Mallika Nawal

Before we take up the issue of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, let us first take a moment to put the topic in context. And the most pertinent question to ask ourselves is: Why do nations exist? You see, as members of the human species, we are wired to live in closely-knitted cohesive groups. These groups are made up of other...

If there were two men, who would be called the face of  Current Affairs and/or World News…then it would have to be: the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump and the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. And of course, as soon as news of his winning the election hit the mainstream news, it was mayhem!...

Well…there are many things that have changed over the last one week…although, some things (in India) never change. And one such thing is Arvind Kejriwal and his polemically political brouhaha. Thus, it wasn’t surprising to see Arvind Kejriwal launch a scathing attack against the Indian Prime Minister, demanding that Narendra Modi roll back the Centre’s move to demonetise 500...

Well to be completely honest, I never really thought that I’d ever have an opportunity to use my favourite line from one of my  favourite all-time-classics: ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ — but voila! — here I am…using my favourite sentence from my favourite book to talk about one of my favourite Modi moves. And it is for this reason...

Well, the pessimists say - ‘No matter how bad things get, they can always get worse’. Although, since we believe in duality and the law of opposites…the same quote can be reversed and will therefore become, ‘No matter how good things are…there is always a scope for improvement.’ While Narendra Modi and his government has done much to fulfil the...