https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india.pngOthersThe world’s first republic was born 2.5K years ago in Vaishali, India, during the Licchavi rule. Recently, a news story regarding Kishore Kanyal — an IAS officer stationed in Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh — asking a trucker, kya aukaat hai ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersListening to that sleepy-eyed poet with profundity in his expression late at night was never enough. Had he just recited a little more… we would have listened a little more..! This was the wonder of that poet, ‘shayar’ and lyricist! Neither ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersHectic activities are going on in the Opposition camp in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections this year. Two of these activities are more significant than the others. The first one is Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will commence on ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersHectic activities are going on in the Opposition camp in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections this year. Two of these activities are more significant than the others. The first one is Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will commence on ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersWhen six crucial Bills were passed in the last week of the Winter Session of the Parliament in its new building, several Opposition MPs had been suspended from the House. Both the ruling party and the Opposition have their own justifications. The ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThis time, I was in two minds — whether to write about the Congress rally in Nagpur last week or about our personal life, where we are constantly sacrificing a lot in our quest to gain! The ones we want to get close to are slipping away and ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersWhen six crucial Bills were passed in the last week of the Winter Session of the Parliament in its new building, several Opposition MPs had been suspended from the House. Both the ruling party and the Opposition have their own justifications. The ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThis time I wanted to write in this column about the newly appointed chief ministers in four states as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah’s unique strategy, which always throws surprises. Nobody expected Mohan Yadav o...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersTrinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been expelled from the Lok Sabha in connection with the ‘cash-for-query’ case. People making political statements about this issue should understand that the actions of Mahua Moitra precipitated her removal f...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersElections are an internal matter of any country. The world keeps an eye on what the results of the elections will be because they affect foreign policy. However, if a country’s election becomes a source of contention among the world’s superpowers,...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersDeepfake has become a hot topic of discussion everywhere these days. Even our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern on this issue. The anxiety is understandable because on the one hand, the common man is extensively using the social m...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe Indian team’s determination was invincible and 140 crore Indians expected it to win the World Cup! In this background, it is difficult to digest the defeat of the Indian team, but that is the reality. All players in form, one win after another...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersIt’s Diwali next week, but a moving story from the Gaza Strip has left people terribly restless. A young girl was discovered by rescuers in the wreckage of a structure that had been hit by multiple bombs. Who was this girl, covered in blood, no on...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersNobody would have expected that the Afghanistan team, which is considered the weakest in the ICC World Cup, would defeat Pakistan! However, the Afghanistan team was so fired up that they crushed Pakistan by eight wickets following their victory ag...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersI first met Sahir while studying in college in Mumbai. Jaidev, the music director, lived beneath my house. At the time, he was composing music for the film Hum Dono’s famous song Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya, har fikr ko dhuyen mein ud...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersWhat would that country do if a terrorist group fires hundreds of rockets at it, enters its borders, slaughters innocent people at a music festival, decapitates children, parades women naked and then kidnaps them? That oppressed nation will do wha...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersIn the context of the spate of deaths in government hospitals across Maharashtra, I find these lines extremely relevant because when a renowned man or a powerful politician or an important official falls ill, all start discussing and asking which ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersWhen Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau absurdly accuses India of executing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, I am reminded of his father Pierre Trudeau and his dogmatism, vote-bank politics, and heinous stupidity. Justin is following...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe presence of aliens, or mysterious creatures from another planet, is being debated once again. Discussions concerning aliens are rekindled whenever some UFO (unidentified flying object), also known as flying saucer, is sighted anywhere. Claims ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersImagine going to the polling booth on election day and electing your MLA and MP simultaneously! At present, we have to vote separately for the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies. But it is crucial for the country’s young voters to know...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersAs the time for the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon was approaching, the heartbeat of every Indian was increasing. Meanwhile, when the news broke that Russia’s famed spacecraft Luna-25 had crashed, the beats got even faster. But my inner mind...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersIf someone asks you if there is any need to change the Constitution of India, most of you will, no doubt, look with astonishment at the person asking such a question. I was also taken aback when Bibek Debroy, the chairman of the Economic Advisory ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersChina has become a scourge for the entire world, causing numerous challenges which India is firmly dealing with The latest news from China is that the country’s foreign minister Qin Gang, who was gaining popularity throughout the world, has myster...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersIntroduction You must be wondering why France, known for its magnificent culture, excellent artistry, amazing artworks and wonderful literature, is so enraged over the death of a youth? Why are there so many incidents of arson in French cities? Wh...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersA barrage of protests is raging around the dialogues from the film Adipurush. This tempestuous reaction is justified as the issue revolves around the language, for language is more than just a means of communication. It determines the conduct and ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersAt the moment, the country’s main worry is Manipur. The violence that broke out last month shows no signs of abating. Over 130 people have died. Village after village has been set ablaze. The degree of cruelty is such that a child was also shot du...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersI’m terribly upset. The headline of the news is distressing: ‘A man in live-in relationship kills his spouse… cuts her into pieces… cooks the body parts in cooker… feeds them to dogs!’ The most recent incident took place at Mira ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe monster that is destroying the environment today was created long before the world formally and unitedly expressed concern for the environment for the first time in the form of World Environment Day. Although there are many monsters destroying...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersHo jaye achhi bhi fasal, Par laabh krushakon ko kahan, Khate, khavaai, beej, Rinn se hain range rakkhe jahan. Aata mahajan ke yahan, Vah anna sara ant mein, Adhpet khakar fir, Unhe hain kanpana hemant mein. Maano bhuvan se bhinna unka, Doosra hi l...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersYou are all aware of what is going on and what the situation is in Pakistan at the moment. Imran Khan and the army are at daggers drawn. The short history of the country attests to the fact that no politician has ever been able to prevail over the...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe valleys of Northeast India are breathtakingly beautiful. They are so enchanting that you’ll fall in their love at first sight! This region is remarkable due to the hundreds of rivers that flow in the lap of steep mountains and dense forests. T...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThat awful day of December 5, 1994, flashed before my eyes as soon as news of the release of Bihar’s ‘Bahubali’ leader Anand Mohan Singh trickled in. On that fateful day, Gopalganj collector G Krishnaiah was killed by a mob allegedly provoked by A...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersJhooth ka khaufnaak manzar, Afvaaho ka ye samandar, Kiski baaton par aitbaar karoon, Yahan toh har or hai, Hawaon mein udta khanjar wanjar! When I sat down to write my column this week, these few lines sprang into my head and began making noise. I...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersIn India’s internal politics, the government has always been accused of not being as strong in its response to China’s assertive policy as it is against Pakistan. No matter which party is in the government, the sentiment of the common man has more...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersWhat is the difference between India, the USA, China, Russia or Gulf nations or many other such countries? There are numerous perspectives to see the difference. They can be defined by their economic strength, strategic might or quality of living....https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersA Central government directive has recently sparked a debate in the administrative circles. The common man is likewise keeping an eye on this directive and is curious to know what it means and whether it will have any special effect. The directive...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersI had read a couplet somewhere which I am recalling now: Is zubaan mein haddiyan nahin hoti, Par isi zubaan se haddiyan tudvayi jaa sakti hain! The context is, of course, Rahul Gandhi. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he mentioned the names of...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersJust imagine how boring life would be if there was no music in human life. So, imagine what those folks whose lives have been robbed of music must be going through. Life must have been horrible without music! I’m referring to Afghanistan, where th...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersDo you know that the Communist Party of China, which has been captured by country’s supreme leader Xi Jinping, who has emerged very rapidly in the economic and military fields of the world, was the same party that had imprisoned his father Xi Zhon...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersA youth studies mechanical engineering. Slowly he pretends to mould himself as a saint and one day declares himself God! Suddenly, his devotees surface in thousands and start glorifying him. Then comes a CD in which he is seen in a relationship wi...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThis couplet of famous lyricist, poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar fits his own disposition perfectly! The harsh things he said in Pakistan are reflective of his personality. I have been friends with him for years and I can say that he speaks the...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersEven as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar used the words “old, rich opinionated, and dangerous person” for America’s veteran businessman George Soros, his sharp and savage replies have become the talk of the world. In fact, George Soros keeps...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersScenes of thousands of buildings reduced to rubble in Turkey’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake have forced the whole world to think as to how prepared we are to deal with the unpredictable earthquakes? About 59 per cent of India is vulnerable...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” has created an uproar in several parts of the country over the last few days. This documentary is based on the 2002 riots in Gujarat. Though it has been blocked on YouTube and Twitter, tho...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersAre Women Unsafe Even Among Wrestlers? There Have Been Allegations Of Sexual Harassment In The World Of Sports Too The daughters of our country are leaving no stone unturned to touch the sky in every field of life, but it is unfortunate that the e...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe daughters of our country are leaving no stone unturned to touch the sky in every field of life, but it is unfortunate that the eyes of the hungry wolves are fixed on them. Right from hockey to football, table tennis, kabaddi, taekwondo, athlet...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersLast week, the Supreme Court made a very serious remark on the news channels. Justice K M Joseph and Justice B V Nagarathna categorically stated that hate speeches have become a major threat and therefore, they need to be curbed. If an anchor beco...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersThe core issue regarding Shri Sammed Shikharji concerns neither religion nor faith. It is a matter of safeguarding the culture. If our culture survives, only then will the country remain beautiful and continue to move on the path of development. O...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersAt a time when we all are welcoming the New Year with great enthusiasm and new vigour, I am discussing a topic that is not only a matter of grave concern but also points towards a dreadful tomorrow. Before discussing those who disturb everyone’s p...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/republic-what-is-our-worth/January 24, 2024, 5:11 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-india-300x213.pngOthersArgentina’s superstar Lionel Messi and France’s star striker Kylian Mbappe were having a heart-pounding fight at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar… I was also watching this wonderful football match with great delight. The faster the pace of the ga...