Ataljee’s relations with Mrs Kaul, even though was platonic, nonetheless was the trigger behind his simmering tensions with RSS. Vivekanand Jha Ranchi: For me, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was nothing short of a demi God of this country. I was simply fascinated by his oratory, his burning passion for nationalism, his love for India’s democracy and […]
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. 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 […]
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 […]
Always happy to play a second fiddle to Nitish Kumar is about to be bundled out of Bihar. Vivekanand Jha, Ranchi. Finally axe has fallen on Sushil Kumar Modi. The man who was absolutely content to play the 2nd fiddle to Nitish Kumar for decades, constrained the rise of BJP in Bihar for all these […]
Vivekanand Jha Ranchi: Significantly, the lofty philosophy as espoused by Vedas, which claim to integrate the universe : Vasudaiv Kutumbakam and ‘ Atithi devo Bhavah, with the passage of time, had proved to be the undoing for the matchless Sanatan Dharma. It is this exalted thought, which from Swami Vivekananda to Narendra Modi-While Swami Vivekananda […]
Divya Tiwary: Journalist & writter In a country like America, the global superpower in Washington, the health status of pregnant women is not good. In a recent research report, the situation in the US is quite serious in the case of pregnant women in developed countries. There are many other things which are more tragic […]