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(Search results - 8)IndiaAug 21, 2020, 5:22 PM IST
Politics over Bengaluru violence: High time Congress behaved responsibly, called spade a spade
Karnataka BJP leaders have come out in the open and urged the Congress leaders not to play politics over Bengaluru violence
ViewsAug 7, 2020, 2:18 PM IST
Rebuilding of Ram temple is establishing Identity
In relation to the bhumi pujan of Ram temple in Ayodhya, RK Mattoo, editor of Spade a Spade writes that rebuilding is a civilisational responsibility which we owe to ourselves - and more significantly, to our ancestors, as well as to future generations. He adds that it is a statement to the world that we will not die. We are sanatan. We are eternal. And most importantly, we are united. All 1.3 billion people of India
ViewsMar 11, 2020, 12:30 PM IST
Delhi riots: Tolerance and patience of majority community on test?
The Delhi riots are a blot on India’s democracy. RK Mattoo, editor of Spade a Spade draws a parallel between these riots and the way the Kashmiri Pandits were thrown out of their homeland thirty years ago.
ViewsFeb 10, 2020, 3:50 PM IST
Anti-CAA protests: Are nation’s democracy and Constitution under threat?
Anyone opposing the CAA should go to the Supreme Court and challenge it constitutionally and government and people protesting are bound to abide by the decision. Holding people and nation to ransom without any rhyme or reason should be dealt firmly under the provisions of the law.
This article was first published in the magazine Spade A Spade.
ViewsDec 4, 2019, 7:03 PM IST
Kashmiriyat and its misuse as Islamiyat: How Abrogation of Article 370 has righted the wrong
What was the actual sense and spirit of the word Kashmiriyat? Kashmiriyat in simple words means Kashmiri-ness. It was the ethno-national approach, social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. But Kashmiriyat has been misinterpreted as Islamiyat, writes Er PL Khushu in Spade a Spade. The following article is a faithful reproduction of the same.
ViewsNov 21, 2019, 5:32 PM IST
A strong and effective Sedition law? India needs it more than any other country
While there has been a hue and cry for invalidating Sedition law in India, RK Mattoo, editor of Spade A Spade, writes in the editorial that the law should be made more strong and those who try to incite feelings of ‘disaffection’ towards a democratically elected government must be tamed
IndiaNov 21, 2019, 4:52 PM IST
Article 370 scrapped: No barrier for Kashmir now
Hitherto the abrogation of Articles 35A and 370, it was the non-Muslim minorities in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir who were getting a step-motherly treatment. But now with the abrogation in place, there is no barrier for Kashmir, writes Surinder Koul in the magazine Spade a Spade. The following article is an exact reproduction of the same.
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