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Five justices bench of Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and comprising justices SA Bobde, Ashok Bhushan, DY Chandrachud and S Abdul Nazeer, gave a landmark verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi on November 9, 2019.
A dispute that was standing for a long time got its resolution now. A lot of lives have been lost. On 30th October and 2nd November for example, hundreds and some say thousands of Hindus were shot down in cold blood by the Mulayam Singh government and the dead were thrown into the Saryu river in sacks. Such has been the intolerant humiliating subjugation of Hindus by those who were either from the minority community or aligned to it.
But what is most interesting is that the modern-day action at Babri Masjid occurred on November 30th, 1858. That was when a group of Sikhs went into the Babri Masjid to do Ram naam jaap and havan. A Mohammad Asghar filed the first FIR with respect to Babri Masjid and Ram Janmabhoomi issue. The issue was closed by the eviction of the Sikhs from Babri Masjid on November 30th, 1858.
First FIR filed in Ayodhya issue on November 30th, 1858 against Sikhs
That urge to recognize and consecrate the place where one of the greatest icons of Indian civilization, Ram, was born, had been burning in the hearts of those who held him high for centuries now. Not just in the hearts of who are now called (and often derided by the so-called Secular media as) “Bhakts”, but also those who chose to follow the footsteps of the Sikh Gurus. Gurus, who always held Krishna, Shiva and Ram above all beings who walked this geography.
The pain, humiliation and the injustice that came with the desecration and demolition of so many consecrated spaces in India has remained far too long, as Ayodhya’s first FIR shows. It was time now to free India of this scourge finally.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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