Comrade Jyoti Basu: The Tall Mass Leader

Jan 17th (Obituary)
By Saadia Azim
Kolkata, Jan. 17 – Ninety six year old Marxist leader Jyoti Basu struggled for life for sixteen days before breathing his last at 11.41 a.m on Sunday at the AMRI hospital at Kolkata. His struggle for life was evident from the tough fight he gave before the last. He was deeply loved [...]

The Good, Bad and Ugly of New Year

By SUNIL Sonkar
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Rubina Ali Qureshi, the child-actor of Oscan-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire gets a new flat as New Year gift by director Danny Boyle through the Jai Ho Trust. The cost of this Mumbai suburb flat is Rs 3.2 million.
BLUE MOON
It was a doubly special evening to celebrate. It was New Year’s blue moon [...]

26/11: This day – Last year; Terror Came, Terror Attacked, But Our Securities Gunned Them Down

By SUNIL Sonkar
US President Barack Obama: We join India in remembering the victims of the 26/11 attacks.
Mumbai residents: Enough is enough, there is a need to take steps to avenge the attacks on our people and democracy.
Ratan Tata: You can hit us…we cannot be knocked down. – (On the occassion of reopening of Taj Hotel [...]

Let’s google Doodle of 4th Grade Gurgaon student on Children Day

By SUNIL Sonkar
It’s India’s first Doodle. Totally ‘made in India.’ 90 days, above 4,000 entries and yes, more than 60,000 votes. This has made India proud. This has made India to get its first ‘made in India’ Doodle. Based on ‘innovation and creativity,’ Dennis Hwang, the Master Doodler, selected this first-ever young doodler for India.

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Live as if you were to die tomorrow, Learn as if you were to live forever: Mahatma Gandhi

He devised his own path, his own principles and his own revolution to redeem India from slavery of imperial power. The essence of his strength, ego-less and weapon-less, can still be felt, leaving oneself to follow it. It is a collective wisdom of humanity. For him there were no barriers of class-color-religion.

Gandhiji… As we celebrate [...]