India Behind The Lens (News Centre)

Recently, a BSP MP walked out of Parliament while our revered National Song, ‘Vande Mataram’ was being played. Not only did he portray an outlandish behavior by disrespecting the National Song, but also the reason which he gave of doing so were too lame in nature. The Constitution of India awards its citizens the Fundamental Right to practice any Religion, anywhere in the country,..

 

It has been almost 66 years; we celebrated freedom from the British. But how bad things still are, can be ascertained by the fact that, 95% of the Indian population still lives in Malaria endemic areas. The problem persists now in all seasons, for the mosquitoes have acclimatized themselves in extreme weather conditions. In the holy city of Haridwar, a billion strong swarm of ..

Some of us believe in God while others don’t. For those of us who believe, we try to meet Him and attain ‘Moksh’ (Salvation). One of the ways to reach God is to pray/worship. Different Religions do practice different forms of worship. Sanatan Dharm (Hinduism) is arguably the oldest religion of this world but what sets it apart from others is not its antiquity but its rich cu..

It's exactly 1 month from now, for the voting morning in Karnataka.

So many of you are supporting BJP and many of you are thinking it is a gone case for BJP in 2013. This letter is for those who support BJP, but are low on morale on how to tackle so much negative publicity about BJP's internal bickering since 2008. Even if you have written off BJP from 2013 polls, read this, ..

The Hindu carried the Op-Ed Vivekananda’s legacy of Universalism about Swami Vivekananda on April 10,2013.  It was written by a former JNU Professor K. N. Panikkar. This is my honest and humble attempt to rebut the article rooted in lies by the &ldq..

New Year is welcomed all over the world on different dates, drenched in multifarious colors of traditions. This is because the World is an assorted basket of different communities and they heterogeneously follow their own calendars. Gregorian calendar is used globally for civil purposes. It is also known as Western calendar/ Christian calendar and is based on solar cycle. Most of the calendar..

If one really wish to assess the faces who has been in headlines since last time, he may come across a lot of names in his mind, but when it comes doing this in a very personal capacity- he will be none other than Mr. Katju. A self-claimed all-rounder of every possible subject on this earth. Professionally he is the chairman of Press Council of India, an ex-judge of Supreme Court. He is a man..

The bright sunny afternoon of the then Bombay turned murky on 12^th march, 1993 when the city was rocked by 13 consecutive explosions in a span of two hours. They are speculated as the most pernicious attacks in Indian history which resulted in700 injuries and death of over 250 innocents. The attacks were methodized and concluded on the orders of Dawood Ibrahim. Tiger Memon and his ..

and why shouldn't Mrs.Patil be grateful to the dynasty? She has ample reasons to be grateful...

And here are some of the published reasons from news papers over the years. By no means, this is an exhaustive list, but gives you the glimpse of the reasons for being grateful.

1) A 2,906 sq ft. retirement bungalow on Pashan road, Pune, has now become 6,000 sq ft. during '..

River Saraswati has been the biggest issue of discussion with regards to it's existence. There is a confusion whether it was a river or a Hindu goddess. The answer is, perhaps both. But most importantly, it was the biggest and widest river in the Indian subcontinent.

The Aryan Invasion theorists say that river Saraswati is a myth and she was just a goddess of knowledge. Well, I w..

Of all the International Relations around the globe, the relation between India and Pakistan occupy a sweltering stature. Apart from various hot wars, there always has been ‘enmity without hostilities’ between the two neighbors.

Before the political and geographical division of 1947, the two nations were plotted on the maps without a boundary wall. The British rulers divi..

What is Rudra Pooja?

Rudra Pooja is an ancient practice followed in India since time immemorial. ‘Rudra’ means ‘Shiva - the Benevolent', ' the Destroyer of Evil'. 'Pooja' means that which is born out of fullness. Through this Pooja one can aim for inner peace and fulfillment. In this Pooja, Lord Sh..

Teesta is the name of an Indian river which is called as “lifeline” of Sikkim. The irony is that another Teesta who is quite famous in India has now turned to be a bewildered hobgoblin. Yes, we are referring to “Teesta Setalvad” here.

Teesta Setalvad was born and brought up in an eminent Hindu family of Gujarat. She got married to a Mumbai based muslim journal..

The story of the monk who sold his Ferrari made it to the list of Best Sellers! The story of the saint who never sells his smile touches the hearts of millions and beckons as the hope for the humanity! Here’s a moving chapter from the book yet to be written!

The occasion was momentous. It was an event that will change the destiny of India. The turnout was more than what was exp..

A few Questions came to my mind as I was going through the Judgement by Gujarat Full Bench on the Issue of Constitutionality of Minority Scholarship. The important observations by the Judges is summarised here and the full judgement can be read

Some Important observations made by Gujarat HC full bench on the constitutionality of Scholarship scheme to minorities. Majority (3-2) held that the scheme is constitutional.

Majority view and some questions

• The Government of the day would have its own socio­economic ideology.   We must also remember that the..

Lying seems to be a morbid obsession with all Narendra Modi haters. Given all the lies that India’s mainstream media spread about his involvement in post-Godhra riots, which contradicted those very facts they’d themselves published earlier, as pointed out

Let's start with a hard fact:

India is at least 81% Hindu. No matter how you slice and dice, this is an overwhelmingly Hindu majority nation. There's no denying of that fact.

But it is also an important fact that India has been very successful in unifying its extremely diverse population. There are 1000s of castes among all religions. The..

A few days ago, at Chintan Shivir, The home minister of our country made a statement that BJP and RSS are running Terror camps across the country and also he used the term Hindu Terror and later he corrected it to Saffron terror. Congress party members were quick to laud him for his remarks and Hafiz Saeed, JuD leader and well known Global terrorist also thanked Allah for making Shinde speak ..

After an eventful day in Pakistan, it has become very interesting to see what the next. As far as "Pakistani Awaam" is concerned it is too divided and confused on these series of events. A certain section of media and intellects however here in India is very exciting over it. All the "never before" secular democratic spirit waving in streets of Islamabad a..