By Balbir Singh Sooch Or; The mindset is troubling as the facts about the mindset are enshrined in the article, ‘Sanjay Dutt’s punishment & Hindutva mindset’. That 'Pardon won't be easy for Sanjay Dutt': WHY? Why not to satisfy the collective conscience of the society in case of Sanjay Dutt by pardoning him? There should not be any hitch and the restriction should also not come in the way to pardon Sanj ...

By  Bassam Javed It all started in 1939 when Lord Linlithgow, the British Viceroy, declared that India had officially entered into World War II. This war proclamation was done without taking Congress or the Muslim League into confidence. Later, when he talked to political parties on the issue, he failed to garner Congress and Muslim League’s support for the war effort. Britain, to win support of these two m ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Cold war era though ended after disintegration of Soviet Union, but pilling up of weapons has multiplied the arms race generally all over the globe. The reasons of multiplication of arm race are; capturing markets, power game and desire of getting strong hold over naturally enriched regions with a view to boost the economy. Religious and social discrimination further widens the gap betwee ...

Whether People of India Will Find in Form the ‘THIRD FRONT’? By Balbir Singh Sooch: Due to self-interest and opportunism (somebody who takes advantage of something, especially somebody who does so in a devious, unscrupulous, or unprincipled way), no member of parliament (MP) wants early Lok Sabha elections. About the question as specially debated on almost all the TV channels on March 20, 2013, the general ...

By Pierre N. Leval In late 1945, the Allied victors of World War II established a military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, which convicted Nazi leaders for their wartime atrocities. The animating principle of the trials was that conduct of extreme inhumanity violated the part of international law that protects fundamental human rights, which applies everywhere, even though the conduct was authorized by Germ ...

MODERATOR:  Zaheerul Hassan  It is evident from the reprots that Pakistan has taken a stern action against the culprits those burnt Christians' houses  in Lahore. But on the other side state terrorism has been done against Muslims, Siks and Christians. Following the presentations of the Dalit and Christian speakers, there was still about 80-min left for the session to go. The moderator, Dr Graves, had told ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch Rape (the crime of using force somebody to have sexual intercourse with somebody) is directly proportional-relative, comparative to complicated-complex, difficult, intricate, knotty, full of twists and turns (composed of many interrelated parts or features-difficult to understand, deal with, or explain-as life is complicated enough as it is) social (collective has also different meanin ...

Asif Haroon Raja There is no denying the fact that Pakistan suffered from leadership crisis after the untimely death of Quaid-e-Azam in September 1948. All those who held the reins of power after Quaid and Liaquat Ali Khan were selfish, power hungry, morally weak and pro-American. With feet of clay, they failed to build Pakistan as a modern, progressive Islamic welfare state as envisioned by the founder lea ...