Feisty warrior

Kamla Lowe’s husband died in a flying accident in 1962. At 98, she’s still waging a legal battle for pension the Air Force owes her KAMLA LOWE is 98. But don’t be fooled by her age. She’s sprightly as ever, and tuned into what’s happening around her. Kamla follows the news and is therefore aware […]

A tale of two women

When it comes to women’s safety, India has failed time and again IN GEORGETOWN University’s 2019 Women peace and security index, India ranks 133rd among 167 countries in the world – lower than the likes of Saudi Arabia, Zambia and the UAE. This is really a telling statistic that proves the tag of India being […]

Partyless but not voiceless

Independent candidates are livening up the Delhi Assembly election campaign and widening the choice for voters. A look at four of them DELHI ASSEMBLY elections are around the corner and we have the three main parties fighting for the Capital city’s power seat. But while the spotlight is on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bhartiya Janata […]

Gunmen wreak havoc in Jamia area

The police have reportedly identified the shooters as Mohammad Luqmaan and Rambhakt Gopal A STUDENT of Jamia Milia Islamia University was shot by a gunman on Thursday afternoon. A video doing the rounds on social media shows the gunman brandishing a countrymade pistol and telling a group of protesters on the road outside the university, […]

Slanging matches

AAP is trying to keep the focus on the party’s track record while in power while BJP is milking bigger issues like nationalism. What will work? With Delhi elections just around the corner and all nominations filed, it is the last leg of polls that is most crucial for all the parties as they go […]

Capricious Kapil

With his obsession with Pakistan and intemperate remarks, Kapil Mishra is feeling at home in the BJP, the party he joined before leaving AAP POLITICS IS replete with defectors, even though so many safeguards have been put in place to prevent politicians from crossing the floor in unscrupulous pursuit of power. Before every election, many […]

Steering clear

AAP has kept the controversy surrounding the anti and pro CAA rhetoric at arms length, but why? ON JANUARY 26, Amit Shah made a fresh pitch in his Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign strategy for the impending Delhi election. Addressing the party’s social media volunteers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the home minister raked up the […]

In the heat of the campaign

Following the trail of campaigns and roadshows, one cannot fail to register the efforts of political parties to win the voter’s mandate in the Delhi elections WITH DELHI Assembly elections to be held on February 8 and results to be declared on the 11th, all the three parties i.e. BJP, AAP and Congress are holding […]