Pairokar

It is a historical fact that before independence the Congress Party was identified with Hindus and Muslims were with the Muslim League. Only a few Muslim leaders like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rafi Ahmad Kidwai were with the Congress Party.They were sarcastically called the ‘show pieces’ of the Congress Party by M.A. Jinnah. It was more or less true also because they did not have any hold over Muslims of India. What is, however, very surprising is that immediately after th e partition of the country; Indian Muslims switched sides and became the ardent supporters of the Congress Party. Ordinary Muslims of India were used as sentimental cannon fodders by the feudal and rich Muslims, who spearheaded the movement for creation of Pakistan. What an irony that Muslims fought for the creation of Pakistan with MA Jinnah but stayed back in India, which kept alive the communal problems of the country. The myopic Indian leadership not only failed to handle the communal problems but kept the...

Rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl Asifa in Jammu’s Kathua district are so horrendous that it can make anybody restless. Only a devil or monster in the h uman form could have done it. But look at those, who are most vociferously asking for justice to Asifa? They are those, who have been stone pelters and their sympathizers, rapists of Kashmiri women and killers of innocents, who are the loudest in their demand for justice to the poor girl. It is a well-known fact that nomadic Bakerwal community is very loyal to India. This community has been giving vital information to the Indian army from time to time about the infiltration of the cross-border terrorists. This community, of cattle grazers, mostly remains mobile in the rough terrains and jungles. Bakerwals do not stay permanently at any particular place giving them the advantage of knowing the movements of suspicious the people. That is why; they succeed in identifying the enemies where even the Indian military intelligence f...

It is true that love knows no boundaries, but it is equally true that there are many enemies of the true love. The biggest obstacles that have been coming in the way of the love of two adult couples in the recent years are the Chap panchayats. These Khap Panchayats of Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh wield enormous authority and influence, particularly in the Jat community. These Khap Panchayats not only decide the cases of community disputes but also take up the roles of cruel executioners. Such Panchayats do not have any legal sanctity, yet governments do not muster the courage to effectively implement the orders of the courts even if they come from the Supreme Court. Courts have expressed their resentments, number without times, on the crimes committed in the name of defending the honour of caste, clan or family and yet they are committed in various parts of the country. The Supreme Court has now come down heavily on those, who have been committing such crimes, wit...