Madhu Purnima Kishwar

Anti-Modi crusaders run their rabid campaigns blindfolded

While some question my motives in seeking information on Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips, others say that parting with such information will jeopardize his security. Really?

The venom and aggression with which Congress leaders are responding to a simple question first regarding Mrs Sonia Gandhi and now regarding Mr Robert Vadra proves yet again, if any proof were required, that Congressmen and women are convinced there i

Congress party's patently undemocratic and illegal arrest of Anna Hazare alienates and angers even those who had some reservations regarding the over-arching legislation proposed by Team Anna

The communal games of the 'secular' Congress to divide and derail the anti- corruption movement are likely to boomerang on the party in the long run

The disdain with which Anna Hazare was treated for his praise of Modi’s rural development work in Gujarat shows that many of the “civil society" lack even elementary norms of civility even towards their own leaders.

I fail to understand why almost every commentator, every TV anchor, every editorial writer feels compelled to pay ritual obeisance to the “personal honesty and integrity” of Dr Manmohan Singh

Understanding why only certain leaders are respected in the Valley — and why Rahul Gandhi's open and unconditional support to Omar Abdullah will prove counterproductive — holds the key to Kashmir

It is time that we, as citizens of India, show that we stand by the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their hour of grief; that they are an inseparable part of the unique tapestry of diversity and plurality that is India

It is incomprehensible why the PM had to revive the issue of autonomy instead of letting new solutions emerge out of the dialogue process, when most Kashmiris have outgrown the autonomy demand.

If the CRPF and the army are the main face of Indian democracy in Kashmir, we should not be surprised at repeated outbursts of anti-India sentiments