‘Spirituality is impossible in politics’

What does spirituality mean to you?
So many people I know go on pilgrimages or attend ceremonies in temples or listen to saintly discourses and then engage in the dirtiest dealings. That is not spirituality to me; it is hypocrisy. On the other hand, one can appreciate wine, wealth and women and be spiritual, as Krishna [...]

To be secular or not to be

With a year left for the next general elections, the country’s politics is at a crossroads with the emergence of the Bahujan Samaj Party as the B-team of the BJP and the weakening of so-called national political parties. There is no possibility of national parties forming the next government at the Centre without support from [...]

Coping with winds of political hostility

The Samajwadi Party revolutionized the concept of ‘Samajwad,’ as opposed to the principles of the Indian National Congress. That was why Ram Manohar Lohia opposed the functioning approach and ideology of the Congress. During the Emergency, Indira Gandhi imprisoned Mulayam Singh Yadav for 19 months.
Congress-SP relations were always sore. But after the demolition of the [...]

‘Oath in Marathi’ call mere posturing?

We are only for upgradation of Marthi
There is an absolute ruckus over the swearing-in ceremony in Vidhan sabha — which hopefully will take place very soon. One fails to understand the confusion, as there is no concrete foundation to debate.
This ceremony completely belongs to Maharashtra and Marathi being the state language, there should not [...]