writer-details - GulfToday

AboutArticles by BRP Bhaskar

Rahul Gandhi disqualification queers political pitch

27 Mar 2023

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s ardent desire to get Congress leader Rahul Gandhi out of the Lok Sabha was fulfiilled last week in an unexpected manner. But it is too early for it to rejoice. He appears set to emerge as a more formidable opponent outside Parliament than he was inside. The BJP’s strategists were working on a plan

Adani issue derails Indian Parliament

20 Mar 2023

Two months after US corporate activist Hindenburg Research accused multibillionaire Indian businessman Gautam Adani of stock exchange frauds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is maintaining silence on the subject, ignoring pointed questions put to him by the Opposition, particularly Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Language policy needs urgent revision for sure

13 Mar 2023

Reports that have been circulating after a meeting of Parliament’s Committee on Official Language, held last October, indicate that the Narendra Modi administration plans to allow use of Hindi and the recognised regional languages medium of instruction up to the highest levels in all educational institutions. The Constitution, in a schedule,

Opposition must do more to inspire confidence

27 Feb 2023

The Indian National Congress, at a three-day plenary session last weekend, set the tone for its 2024 election campaign with a call to all secular parties to come together to take on the Narendra Modi administration. The session was held at Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh, one of only three states which are under Congress rule now.

‘Survey of BBC offices was unhappy move’

20 Feb 2023

When Income-tax officials began a marathon survey at the British Broadcasting Corporation’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai last week, media reports linked it to the telecast of a two-part documentary “India: the Modi question” by the channel a few weeks earlier. It had turned the spotlight once again on Prime

Rahul Gandhi re-invents himself through a long march

06 Feb 2023

While the Congress was going through the process of electing a new president, Rahul Gandhi was on a march from Kanyakumari at the southern tip of the subcontinent to Srinagar, capital of Jammu and Kashmir, in the north. Since Mahatma Gandhi, with 78 volunteers, walked 385 kilometres from his ashram in

Troubling questions that need answers

30 Jan 2023

The Modi establishment faced a double whammy as India was celebrating Republic Day last week. Even as it was trying to contain the fallout of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s documentary “India: the Modi question”, the US activist group Hindenburg Research shook the business empire of Gautam Adani to

Constitutional balance needs to be restored

23 Jan 2023

India enters its 74th year as a democratic republic on Thursday. The 1950 Constitution vested in Parliament the power to make changes in it. The only condition it set was that the two houses of Parliament must approve the proposed changes by a two-thirds majority. A law providing for a certain kind of change will take effect

Governors in conflict with Chief Ministers

16 Jan 2023

The Governors of the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, are involved in a running battle with their elected governments. Governors are appointed by the President and hold office at his/her pleasure. Since the President acts on the advice of the Council of Ministers, this means the Prime Minister picks the Governors

Himalaya climate issue needs urgent attention

09 Jan 2023

Recurrent disasters in the state of Uttarakhand are warnings that time to address the Himalayan region’s ecological issues is running out fast. Every passing year brings some calamity such as flood or landslides. The authorities deal with them in isolation in a routine manner. In one such action, the state government last week

BRP Bhaskar

Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.