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Cauvery water dispute, a Faustian bargain.

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Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. It was not just another crime in India. It was a well-planned act of terrorism conducted by LTTE, which is no different than Lashkar-e-Taiba. Leaving the politics apart, we should understand that he was not just another person. He was elected prime minister of India. And his assassination was an attack on India. Supreme court ruling premature release of Nalini Sriharan, her husband and 3 other convicts were welcomed by DMK leaders. These convicts are not Indian citizens. The media treated them as celebrities. They were discussing their future plans, their relief and rehabilitation at the state's expenditure, instead of deportation. Rohingya Muslims coming to India after losing everything they had is for survival. It is ironic that we Indians treat those asylum seekers as terrorists and attack them. Most developed countries demonstrate compassion towards refugees. On the other hand, the r
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Whose freedom are we celebrating on our Independence Day?

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 Two Kuki women were paraded naked on camera by a mob of men in broad day light in Manipur on May 4, 2023. They were groped and molested. One was also gang raped by the mob. They told media that they were taken by police from their Neighbour's house and were handed over to the mob in the outskirts of their village. It's been more than 3 months since this incident. A short video surfaced on social media sites on 19 July 2023. Around 25 men were part of that mob. Only seven men were arrested even after video creating massive public outcry and media uproar. So, whose freedom are we celebrating on this Independence Day? There were several stories in media and social media sites after the video emerged. All those stories convey that the violence was spontaneous. They wanted to tell that it is due to the issues between majority Meiteis and minority Kukis which is ongoing from several decades. It is true that there were issues between these two communities from several decades. But th
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Who should be the next prime minister of India?

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Nine years of BJP rule in India and just one question. Who should be the next prime minister? We are less than a year away from next general election. Congress is active across India with various campaigns. 'Nine years and nine questions', is part of their campaign. Recently Rahul Gandhi visited USA and many among IOC leaders abroad addressed Rahul Gandhi as future prime minister of India. What IOC leaders abroad and the Congress workers  in India say will only make Rahul Gandhi the prime ministerial candidate of UPA. But Rahul Gandhi can become prime minister, only if people elects UPA. Preparedness of Congress party to face next general election tells us that they can win few more seats than they have. But Congress will not be able to cross one hundred mark. If they win few more seats than what they currently have, then it is only because of the strong anti-incumbency. Congress has not done much to make people vote for them. Again, the question is, who should be the next prim
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Karnataka election, a devil's bargain

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BJP is a parasite. You could have seen, heard, or at least could have read about different types of parasites. It could be a tree, a plant, a creeper or even fungus growing on another plant or tree. Parasites will usually cripple the growth of the living being on which it grows. India became independent with several problems. One can say that those problems were dealt in the best possible manner. Some of those problems are partition which took place with lot of chaos. It resulted in violence, loss of life and livelihood of many.  Partition could have been done in an organized way without the chaos, if the then leaders in India were wise. Sangh Parivar blames Nehru and Congress for this. Sangh Parivar had their contribution in freedom struggle but were not big enough to liberate India. They were not big enough to form government. They also couldn't handle partition in an organized way. Now they blame Congress and Nehru. The world acknowledges Mahatma Gandhi as a father of our nat
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