Pressure has been developing in the Himalayas along one of the world's highest land borders, with New Delhi and Beijing both blaming the other for violating the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that divides the two. The territorial status has for some time been questioned, emitting into various minor military clashes and diplomatic eyebrow-raising, since a wicked war between the nations in 1962.      Recently, top military commanders met to cool-off the rising political mercury levels in Ladakh. Indeed, even today, exactly what happened on the ground, in the exceptionally mobilized locale, stays indistinct because of the role of media. Media on both sides has focused on propaganda and warmongering that has hindered the de-escalation of the matter. Chinese media's broadcast of People's Liberation Army (PLA) moves in the locale -with planes and trucks loaded with troops - in what state media portrayed as "exhibiting China's ability of ...

               Click here to support Where is Sikkim?  Sikkim is  a state located in the north-east of India and is the smallest state in terms of population (about 671,720), in India. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the south, by Nepal to the west, by Tibet to the north and north-east and by Bhutan to the south-east. Its capital is  Gangtok and hosts the world's third highest and India's highest peak Kanchenjunga (about 8,600 metres). Nearly two-thirds of Sikkim consists of snow-covered mountains, dominated by the Kanchenjunga Massif. The Kingdom of Sikkim The Lepcha were the early inhabitants of Sikkim and they were followed by the Bhutia in the 14th century. The Kingdom of Sikkim was a monarchy from 1642 to 16 May 1975. Its official title up to the 1800s was Dremoshong. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal tradition and the religious and social ties with Tibet were exceptionally solid.    Its fir...

        Both, in the title of my post and in the current political situation in India, the "Centre” is not in the centre. And the reasons for that are many, but the most profound of them is the state of ignorance, that “Centre” is founding itself in. The leader of the “Centre”, of course is Congress. But INC is a bunch of ignorant and puzzled politicians (I am deliberately not using the word “leaders”) as they don’t know what to do and which way to go. I know some of you may think, “But that’s what centre does, it sticks to the middle and doesn’t go for the extremes”.  But that’s not the point, as Congress is right now like a fish out of water and is surviving on the nitpicking of the Government, lacking any substantial issues to come forward with. Wherever we see an issue raised by the others, Congress seems to pounce like a hungry desperate cat on it and spoils it for others also. Now, mentioning Congress alone in the topic can’t be called as fair means of r...

                मैं यदि ऐसा कहूं कि वीर सावरकर भारतीय स्वतन्त्रता संग्राम के सब से बांटनेवाले चरित्र थे, तो ये अतिशोक्ति नहीं होगी। अब मेरे इस कथन को भी आप अपने पूर्वाग्रह की चक्की में पीसेंगे और मनचाहा अर्थ निकालेंगे। कोई सोचेगा कि सावरकर के प्रति लोगों में अलग अलग भावनाएं थी और कोई सोचेगा कि सावरकर की राजनीती बाँटनेवाली थी। परन्तु में आपके मन में बेस पूर्वाग्रह को सम्भोदित नहीं कर रहा, में केवल उनके बारे में जो प्रमाणित सत्य हे, उसे अपने इस लेख  के द्वारा प्रस्तुत करना चाहता हूँ। सावरकर का जन्म २८ मई १८८३ को भागपुर में हुआ था जो उस समय बॉम्बे प्रेसीडेंसी में था और आज के महाराष्ट्र में हे, एक मराठी चितपावन ब्राह्मण परिवार(जो की खुद को परशुराम के वंशज मानते हे) में हुआ था। उनके पिता दामोदर पंत और माता राधाबाई सावरकर थी। उनका वास्तिविक नाम विनायक दामोदर था। उनका नाम विनायक कैसे पड़ा उसके पीछे एक रोचक कहानी हे। वेबसाइट  savarkar.org  के मुताबिक़ जब वो नवजात शिशु थे तो उनके सभी परिवार वाले उनके दूध ना पीने क...