Eight Hurdles the ONORC Has to Cross Before It Can Be Called ‘Successful’
The demand for a fast rollout of ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ grew stronger when the plight of migrant workers became visible to urban elites in the 2020 lockdown. Here are some of the challenges it faces. After being sanctioned in 2018-19 by the Union government, the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ or ONORC scheme was implemented from August 2019 […]Read More
Why Guru Tegh Bahadur Is Not the Anti-Muslim Icon BJP-RSS Claims He Is
Sikh scholars have expressed misgivings with the BJP government’s efforts to portray the Sikh Guru as a symbol against Muslims, with several of them insisting he died protecting the ethos of religious freedom. Jalandhar: Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the 400th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth guru […]Read More
Why it’s time to resurrect India’s museums
There are many reasons why our museums are in a state of dilapidation. Mindset, lack of vision, non-involvement of corporate India… Finally, India has a museum dedicated to the prime ministers of India. It’s welcoming that the Union government thought of celebrating all PMs with a modern, interactive museum in the heart of the national […]Read More
Remembering Mangoo Ram Mugowalia, the Revolutionary Leader Who Challenged Caste
In a political career spanning 65 years, Mangoo Ram made remarkable contributions. Most notably, he was a member of the Ghadar Party and shaped the Ad-Dharm movement in Punjab. Can religion play a revolutionary role in society? Philosophers, people of letters and social scientists since the dawn of ‘Enlightenment’ in Western Europe have struggled to […]Read More
Explained: What Haryana plans to celebrate Guru Tegh Bahadur’s birth anniversary
Haryana is scheduled to go to Assembly polls in October 2024. However, the government has said that it has no political agenda, and that its aim is only to spread awareness. The BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana has planned a series of events to mark the 401st birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh […]Read More
Amritsar Calling: Let us marry the old with the new in the Holy City
Enough has already happened considering that the harmonium, for one, is such a basic bajaa adopted from European traditions and brought in by the British in the 19th century, which has become an anchor instrument in the gurudwara and mandir musicology forgetting the richer nodes of our better native strings. The world in this quaint […]Read More
Birdwatch: Crested bunting, the ‘Yuvaraaj’ found in lower foothills
The male birds have a striking glossy black plumage with long pointed crests and chestnut wings and tail. The females are paler and browner, have a shorter crest and have less chestnut patches on the tail and wings. The crested bunting, locally called the Yuvaraaj, is a bird of the lower foothills and is not […]Read More
J-K Peace Forum hails PM Modi, Amit Shah for organising commemorative event marking 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur
Forum refers to his exemplary and supreme sacrifice for the sake of Kashmiri brahmins The Jammu Kashmir Peace Forum on Thursday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Culture Ministry for organising a grand commemorative event at the historic Red Fort to mark the 400th birth anniversary of the ninth […]Read More
Explained: What power consumers make of AAP’s free 300 unit announcement
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced 300 free units of electricity for consumers across the state. A look at the nitty-gritties of AAP’s plan, and how the state power department is approaching the July 1 deadline. Domestic power consumers have been tacking several doubts about CM Bhagwant Mann’s free 300 units announcement for the state. The Indian […]Read More
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Remembering the dark day 103 years later
Udham Singh, who was a member of the revolutionist Ghadar party, shot Colonel Reginald Dyer on March 13, 1940 to avenge the massacre. HIGHLIGHTS Shots were fired on the orders of Colonel Reginald Dyer, who was the acting Brigadier He had asked his troops to shoot indiscriminately without asking the crowd to disperse The site […]Read More
