The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took cognisance of media reports on the rampant ‘Devadasi’ system and issued notices to the Centre and six states seeking a detailed action report on “the continued menace of Devadasi system. Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra are the states which have received these […]

  In the 12th episode of REASON, The New Indian show hosted by Editor-in-Chief Aarti Tikoo, senior journalist and author David Devadas, who has extensively covered Kashmir, discusses Pak-sponsored terrorism, “ethnic cleansing” of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, and the importance of Vivek Agnihotri’s movie ‘Kashmir Files’. Devadas is the author of the critically-acclaimed book In […]

The US election results are good news for those of us who want world peace. It is bad news for the Ukrainian regime—and possibly also for other unelected, or sort-of elected, or once thumpingly elected, regimes elsewhere. Almost in tandem with the results, Yemen’s hitherto sabre-rattling Houthis declared an immediate ceasefire, and Israel’s Prime Minister […]

“Sadak, power, tower.” That is what Manoj Sinha, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, promised when he visited Machhal, one of the farthest pockets of the union territory. That was about three years ago. Today, the place has an excellent road, an electricity line that delivers, and excellent Airtel connectivity. His alliterative words may […]

Mr. Modi has invested a large amount of time and energy to travel the world, visiting a very wide array of countries across the globe. If he retains power, he could personally influence many of them to vote for an Indian nominee.

Author David Devadas decodes Delhi G-20 Declaration

Reading the G-20 Leaders’ Declaration (issued at their annual summit last weekend) alongside the carping of several Western analysts makes one feels like Alice in Wonderland. Read in its entirety, the long and detailed Declaration shows a great deal of thought, inputs, and negotiations. Different lines in many of the paragraphs seem to reflect the […]

For many, ‘Jawan’ is an indictment of the state of the nation over the past few years

Nine years ago today, a colossal flood submerged two-third of the Kashmir Valley. It inundated areas around the city centre and Lal Chowk in Srinagar, and reached the second storey of buildings in the upmarket Rajbagh locality on the banks of the Jhelum river. Even the Army cantonment in Badami Bagh, perched on the edge […]

While India wants a multi-polar world, China might prefer a large anti-West forum.