When the polity is afflicted with the far lesser mortals with elephantine egos; when the frenzy surrounding the men in power is increasingly showing a maddening courting, as it becomes apparent during the election when, for seeking the tickets of the national parties like BJP or Congress, the phenomenal lobbying reaches its cresdendo, in such […]
How posterity will view Modi legacy ? Vivekanand Jha, Ranchi: While millions go into frenzy at his mere sight, beholding their messiah, millions swear expletives at his fleeting glimpse, while some condescendingly dubs him as the ‘ Maut ka saudagar’, other disdainfully dismisses him as the ‘Divider in chief’, notwithstanding these myriad optics, the real […]
Vivekanand Jha, Ranchi. When the gladiatorial battle couched in the sophisticated tricks of diplomacy is masqueraded in terms of one upmanship between the two Asian giants seeking to leverage Nepal, it is the the time Modi’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy should express itself decisively to prevent Nepal from degenerating into another buffer state of China, after […]
Vivekanand Jha, Ranchi. One of the conundrums of my life, since the time I evolved myself as writer and thinker, has been to dissect the quintessence of the values and importance of offering oblation to the setting sun on the preceding evening and then welcoming the next dawn with a reverential salutation. In other words, […]
‘Mujhay tum say Kuch bhi na chahiyay mujhay mera hal pe chor do'( I do not want anything from you, leave me on my own.) The life of Gautam Buddha, if it is summarised in the fewest of words, yet showcases the life lived for humanity is this: A life lived for others, without seeking […]
Kathmandu, Nov 19, 2020 . The 4th India-Nepal Joint Working Group meeting on Railway Cooperation was held today via video-conferencing. The Indian side was led by Dr Manoj Singh, Executive Director (Traffic Transportation-F), Ministry of Railways, Government of India and Nepali side was led by Er Gopal Prasad Sigdel, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of […]
The eternal mystery of rebirth was so seamlessly de-mystified by the man through his own unique experience. Vivekanand Jha: Yesterday was an extremely troublesome day for me when the death of a close acquaintance, through Covid 19, was revealed to me. The honourable gentleman, a professor of Philosophy -both Hinduism and Buddhism-had left for his […]
When the legacies of the icons of Gandhi-Nehru family were foisted upon the nation as the summum bonum of the republic, the priceless legacies of the most deserving leaders was mischievously buried in the sands. Vivekanand Jha,Ranchi. 11th of October had passed by, yet there was hardly any buzz around it. In fact, the nation […]
By Mohammed Afroz and MD Tabrez Alam. New Delhi: Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its mineral resources and historical legacies of the commercial and cultural wealth of the past. Despite having an industrialized state, it continues to face the challenges of socioeconomic deprivation; such as poverty, illiteracy, […]
Will the last bastion of democracy be eroded by menacing gesticulation of a fast approaching fascism in the country? Vivekanand Jha Ranchi: BJP is in cloud nine. Naturally, it has the viable reasons for the same: capturing Bihar through masterly application of electoral arithmetic on the one hand, and putting to shreds the alliance […]