Indian Opinion

Mukesh Devrari    It is good to have nationalism in newly carved out states, but it is grossly wrong to use lies and untruths and twisted history to mislead about the greatness of the past. RSS and its ideologues are ravaging the modern Indian history. They are giving new twists and turns to thoughts of our great leaders of the past. Unfortunately, they also have great acceptance among the youngsters who have no exposure to social sciences beyond school days. In the absence of access and exposure to correct history, youths pursuing disciplines other than social sciences do not have a tool to deal and make sense of right-wing propaganda.  Recently Indresh Kumar, member of the national executive of RSS visited Dehradun and delivered a speech in Graphic Era Hill University in a seminar organized on national security. He said many good things, but also many baseless things. This author dismisses some notions narrated by RSS ideologue in his speech. He said, “M...

Dust and smoke billows out from a residential house which was blown up during a gunfight between militants and Indian soldiers in Durbagh village of Chadoora, 15 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir on March 28, 2017. One militant was killed and an Indian soldier injured during a 10-hour-long gunfight. Three civilians were also killed and at least 15 injured during clashes near the gunfight site. Photo courtesy Agencies SOURCE - NAM NEWS NETWORK Mukesh Devrari First, Young generation of Indians are least bothered about freedom and liberty ensured in this country to each and every citizen. They feel too much of freedom is hampering decision making and implementation of policies. Students, mostly upper caste, who have never seen any hardships in life, have been coaxed to believe that democracy in India is a barrier in our rapid progress and economic development. These emerging militant nationalists are not ready to accept that almost all rich nations o...