Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian

In India, we have one policeman for every 1000 people, against one in 300 in the US. Bad communication system, obsolete arms and ammunition, lack of centralised data base and political interference make the police ineffectual.

As a nation, we have always displayed only callous indifference towards these soldiers who have fought to preserve the country’s freedom and integrity. History shows that only those nations survive who honour their soldiers.

It could not have been a more shameful ‘World tourism day’ for the Indians, that a German tourist was kidnapped from outside a plush five star hotel in the heart of Chandigarh and was raped and molested by six unidentified people.
Lakhs of tourists visit several parts of India every year. The Indian government may not [...]

YET ANOTHER brave man laid down his life while performing his duty. Delhi police’s most decorated inspector Mohan Chand Sharma’s sense of duty can never be forgotten by a true patriot. When the entire nation is sceptical of the response by the state machinery to terrorists, it’s the presence of such brave officers which provides [...]

Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an assassination bid in Rawalpindi as bullets were fired on the motorcade of the Pakistan prime minister. The Pakistan prime minister was on the way to Islamabad but escaped unhurt from the incident.
In the next two days Pakistan is set to elect its new president after former President [...]

From a moderate start to a dreaded terror outfit, the Students Islamic Movement of India has come a long way.
Though the theories attached to the shift in stance by SIMI are relatively old, Safdar Nagori, the most prominent face of the banned outfit, said in his confession statement before the Madhya Pradesh police that SIMI [...]

Every time there is a Blast, hundreds of innocents are left dead. Whenever there is an act of terror, it is the common man that faces the brunt. Here’s a story of a six year old in Ahmedabad whose family has been devastated in the blasts tragedy.
At the blast outside the Civil hospital in Ahmedabad, [...]

THE TERRORIST groups have waged a war against India. We have witnessed series of blasts in two cities of the country very recently. Our honourable home minister, Shivraj Patil took time from his busy schedule and went to see the victims in Ahmedabad. Thank you so much sir! Like his previous speeches he repeated the [...]

In yet another violation of ceasefire at the border, fifteen Pakistan soldiers went on to cross the Line of Control and opened fire at the Indian jawaans. One Indian jawaan and four Pakistan soldiers lost their lives in the round of firing.
Fifteen Pakistan soldiers crossed the line of control in the Nowgaon sector [...]

Sometimes, a single event can tell us more about the times we live in than an entire library full of sociological treatises. The Aarushi murder case is one such event. The responses to the case reveal the flaws in the institutions that we depend on: the police, the government, the media and the great Indian [...]