By Y.P. Singh
The entire nation is aghast at the acts of terror in Mumbai. They are all blaming the terrorists, fundamentalists and Pakistan. But this is where we have gone wrong. Terrorists and criminals always exist in a complex society. It is for us and our criminal justice system to ensure that they get emasculated [...]
By AJIT GULABCHAND
It’s a sorry state of affairs that needs a political correction. Central and state governments have failed to provide security to Mumbaikars. We see Mumbai as a city where nobody sleeps hungry and nobody remains unemployed. Who will look to the safety of these Mumbaikars? Mumbai needs serious attention. It needs guarantee of [...]
By Olga Tellis
Who is to blame for this unprecedented disaster, which was waiting to happen? The answer is WE — you and I. And why? Because we are not vigilant, we are not caring citizens, we are not truly committed to Mumbai. But why WE? Because "the price of democracy is eternal vigilance", as India’s [...]
By Shagufta Kalim
Swiss music composer Marcel Vaid’s childhood memories of the musical kind revolve around a piano that adorned his home, "I remember, sometimes my mother used to play this grand old piano," he recalls. Coming from a family that wasn’t particularly musically inclined, "Except for a distant uncle," he points out. Marcel has travelled [...]
BY YUSUF JAMEEL
SRINAGAR
Nov. 30: In a repeat of the penchant for the exercise witnessed during the first two phases of the staggered Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the voters on Sunday turned up in large numbers at the polling booths to cast their ballot in the third one, confronting the winter chill cold and a [...]