Category: India

On 22/9/2022 Supreme Court concluded hearings in Karnataka hijab case and reserved its judgment.  Some Muslim female students wanted to wear hijab in class rooms.  That led to some Hindu male students wearing saffron shawls.  There were agitations.  Karnataka government then put restrictions on wearing hijab and saffron shawls in class rooms. The matter went…

BJP is engaged in Operation Extermination i.e., elimination of every other political party.  It is different from Operation Lotus where BJP wanted some MLAs to defect so it can form government or strengthen its government when it did not have sufficient MLAs and had to depend on allies. In Goa, BJP had 20 MLAs.  It…

Rule of two Elizabeths and Two Marys ended in two days.  Elizabeth II died on 8/9/2022. Elizabeth II became Queen on 6/2/1952 and was crowned on 2/6/1953.  Her Coronation Oath was in the form of questions and answers.  Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, asked questions.  Elizabeth II answered.  One question was about her territories….

Two Elizabeths rule UK. One is Queen Elizabeth II.  Second is Mary Elizabeth Truss, popularly known as Liz Truss. Elizabeth II was born on 21/4/1926.  Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor.  She became queen on 6/2/1952.  Many European royals who became monarchs after her abdicated in their old age.  Elizabeth II has no…

On 26/8/2022 Ghulam Nabi Azad quit Congress. His letter to Sonia Gandhi was long.  He mentioned his long association with Congress and the posts he held beginning with Block Secretary General in 1973. He was a minister in Congress governments from 1982 to 2014.  He was Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha for seven years….

Ancestry and genealogy are fascinating subjects.  Many people want to know their ancestry.  Many undergo DNA tests to confirm what they know.  Sometimes there are surprises with shock and disbelief. Tests show father is not biological father.  Husband and wife are related as first cousins or some other way. One man at 73 found out…

On 16/8/2022 Chinese ship Yuan Wang 5 docked at Hambantota, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).  China says it is a research ship.  India says it is a spy ship.  India had opposed its arrival there.  It was to arrive there on 11/8/2022.  Due to India’s opposition Ceylon did not allow it to come.  China was not happy….

On 9/8/2022 there were two closing ceremonies.  First one was of Commonwealth Games 2022 at 12.30 a.m. in Birmingham.  It was 8/8/2022 in England.  Second one was of Chess Olympiad 2022 at 8 p.m. in Madras officially known as Chennai.  Madras is Tamil.  It comes from Madraspatnam.  Chennai is Telugu.  I like historical names like…

On 21/7/2022 as the counting of votes in Presidential election was going on TMC announced it will not support Opposition candidate Margaret Alva in Vice Presidential election. It will abstain. TMC’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said the process of choosing her was not right.  There was no proper consultation.  BJP VP candidate Jagdeep Dhankar as…

Shiv Sena had been Bal Thackeray family property. Uddhav Thackeray took over the party after the death of his father.  His hold on Shiv Sena is under threat. Eknath Shinde revolted with two thirds of Shiv Sena MLAs in Maharashtra.  He had BJP’s support.  He unexpectedly became CM when it was expected that Devendra Fadnavis…