Justice Katju said, I have explained about India was really the job of historians like Prof Irfan Habib, but they have not done their job properly. So I have to do it instead
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MORAL STRENGTH OF STRUGGLE AND SERVICE : The Sikh community has ensured that anybody coming to participate in protests will not face any inconvenience of any sort.
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was a major leader from NWFP, who due to his anti British stance had to be in British prison and later was jailed by Pakistan authorities for his standing for plural, democratic values.
Saadat Hasan Manto strongly opposed Partition.At that time he was living in Bombay, writing for films, but he had to depart for Pakistan when Muslims connected with the film world started receiving death threats.
Another caged parrot By Justice Markandey Katju Former CJI Lodha had called the CBI ( Central Bureau of Investigation ) a ‘caged parrot’, since, like a parrot, it would repeat whatever the government said, instead…
CJI Bobde does not allow the other 2 judges to speak, and he makes all these statements without consulting them. Evidently, these 2 judges are scared to disagree with the Chief Justice.
present protest by farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, but supported by farmers and other groups from across the country, is a harbinger of fundamental economic, social and political changes.
The Supreme Court has been unusually aggressive with the government on the three farm bills. The Chief Justice of India made tough-talking about this and said that he is going to form the ‘expert’ committee…
Islam spread in large parts of the world because of its great message of equality, and the social emancipation it gave to the suppressed sections of society. But Muslims in our subcontinent mostly practice the caste system, which represents inequality, and is directly contrary to what the great Prophet taught.
Courts must realise they cannot solve all problems in the country, and I respectfully submit the Supreme Court should only decide the constitutionality of the 3 laws, and refrain from passing any order trespassing into the domain of another organ of the state.
By Justice Markandey Katju ”Let the sleeping giant sleep, for when he awakes, the world will tremble“. The above statement, attributed to Napoleon, was regarding China, but the same can be said regarding India today….
Army Personnel Under Stress USI (United Service Institute of India, https://usiofindia.org/ ) conducted a survey and research on Army personnel and found that there has been a significant increase in stress level among the Indian…
A ‘Bloody Sunday’ seems inevitable, and like lambs being led to slaughter by Father Gapon ( who was later revealed to be a police agent ), or like the children being led to be drowned by the Pied Piper of Hamelin,
Farmers leaders or Father Gapons ? By justice Markandey Katju More and more on hearing Rakesh Tikait on YouTube, I am getting the feeling he is like Father Gapon ( who was later revealed to…
A Jallianwala Bagh seems inevitable: But what after that? Soon after such an incident of use of force, the Punjab, Haryana and western UP will be plunged in turmoil.
Farmers’ demand of repeal of the 3 laws “ Modi is not for turning “: Justice Katju
As a great Asian leader said, ” When hundreds of millions of peasants rise like a typhoon or tornado, it will be a force so powerful and so swift, that no power on earth can resist it “.
Exasperation is a great condition to be a poet, more particularly a poet of satire. Makhhan Ji possesses this trait. This feature has made his poetry meaningful. Not exasperation alone, sensitivity is another quality of character is a successful satirical poet. He possesses this quality too. Mahendra Thakur has roughly observed that without sensitivity, one can not be a good poet.
Equality between men and women: In modern times wars are fought with machines, which are often computerised. To fire a missive from an F-15 jet aircraft, or to operate a modern tank requires only the touch of a button, which can even be done by a woman. That is why there are many women in the US army.
Modi is more to the point and purpose of his address when he concludes with a quotation from Tagore: “O! re Grihabashi, khol dwar khol!”.
