By Justice Markandey Katju Some people criticise the American people for what they did in Vietnam, Iraq etc, but I am their great admirer. What giants they have produced–George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and…
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By Justice Markandey Katju Afghanistan today is a war ravaged country, with most of its people living in abject poverty. The war between the Americans and the Taliban has been going on there for 20…
Mukhtar Ansari I read today on the Internet that the gangster Mukhtar Ansari has been shifted from a jail in Punjab to one in Banda, UP. This reminds me of a story about him. Mukhtar…
By Justice Markandey Katju Sulman Ali’s article ‘New wave of Arabisation‘ published in nayadaur.tv poses the question : Is Pakistan part of Arab culture or Indian culture ? I submit it is part of Indian…
Jungle raj in Bihar news: Why media silent on Madhubani massacre on Holi Day More than 40 dead, 38 others injured across Bihar during Holi Over 40 people killed in Bihar during Holi but not…
By Justice Markandey Katju Many people believe that the greatest crime in history was sending 6 million Jews to gas chambers in extermination camps at Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, etc by the Nazis. Germans are…
The BJP overkill in West Bengal By Justice Markandey Katju The state assembly elections in West Bengal are the centre of political attention nowadays in India. Several opinion polls about the elections ( whose first…
By Justice Markandey Katju Caste reservations in public services and for admissions in educational institutions have become so entrenched in the Indian political and legal sphere that they have almost become a holy cow, which…
Appointing a Scheduled Caste person as a High Court judge When I was in the Collegium of the Allahabad High Court ( the body which recommends names for appointment of Judges of the High Court,…
Tirath Singh Rawat who took over as chief minister of Uttarakhand on March 10, 2021 is a senior cadre of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS]. He started RSS career by becoming the organizational secretary of…
When I was a judge in the Allahabad High Court ( 1991-2004 ) many cases came before me of inter-religious marriages. Almost all such cases were of a Hindu girl who fell in love with…
The problem with our so-called ‘liberal’ intellectuals and media persons By Justice Markandey Katju Recently Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramaniam resigned from Ashoka University, and there was a big hue and cry over it,…
By Justice Markandey Katju India is passing through a painful transitional period in its history, the transition from a semi-feudal backward country to a highly developed, highly industrialised one. This historical transition can be successfully…
Dr R S Praveen Kumar is one of the most outstanding minds of our country. If I were to speak about him, I can only say, he deserves to be in the Ministry for Education….
By Justice Markandey Katju I have read the poetry of many countries in the world ( English, American, French, German, Russian, Spanish, etc ) as well of several Indian languages ( Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, etc…
Resignation of PB Mehta and Arvind Subramaniam from Ashoka University An email I received a short while back Regarding Recent Developments at Ashoka University Respected Justice Katju Sir, I write this email to you to…
By Justice Markandey Katju ” Ye kooche ye neelaam ghar dilkashi ke Ye luttte hue kaaravaan zindagi ke Kahaan hain kahaan hai muhaafiz khudi ke Jinhe naaz hai Hind par woh kahaan…
By Justice Markandey Katju This article can be regarded as a sequel to my earlier article ‘The Krishna legend‘. Of all the deities in the Hindu pantheon of gods, Lord Krishna is the most enrapturing…
Wasim Rizvi’s view The demand of Wasim Rizvi, former Chief of the UP Shia Central Waqf Board, to remove 26 verses from the Quran as they promoted ( according to him ) jihadist and terroristic…
By Justice Markandey Katju Since the Holi festival is approaching in India which is associated with the life of Lord Krishna it would be interesting to deal with the legend of Krishna. Krishna, like Rama,…
