Country is remembering those dark days of emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The very memory of those days is to uphold the significance of democracy. We need to go through this memory only to remind ourselves that the nation needn’t witness those uncertain days again.

Rajasthan government increased stamp duty on cattle safety in the recent times. Now, the same govt is hiking taxes on alcohol, again, towards cattle protection, or Gau Rakshan in other words. 

Recent developments have cast doubts on the integrity of higher offices. The government, in its need to make things work according to its whims, has been blatantly interfering with the functioning of the various offices thus leading to erosion of their reputation. 

The recent developments pertaining to world peace really make us wonder if the whole world is peaceful because of nuclear weapons. Would America, which launched an attack on Iraq on the pretext of that country possessing weapons of mass destruction, stay mum if Iraq actually had possessed those deadly weapons? This question remains unanswered even till date.

Minister D K Shivakumar’s political journey rests on his money power more than his community backing. Leaders like him are a strong combination of caste and money. And all through their political life, they’d always be in the eye of storm and controversies.

Every time a new party comes into power, one of the most predictable things that gets spoken about is that of trimming costs, especially what would be considered as ‘extravagant’ in normal parlance. But all these talks bit dust few months later, is the bitter truth. CM Kumaraswamy has instructed chief secretary to ensure extravagance in terms of money should be brought down. This is the most welcome move. His commitment is indeed honorable. 

It hasn’t been too long since United Nations cautioned India against the violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, stating India and Pakistan together were engaged in quashing the human rights of the people of the valley. UN had expressed inclination to probe these cases.

Hemant Karkare, who was gunned down in a terrorist attack in Mumbai, and his team had been successful in tapping the major attack plans unleashed by saffron terror in the country. Even today, one cannot be sure if they died a death in an attack or were led into a conspiracy, so that their investigations could be aborted.