Issues & Non-issues

Winds Of Change In Kashmir !

It needs to be noted that Mr. Omar Abdullah is insisting upon restoration of statehood, but appears to have dropped the demand for the restoration of Special Status to the region (which the Centre had abrogated on August 5, 2019). This demand was actually one of the main planks of the I.N.D.I. Alliance during the recent legislative elections. ..

The Kashmir Mess-Up !

The situation threatens to get worse with the National Conference getting majority in legislative elections. It was during its rule 35 years ago )when Dr. Farooq Abdullah was the Chief Minister) that goons had effected what was described by their own ideologues as ethnic purge. With such a background, can the Kashmiri Pandits expect to get real justice at the hands of the Centre -- which could do damned little during the last fives after abrogation of Special Status ? ..

Double-Standards

l New Delhi, September 30 (PTI): Effects of Covid-19 lockdown on Earth may have reached the moon, as lunar temperatures were found to have dipped abnormally during the April-May 2020, according to a study. Maximum temperatures of the Earth’s natural satellite fell in this period, while nights were found to be cooler by 8-10 degrees Celsius. The Moon, thus, could possibly serve as a “stable platform” to study climate change on Earth, K. Durga Prasad and G. Ambily, researchers at the Physical Research ..

Whither Sporting Culture- V

Mumbai, September 26 (PTI): Overjoyed by India’s remarkable dual triumph at the Chess Olympiad, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand said that while this marked a promising beginning, there was still much work to be done for women’s chess in the country. India scripted history on Sunday as both its men’s and women’s teams secured their first-ever titles, achieving a remarkable clean sweep of gold medals at the Chess Olympiad. Responding to that remarkable feat, 54-year-old Viswanathan Anand ..

WHITHER SPORTING CULTURE - IV

E VEN as winning medals in international sports competitions has almost become a matter of science -- in the sense a lot of scientifically curated efforts are required to produce champions out of bright individuals, the need is felt in India efforts to create a basic talent pool mostly through schools and subsequently colleges.Though schools and colleges do have their sporting activities, very rarely do we come across very focused efforts to carve out champions in a true sense from the bunch of ..

WHITHER SPORTING CULTURE - III

THESE two statements actually highlight two ends of the country’s sports continuum -- in the sense, there is a national leader who understands the philosophy of sports; and the larger Indian society can now boast of one man at the top who is considered the best symbolism of national sports aspirations. In other words, the country has a man at the top as the best motivator for sportspersons in different conditions -- normal or parathletes, and that man realises what kind of mental make-up the people ..

Whither Sporting Culture - II

l Paris, September 4 (PTI): World champion Sachin Sarjerao Khilari clinched a Silver in Men’s Shot-Out F46 event with an Asian record distance of 16.32 meters as the country’s track-and-field athletes continued their unprecedented medal-winning run in the Paralympic Games here on Wednesday. Khilaris’ Silver is the 11th Medal from the para-athletes in the ongoing Games and takes India’s overall Medal tally to 21, including three Golds. l Paris, September 5 (PTI): Harvinder Singh became the first Indian ..