Jaibans Singh Deepa Malik, India’s first and only woman para-athlete to ever win a Paralympic medal across any sport, took the political plunge on 25th March 2019. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a simple ceremony and was duly welcomed by BJP President Amit Shah in the presence of party’s Haryana unit chief, Subhash Barala, and general secretary Anil Jain. … [Read more...] about Deepa Malik: A BJP leader, national icon and role model for resurgent India
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Kashmiri youth and the democratic process
Jaibans Singh Kashmir, despite being in the throes of a very unfortunate environment of violence, has witnessed a steady improvement in literacy levels over the last few decades. The 2011 census recorded a whopping 13 percent increase in literacy levels across the state from 55 percent to 68 percent. The female literacy showed an increase from 20 percent in 1981 to 58 … [Read more...] about Kashmiri youth and the democratic process
Parliamentary elections can usher the change Kashmir is looking for
Mehtab Karan Singh The one good take away from election campaigns is that the truth with the attendant skeletons starts tumbling out of the closet. In Kashmir, this happens at a much higher degree in view of the negativity on which the campaigns are based. Engineer Rashid, patron of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party and fighting the election from the Baramulla … [Read more...] about Parliamentary elections can usher the change Kashmir is looking for
Pakistan Day 2019: a lost opportunity to focus on fault lines over jingoism
Jaibans Singh Pakistan observes its Republic Day on 23, March every year. Also known as Pakistan Day, it commemorates the Lahore Resolution that paved the way for adoption of the first Constitution of the country which gave to it an Islamic character. Technically speaking, commemoration of this day does not stand to order since the said Constitution of 1956 was abrogated in … [Read more...] about Pakistan Day 2019: a lost opportunity to focus on fault lines over jingoism
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru: The revolutionary legends of Indian freedom struggle
Jaibans Singh Saheed Bhagat Singh is a national icon! A martyr who has served as a role model for growing generations of free India and continues to be so! Many movies have been made on his life and times that are inspirational and poignant in equal measure. He derives his status from his identification of being a true revolutionary whose spirit gave to the Indian freedom … [Read more...] about Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru: The revolutionary legends of Indian freedom struggle