because the truth needs to be told
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING about the advent of any new year that people as diverse as the residents of this planet think it imperative to wish each other a Happy New Year. All that really happens is that our planet circum-ambulates the sun, just as it has been do... More »
It is your life, and the law will change it — so watch this debate. India is passing through a period of great unison in every sphere; so exactly when the BJP-led government is all out to bring in a Uniform Civil Code, the Supreme Court of India also starts qu... More »
Weary of increased foreign interference in the wake of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, the World Sikh Organisation of Canada has urged their government not to succumb to Indian pressure and phobia about Sikhs upholding their civil and political rights and not ... More »
Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal set to sign pact to conjoin 18 govt depts. In a shocking revelation, mass-circulation Punjabi newspaper, ‘Ajit’today claimed that the Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab government and the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government are on the verg... More »
On Baisakhi Day this year, under the sewadarship of transport tycoon, social and religious activist Rajinder Singh Bhasin, the Sri Guru Nanak Sat Sangh Sabha, Chennai celebrated 70 years of its foundation day. Eminent personality and writer Ujagar Singh trace... More »
ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੀ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਨਗਰ ਨਿਗਮ (ਸਾਊਥ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਮਿਊਂਸੀਪਲ ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਸ਼ਨ – SDMC) ਉੱਤੇ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਦਾ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ ਹੈ। ਹੁਣ ਭਾਜਪਾ ਦੇ SDMC ਮੇਅਰ ਨੇ ਨਵਰਾਤਰਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਸਾਰੇ 9 ਦਿਨ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਮੀਟ ਦੀਆਂ ਦੁਕਾਨਾਂ ਬੰਦ ਰੱਖਣ ਦੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਹਨ। ਉਸ ਦਾ ਕਹਿਣਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਹਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਲਈ ਇਹ 9 ਦਿਨ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ... More »
The Sri Lankan economic and political crisis has exposed the state of a country looted by its “democratically-elected rulers” after militarily suppressing the rights of the Tamil population. The Pakistan political crisis also has economic roots and serious lac... More »
ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਦਾ ਥਾਪੜਾ ਹੈ – ਆਓ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰੀ ਫ਼ਾਈਲਾਂ ਵਾਚਣ ਚਲੀਏ। ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ ਅੱਜਕਲ ਸਿਨੇਮਾ ਵੇਖਣ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀ ਨੇ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕਾਰੀ ਕਰਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਲੱਕ ਬੱਧਾ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਦੇਸ਼ ਭਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਭੀੜਾਂ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ ਦਾ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਸਮਝਣ ਲਈ “ਦਿ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਫਾਈਲਜ਼” ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਫਿਲਮ ਵੇਖਣ ਬਹੁੜ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਫਿਲਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਹੁਤੀਆਂ... More »
The Missing Files that We Need to Annex to the Movie Recommended by PM Modi — Kashmir to Khatkar Kalan tak Inquilab Zindabad bhee to karna hai INDIA IS WATCHING The Kashmir Files, cinema halls are reverberating with patriotic slogans masquerading as abuse for ... More »
In his novel “Dance Dance Dance” that I loved in the late 80s for its idiosyncratic prose, Haruki Murakami says, “What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.” Let us be clear: this was not a deal with the farmers. No one told the farmers... More »
When Narendra Modi rammed into the country’s federal politics in 2014, Congress was ruling in nine states. Next time, Modi makes a bid for the new Central Vista PMO, Congressmen fear the party might not be in power in any state. With Punjab gone, and its hopes... More »
Senior journalist SP Singh has posted a piece in some WhatsApp groups about Holi and our contemporary times where the Hindu, Sikh, Musalman questions have come to define our politics, lives, festivals, and even culinary and sartorial choices. At a time when th... More »