Notwithstanding what Mamata supporters and media might say, Mamata Banerjee had missed a historic opportunity to set her past wrongs right and reorient her political direction in Victoria Memorial on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Vivekanand Jha, Ranchi. Before I begin unfolding my views, i would like to hold […]
Kathmandu, 21 January 2021.The Government of India gifted one million doses of ‘Made in India’ COVID19 vaccines to Nepal today for the immediate requirement of Nepal’s healthcare and front-line workers. The vaccines were supplied on the request of the Government of Nepal. This assistance was also discussed during the recently concluded 6th India-Nepal Joint Commission […]
When the royal Bengal tigress will take on the Asiatic lion of Gir in a battle where two individuals will clash for ‘yes, I am a Bengali tag’, in the unique contest between two individuals where parties are rendered redundant, as votes will be sought in the name of Modi or Mamata, on the ground […]
New Delhi, January 15, 2021The sixth meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission was co-chaired by the External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal H.E. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali in New Delhi on 15 January 2021. The two delegations included Foreign Secretary of India, Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla and […]
When the entire crew of Trinamool stands on the burning deck of Sonar Bangla, with its captain Didi’s head still held high! But the mighty enemy with all its might, pose a daunting challenge, leaving Didi and her crew gasping for their breathes! With the towering inferno, threatening to engulf the deck in its menacing […]
Only a Biplabi Mamata can take on the collective might of the BJP and the overwhelming popularity of the Prime Minister, and not the Chief Minister of West Bengal who is securely cocooned in the chief ministerial nest. It is only the revisiting of her Biplabi image that will see her through in this upcoming […]
The latest whataboutery involving Bidyut Chakraborty, the Vice Chancellor of Vishwa Bharti university, and that of the Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen, has its seeds embedded in the year2014 when the latter had staunchly opposed Narendra Modi’s election as India’s fourteenth Prime Minister. Vivekanand Jha, Ranchi: Dr Amartya Sen, a global academician, a Nobel laureate, […]
2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. Covid-19 and lockdowns, a crashing economy, social tensions and anxiety – they’ve all created a sense of fear and hopelessness in so many people. As we prepare to welcome a new year, and the morn of 2021 brings the eve of 2020 to an end, it is […]
Vivekanand jha, Ranchi. The pan Bihari identity that Nitish Kumar sought to build when he gave a clear call of ‘Han, Ham Bihari hain’, stands incontrovertibly punctured at the altar of his anointing a successor from his own Kurmi caste, despite there being several competent leaders from forward castes. Willy nilly it has struck a […]
Never in the independent India, Bengali Bhadralok and Bhadramahila were stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea: If they vote for BJP, they tend to extend an open invitation for communal agenda to seize the culturally awakened people into a feast of communal frenzy; whereas if Mamata is voted back, the spectre of […]