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Jan 20, 2025 | indiancurrents.org | Alpha Infotech |Jaswant Kaur |Cedric Prakash |Ram Puniyani

Come February 1, we will once again listen to a speech lasting two hours or, perhaps, a little less. Believe it or not, this is certainly one of the most-awaited speeches every year, affecting everyone in the country—be it the rich, the poor, the middle-class salaried employee, the small business owner, children, the elderly, women, and so on. Expectations for the speech start building from the first day of the calendar year itself.

Jan 20, 2025 | indiancurrents.org | Alpha Infotech |Jacob Peenikaparambil |Cedric Prakash |Ram Puniyani

More than two centuries ago, Karl Marx remarked that religion is an opium or a drug that sedates people. During Marx's era, power-hungry individuals and groups misused religion to make people passive and inactive, preventing them from questioning misdeeds, manipulations, and exploitation. When religion becomes a drug, it stifles critical thinking and scientific temper. The Indian Constitution highlights "cultivating scientific temper" as one of the fundamental duties of its citizens.

Jan 20, 2025 | indiancurrents.org | Alpha Infotech |Cedric Prakash |Ram Puniyani

Yes indeed, how safe was Saif? A successful film star, married to another successful star, the son of the late Nawab of Pataudi, how safe was he that a thief could scale his compound wall, climb up the staircase to the 11th floor, enter his baby son's bedroom, ask for a crore of rupees, injure Saif seriously, then escape? How safe was Saif Ali Khan? How safe are we?

Jan 19, 2025 | indiancurrents.org | Alpha Infotech |A. Philip |Cedric Prakash |Ram Puniyani

One phrase that had nearly gone out of circulation was "Unity in Diversity." Originally coined by the first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, it first appeared in his book The Discovery of India. He believed that India's diversity of languages, religions, castes, and creeds could be a source of strength, not conflict. It denotes harmony and unity among different cultures and regions. Alas, since India's "real independence" in 2014, every effort is being made to obliterate the memory of Nehru.

Dec 9, 2024 | indiancurrents.org | Alpha Infotech |A. Philip |Mathew John |Jaswant Kaur

The term "zeal of the convert" is commonly used in popular culture, as it is believed that converts to new beliefs are likely to show more devotion than those born into the beliefs. I remember this whenever I read something about Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He was a Congressman who left the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. I read somewhere that what provoked him to do so was being kept waiting by Rahul Gandhi when he sought an appointment with him.