With elections nearing, Zeeshan discusses Uddhav Thackeray, Bishnoi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on India’s minorities.
In an interview with The Wire, Zeeshan Siddique, son of Baba Siddique, reveals that he, his family and even actor Salman Khan believe Lawrence Bishnoi isn’t responsible for his father’s death. With elections nearing, Zeeshan uncovers deeper truths, discussing Uddhav Thackeray, Bishnoi, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on India’s minorities.
Amarjit Sing Dulat said if Farooq Abdullah had been chief minister, he would not have come to Delhi so quickly after taking over.
In an interview to talk both about the new Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and his demand for the early grant of statehood as well as the recent spike in terror in the Union territory, former head of R&AW and one of India’s renowned experts on Kashmir, Amarjit Singh Dulat, has said the relationship between the lieutenant governor and chief minister is “not a good relationship”. Dulat has also said that Abdullah’s coming to Delhi within days of taking over was “hasty”, adding that he will “look embarrassed” if Delhi doesn’t restore statehood quickly.
In a 30-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dulat also said that “terror has never gone away in J&K”. He identified three broad causes for the present prolonged spike in terror. They are, first, a deliberate effort by Pakistan to tell the Kashmiri people that they are with them; second, an attempt by terrorists to disprove the governor’s narrative that everything is normal and; third, the continuing impact of abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 which, Dulat said, “still disturbs Kashmiris … it’s not done and dusted, it’s not out of the minds of Kashmiris.”
Speaking about the relationship between the Abdullah and the governor, Dulat said “a message is being sent by the governor that he is still in control”. Dulat said every time the chief minister calls a meeting of bureaucrats, the governor does the same thing.
Dulat said if Farooq Abdullah had been chief minister, he would not have come to Delhi so quickly after taking over. He said the Kashmiri people are closely watching and scrutinising everything, including the fact Omar gifted expensive shawls to the prime minister, home minister and other top ministers.
The Wire Hindi editor Ashutosh Bhardwaj is in a conversation with historian Ramachandra Guha over his new book ‘Speaking With Nature’ which traces the origins of Indian environmentalism.
The Wire Hindi editor Ashutosh Bhardwaj is in a conversation with historian Ramachandra Guha over his new book, Speaking With Nature, which traces the origins of Indian environmentalism.
He made the disclosure at a hearing by the Canadian parliamentary committee on public safety and national security.
In a statement that is bound to further roil relations with India, Canadian deputy foreign affairs minister David Morrison said on Tuesday (October 29) that he had confirmed to a US newspaper that Indian home minister Amit Shah was “involved” in the plot to kill Canadian nationals. He made the disclosure at a hearing by the Canadian parliamentary committee on public safety and national security.
Israel’s former minister of justice and a former legal advisor to the Palestinian Negotiations Team discuss the concept they have created of the ‘Holy Land Confederation’ which is designed to facilitate a solution.
Israel’s former minister of justice, Yossi Beilin, and a former legal advisor to the Palestinian Negotiations Team, Hiba Husseini, in a joint interview, discuss the concept they have created of the ‘Holy Land Confederation’ which is designed to facilitate a two-state solution.
In this 30-minute interview, they discuss the nature of the envisaged relationship between an independent and sovereign Israel and an independent and sovereign Palestine, how the Israeli settlers in the West Bank will be handled and how the Palestinian diaspora, that wishes to return, will be accommodated.
They also discuss the future of Jerusalem and its status as well as the nature of governance in the two states. Beilin and Husseini discuss the steps that they are taking to ensure greater support for their concept from the Israeli and Palestinian people as well as from the United States and neighbours like Jordan.
Justice Sharma said that the CJI had “failed the oath he’s taken and he’s failed the people of India”.
One of the most illustrious former judges of the Delhi High Court, Justice Rekha Sharma, has said that Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud “has failed the oath he’s taken and he’s failed the people of India”. Justice Sharma was speaking about CJI Chandrachud’s revelation that he appealed to God for a solution to the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi dispute and god gave it to him. Justice Sharma called this “a shocking statement”. She said, “I was dumbfounded. I couldn’t believe my ears and I felt I should hear it again and again to be sure that I had heard right”.
The Wire’s Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Ajoy Ashirwad, political editor, The Wire and Vinod Sharma, senior journalist.
As fertility rates in southern India continue to fall below the national average, chief ministers like Andhra Pradesh’s Chandrababu Naidu and Tamil Nadu’s M.K. Stalin are sounding the alarm about an impending demographic crisis by proposing larger families. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg, three soldiers and two civilians have been killed in the fourth militant attack in a week, posing a big challenge to the new Omar Abdullah government. Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, seat sharing deals are being sealed.
The Wire’s Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Ajoy Ashirwad, political editor, The Wire and Vinod Sharma, senior journalist.
The Wire’s Zeeshan Kaskar breaks down the latest political happenings ahead of the 2024 Maharashtra elections.
The Wire’s Zeeshan Kaskar breaks down the latest political happenings ahead of the 2024 Maharashtra elections. The elections are being called a ‘Maha Mess’ by political analysts, with family feuds, brothers competing on different party tickets and alliance negotiations in a deadlock. Watch this video to know more.
Dave, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, called CJI Chandrachud’s statement “shocking” and “deeply disappointing”.
In a scathing and no-holds barred criticism of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Chandrachud’s revelation that he asked god for a solution in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi dispute and god gave it to him, one of India’s foremost lawyers has said “I have no doubt he’s suffering from delusions of grandeur”. Dushyant Dave said CJI Chandrachud has become “the subject matter of vilification, criticism and ridicule,” adding that he has “seriously eroded the office of the Chief Justice of India and the image of the Supreme Court of India”.
In a 20-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dushyant Dave, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, called CJI Chandrachud’s statement “shocking” and “deeply disappointing”. He said it “reflects poorly on his intellect and on his calibre as a judge”. He said it was “an irresponsible statement”.
‘What Greece was first to Rome, then to the rest of the Mediterranean and European World, so at this period India was to South East and Central Asia and even to China’.
Speaking about India during the period starting the 3rd century BC and ending around the 12-13th century CE, William Dalrymple says: “What Greece was first to Rome, then to the rest of the Mediterranean and European World, so at this period India was to South East and Central Asia and even to China”.
In other words, India was one of the great and dominant intellectual and cultural forces in the world, on par with other civilisations like Greece and China.
In an interview to mark the launch of his recent book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World, Dalrymple talks about three broad and big narratives, which are also the core of his book. They are the spread of Buddhism from India to China and Central Asia and all the way to Siberia and Mongolia, the spread of Hinduism and Sanskritik culture to South East Asia all the way to Cambodia and Java and the spread of Indian concepts of mathematics and astronomy to the Arab world and thence to Europe.
