RANBIR MANHAS

Political Duplicity – 1

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 23, 2020 Friends, yesterday I had promised to expose and explain the term ‘political duplicity’ installment wise. So, here is its first installment: To begin with let me say that there are many rules of politics but ‘Loyalty First’ is its golden rule upon which all the successful rulers […]Read More

370 Gone Sting Lives

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 3, 2020 A couple of days ago, I came across a write up posted by one of my face book friends from Kashmir. The National Conference leader, “Janay kahan gaye wo din….. 370 gone, statehood gone , Leh- Kargil gone, special status gone, reservation gone, top local officers gone, […]Read More

Modi phobia and Muslim Intelligentsia

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 16, 2020 For past few months, my posts have been drawing considerable criticism with some friends accusing me for ‘spreading communal hatred’. Their threatening comments suggest that they want to throttle my voice of conscience and stop me from writing truth, which they conceive as bundle of falsehood. However, […]Read More

Debate on Domicile Law

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 5, 2020 By replacing the existing ‘State Subject Law’ of Jammu and Kashmir with new Domicile Law, Government of India has hit last nail in the coffin of the State’s ‘Special Status which had sown seeds of separatism in the minds of Kashmiri folk. The new Domicile Law therefore […]Read More

‘Ghamsaan’ on Gogoi’s Nominatioon

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 19, 2020 Nomination to Rajya Sabha by Indian President of former Chief Justice of India, who has recently retired from his post has attracted sharp criticism by Indian Opposition terming it as a prize to Justice Ranjan Gogoi, for ‘favouring’ Hindus on Ayodhya land dispute. Needless to mention, President […]Read More

Democracy, De-freezing and Delimitation

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON JUNE 07, 2019 For past couple of days the most trending word has been ‘Delimitation’. Although MHA has yet to clear its stand on the subject daggers seem drawn to attack the ‘rivals’ as hard as possible. If debates on various national TV Channels on the issue are any indication […]Read More

Kashmir: Way Forward

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON May 3, 2019 Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed domain, this everyone says but ironically very few people know what exactly Kashmir dispute has been. With everybody devising his or her own explanations the ‘dispute’ therefore has become a matter of confusion and chaos! Historically speaking, there were 565 princely […]Read More

Why I say, Dr. Jitendra Singh will win hands down?

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 16, 2019 Ever since Dr. Jitendra Singh filed his nomination papers as BJP candidate I have been saying that he will retain Kathua-Udhampur Lok Sabha seat by an invincible margin and I have sound mathematical reason to say so. To begin with, let’s discuss this constituency in terms of […]Read More

Election 2019: Udhampur- Kathua-Doda Constituency

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 03, 2019 Now when last date of withdrawal of nomination papers has expired no doubt has been left about the candidates and combinations contesting elections for Udhampur Lok Sabha seat. This time however, whereas BJP has repeated Dr. Jitendra Singh, Congress, Panthers Party and BSP have replaced their candidates. […]Read More

‘Limited’ Dictatorship Need of Hour

BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 01, 2019 In olden days people became Kings through decadence. After King’s death his eldest son would become King was the accepted practice believing that it was the decision of the God hence no opposition. However, with change of time new practice of ‘selecting’ the king was evolved wherein […]Read More