody in India takes Gregory Stanton seriously. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/conspiracy-or-security-lapse-pm-modi-had-a-close-shave/January 11, 2022, 7:43 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3daee7f0_7348_P_5_mr-2.jpgOpinionAfter the assassination of important political leaders, inquiries are set up to figure out the truth. All such inquiries point to some lapses somewhere. These are discussed in the media and then forgotten. We should not try to be wiser after the e...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/prognosis-of-hindu-muslim-hate-in-modern-india/January 4, 2022, 8:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/india.jpgOpinionLearned, spiritual people should mull over ways to get rid of factors promoting hatred.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/pm-modis-announcement-of-jabs-for-children-is-timely/December 28, 2021, 4:28 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/98391164_6552_P_1_mr-1.jpgOpinionIt has come at a time when Omicron—the highly contagious variant— is already knocking at the doors with 19 states reporting the presence of this virus. While Delhi tops the list, several states of the country, in a bid to tackle the contagion, hav...