Harinder Baweja
Why Rahul Gandhi is off the mark when it comes to Sikhs
Why would the leader of the Opposition, finally being credited with political acumen, choose the Sikh community to illustrate a larger point about religious freedoms in India?
- Harinder Baweja
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Yes, let’s ask the same question: Why would you kill a Muslim?
For years, self-styled cow vigilantes have been lynching people on a mere suspicion. It is only now, because the victim is a Brahmin, that there has been a wave of outrage
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Was outrage over IC 814 manufactured to hide Vajpayee govt’s failures?
The outrage was perhaps an attempt at diverting attention from the fact that the government traded the most dangerous terrorists in exchange for passengers on board the hijacked plane
- Harinder Baweja
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Why I don’t want to be in Omar Abdullah’s shoes
If the NC comes to power in the Union territory, it will have to wage the same battle that AAP has had to put up with in Delhi, where the lieutenant governor wields the real power
- Harinder Baweja
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Stop playing political football. It’s time for zero tolerance against rape
If political parties really want to address the issue of women’s safety and empowerment, they must join hands and declare that they will not consider candidates with criminal records
- Harinder Baweja
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Why BJP-RSS truce formula is flawed and blatantly unconstitutional
How can the bureaucracy be given government sanction to involve itself with the activities of the RSS – an organisation with a clear political agenda? It goes against the very essence of India as a secular democracy
- Harinder Baweja
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Why Modi’s promise of a ‘Naya Kashmir’ remains a distant dream
The Union government believes development is the answer to the Kashmir problem, but that simply won’t be enough. What the troubled region desperately needs is a political solution
- Harinder Baweja
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Forget London and Paris, just give us a safe and secure Delhi
As basic amenities become a casualty in the political tussle between the AAP government and the lieutenant governor, people of the national capital are drowning and dying
- Harinder Baweja
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When Aashiq Ali saved Monu Singh and Sandeep Yadav
The head constable’s rescue of two kanwariyas is a slap in the face of the UP and Uttarakhand governments whose orders call for a virtual social and economic boycott of the Muslim community
- Harinder Baweja
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Bravehearts lay down their lives. Let’s not sully their honour
A gallantry award has pitted a slain soldier’s parents against his wife, sparking an ugly controversy. Should the government step in to review the Army’s Next of Kin policy?
- Harinder Baweja
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Why Rahul wants Modi to spare a day or two for Manipur
The Modi government must understand that conflicts need political conversations. For far too long, his government has blamed the violence on ‘outsiders’
- Harinder Baweja
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25 years after Kargil, has India really learnt from its mistakes?
As Pakistan continues to use non-state actors to hurt India, there’s not much evidence that our armed forces are well-equipped for a long and sustained war in case of another surprise attack
- Harinder Baweja
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The Hinduja lesson for all of us: accord some dignity please
Brought up on the ‘servant’ culture, Indians are good at being exploitative employers. We want our chores to be taken care of for a pittance, but we don’t care about our workers’ welfare
- Harinder Baweja
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To NCERT and its masters: Babri was razed. That fact cannot be erased
Among the changes NCERT has introduced in the Class 12 Political Science textbook is reducing the section on Ayodhya from four to two pages, erasing references pertaining to the mosque’s demolition on Dec 6, 1992, and removing the name of the Babri Masjid and referring to it as a “three dome structure"
- Harinder Baweja
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Why the slogan ‘Jai Jawan’ has lost its sheen
NDA allies have joined the chorus against the Agniveer scheme, which came into force without parliamentary debate or discussion. Will the government finally sit up and take notice?
- Harinder Baweja
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Why Modi will have to learn to be a Vajpayee
Can he curb what many voters described as arrogance? Can he move beyond obvious attempts at communalising and polarising India? Can he learn to work with allies?
- Harinder Baweja
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Will public outrage help Pune Porsche case victims get justice?
In the Jessica Lal murder case, an influential father helped Manu Sharma walk free before public outrage did him in. What fate awaits the inebriated juvenile who snuffed out two lives?
- Harinder Baweja
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Why Arvind Kejriwal’s response to Swati Maliwal is so disappointing
The Delhi chief minister promised an honest investigation after the fracas between AAP’s Rajya Sabha member and his personal assistant. But actions speak louder than words
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Why ‘target 400’ should be for jobs, development and not Mathura, Kashi
In an aspirational India, the biggest challenge is unemployment. But the BJP is seeking 400 seats for building temples in Kashi and Mathura, and taking back PoK. So, what’s the real agenda?
- Harinder Baweja
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Why do the likes of Brij Bhushan win, Sakshees lose?
The recent examples of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Prajwal Revanna show that ‘Nari Shakti’ is just an empty slogan for those in power
- Harinder Baweja
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