because the truth needs to be told
WE THE HYPOCRITICAL: For almost a year and a half, we have been talking about little else but the pandemic. Senior journalist and television anchor SP Singh, well known to the Punjabi readers for his weekly column, Likhtum BaDaleel, in Punjabi Tribune, claims ... More »
With the hype created around Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, citizens were anticipating decisive announcements on the covid19 programme and the flareup at Indo-Chinese and Indo-Nepalese borders. Evidently, the hype was built only t... More »
Come July -India, and particularly Delhi is in for an unprecedented public health crisis. The figures speak for themselves. The increasing death-rate, the increasing Corona-positive patients, low contact mapping, monsoon leading to infections of chikungunya an... More »
As Covid-19 pandemic has impacted many families making their lives difficult, apart from governmental endeavours, social-minded non-governmental organisations are pitching in and supplementing the needs of food, grocery, rent and more. California-based A Littl... More »
Writing on the Wall: India is likely to overtake Russia in another 10 days or so in the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. India’s trajectory of numbers is simply staggering. India reached from 1 to 100,000 in 139 days, from 100,000 to 200,000 in 16 ... More »
As the death toll due to Covid19 mounts, people are throwing up arms before God, seeking compassion and solace. There seems a be a dead-end and humankind is at its wit’s end. Politicians, statesmen, religious authorities are all at sea. A compassionate lady, ... More »
Two months from now, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the Tricolor from the Red Fort and address the nation on Independence Day, August 15, India will have 18.5 lakh coronavirus positive cases every day. Yes, EVERY DAY. It is an estimate shared by ... More »
As on 5th May 2020, we crossed the dubious milestone of surpassing Italy, the famed covid19 hotspot, in the total number of confirmed cases. In a week’s time, India is poised to cross 3 lakh covid19 positive cases. Much is being made of the early imposition of... More »
The 20-lakh crore stimulus package of the Indian government has been a non-starter. Indian industrialist Rahul Bajaj has called the stimulus package convoluted -going round and round with no beginning and no end. The Communist Party of India calls it a hoax. ... More »
As death stalks humankind across the globe, Tripura-based social and cultural activist Kavita Jamatia prays to God for compassion and intervention. Her prayer is a prayer of everyone today as we all seek God’s grace to reduce the suffering of the dying, the il... More »
Ever since the spread of Coronavirus, its reverberations have been felt in the entire world as it has resulted in lockdowns, social distancing and quarantine in extreme cases. The result is we are missing the ability to visit, converse with, hug, go out, trave... More »
At the call of the European Union, many countries, kings, Gates Foundation and singer Madonna pitched in to contribute $8 billion to fund a COVID-19 vaccine. The United States of America stayed away from the fundraiser, China participated but contributing noth... More »