Transparency Urged in Proposed Demolition of National Archives of India Buildings thewire.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewire.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
494
Ranjita Biswas
Bengalis tend to quote poems to contextualise a situation or event, particularly delving into the vast oeuvre of ‘Kobiguru’ Rabindranath Tagore. As people get ready to celebrate Rabindra jayanti on pachishe Baisakh (25th Baisakh in the Bangla calendar) on May 9, his birth anniversary (though he was born on May 7, 1861), many are humming his song “Banglar mati, Banglar jol” (the soil of Bengal, the water of Bengal) to establish the state’s identity in the aftermath of the electoral win of the home-grown party against the domineering national party.
On another note, some of those who are less familiar with Tagore’s work might think that his relevance beyond Bengal is rather faded today. After all, much water has flowed under the bridge since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. But here, a little pause is due.
A Demolition Drive Called the Central Vista Project
Demolition involves not just tangible aspects but a moral dimension too. Does political morality allow a government elected to power for five years to raze down what has been enriched over the years?
The Central Vista plan includes a new parliament building next to the current one. Photo: HCP Designs
Government3 hours ago
The Central Vista project, which the Union government passionately pursuing, is a matter of national anxiety. The intellectual and emotional concerns of the sensitive populace are, however, muted, thanks to the guarded indifference and silence of the media.
An event of this magnitude would have hogged the headlines and dominated prime TV time until a few years ago. Resistance to the project is mired in procedural wrangles with limited redemptive value and predetermined outcomes.
Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs fought and died together for India’s independence
The RSS-BJP rulers of India declare India to be a battle-ground between Hinduism and Islam. Muslims have been declared as ‘Internal Threat’ number ONE [RSS ideologue, MS Golwalkar’s
Bunch of Thought chapter xvi]. Many of their leading cadres including those who hold high constitutional posts have been conspiring over-time to ignite a civil war between the two communities (they believe that only such a scenario would divert attention from the anti-people rule by the Hindutva gang). They refuse to treat Muslims as part of the Indian nation, which according to them is a Hindu nation. They have no hesitation in identifying themselves as ‘Hindu nationalists’. Awfully, PM Modi who took oath to uphold democratic-secular polity in 2014, long before had identified himself as a Hindu nationalist with total commitments to the Hindutva project.
Recalling Jallianwala martyrs communal amity as BJP warns of Sitalkuchi everywhere
By Shamsul Islam
The RSS-BJP rulers declare India to be a battle-ground between Hinduism and Islam. Muslims have been declared as ‘internal threat’ by RSS ideologue MS Golwalkar (“Bunch of Thought”, Chapter xvi). Behaviour of many of their leading cadres, including those who hold high constitutional posts, is such that they seem to be conspiring over-time to ignite a civil war between the two communities. They are under the impression that this would help divert attention from failures of the Hindutva rulers on developmental front.
Indeed, they are refusing to treat Muslims as part of the Indian nation, which according to them is a Hindu nation. They have no hesitation in identifying themselves as ‘Hindu nationalists’. Awfully, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took oath to uphold democratic-secular polity in 2014, long before had identified himself as a Hindu nationalist with tot