by Mahendra Ved | Feb 16, 2026 | Blogs
END OF AN ERA & A “MOTHER-IN-LAW DEAL” For many of my generation who witnessed the birth of Bangladesh — from far, near or from a vantage point — an era has ended—the nostalgia of 1971 — of the grim events that led to it through that...
by Mahendra Ved | Feb 9, 2026 | Blogs
ON MARK TULLY & INDIA AS NEWS HUB The death, at 90, of Mark Tully, just ‘Mark’ to those who knew him and “Tully Sahab” to millions across South Asia who heard him, ended an era. He was the most famous of those who reported on India post-independence. He was...
by Mahendra Ved | Feb 5, 2026 | Diaspora
Mother India’s Immortal Son Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja – Stepping Down Memory Lane These memories inevitably form part of any discussion of Netaji and the INA in Singapore. Possibly, Singaporeans, both of Indians and Chinese origin, have wisely come to accept...
by Mahendra Ved | Jan 26, 2026 | Blogs
A “WORLD OF MANY WARS” IN KALI YUGA Is the world in Kali Yuga? In Hindu scriptures, it is the “shortest and worst” of the four Yugas, supposedly replete with conflict and sin. Humanity is already embroiled in far too many self-created sins and 56 ‘active’ conflicts,...
by Mahendra Ved | Jan 20, 2026 | Governance
Tweaking the Prohibition in Gujarat? In Gujarat, the Western Indian bastion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his number two, Amit Shah, pragmatism is overriding prohibition, and ideals are being set aside, cautiously and gently, to introduce alcohol by law. But...
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