By Sharan Bhagavath At the outset let me state, I am not a financial expert, economist or analyst. My view of the Modi Government’s first budget is purely from a layman’s perspective. If I were asked to define the key themes of the budget, then I would Infrastructure, Energy, and Manufacturing. But I guess Arun […]
Open Letter to India: A Call to Action (Part 2)
(CHAKRA) To The People of India, Greetings, I address you collectively as a nation, as nation builders, and as individuals capable of rationale and reasoning. Read PART 1 – Open Letter to India: Looking Back in Time MINORITY OR NOT A MINORITY- THAT IS THE QUESTION: Let us focus on the word ‘minority’. What exactly does it […]
India’s Unending War – Terrorism
By Mehak Budhrani A day after the cabinet reshuffle, 3 bombs went off at Mumbai’s heavily populated and commercial locations. Very easily the media and the government say that it is the spirit of the people to move on to their normal lives. Well, the question we need to ask is do we have a […]
Swami Ramdev’s fight against the ‘Mockery of a Democracy’
By Ranbir Singh The brutal suppression of Swami Ramdev’s protests against corruption which reaches to the highest echelons of the Indian government should come as no surprise to anyone who has had the unfortunate experience of coming face to face with the country’s administrative and highly bureaucratic infrastructure. Graft, greed, black money, backhanders and dishonesty […]
Police Raid on Ramlila Grounds and Swami Ramdev’s Arrest Condemned by VHP
Delhi (CHAKRA) — Sri Ashok Singhal, International President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, condemned the arrest of Swami Ramdev, who was undertaking a hunger strike against raging corruption dealing with black money, by the Congress government. He further stated that the corrupt acts of the Congress Government remind him of the British Raj. Furiously, he attacked […]
Delhi: Tibetan Buddhist Monks Protest Against China
By Tan Ong New Delhi, India (CHAKRA)— Hundreds of Buddhist monks gathered to protest against the lock down of the Kirti Monastery in Tibet by the Chinese government. The protest too place in Delhi where hundreds of Buddhist monks along with Tibetan activists took part in a peace rally. The message of universal brotherhood, peace […]