🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:
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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:
Time, Terrain, and Duty. A strong quake has torn through eastern Afghanistan, killing hundreds and injuring thousands, with the toll still climbing. Mountain roads are blocked by landslides; helicopters are ferrying the wounded as rescuers race the first 72 hours—the thin line between life and death in disasters. What’s needed now is not rhetoric but corridors: a UN-coordinated humanitarian bridge for field hospitals, fuel, water purification, tents, and trauma care, with transparent distribution that reaches women and children first. Neighbours—India included—should mobilise airlifts and engineering teams while diplomacy quietly guarantees access and safety. After relief comes responsibility: quake-resistant rebuilding, micro-insurance, and school–hospital retrofits so geography is not destiny again. Tweets won’t clear rubble; logistics will. The world knows the need; the question is who moves fastest.
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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:
A Hyphenation India Should Refuse!! Sergio Gor’s elevation as Washington’s envoy to India—while doubling as a regional czar for South and Central Asia—captures the Trump doctrine in miniature: loyalty first, diplomacy later. Delhi has seen this movie; the Holbrooke episode taught India to resist hyphenation with Pakistan, especially on Kashmir. With tariffs biting and a hard-nosed trade agenda looming, assigning a part-time ambassador signals disrespect, not partnership. Yet proximity to Trump could, in theory, unlock decisions when bureaucracy stalls. The risk is a steep learning curve, tone-deaf forays into domestic red lines, and an impulse to “manage” India through Pakistan. Delhi should welcome engagement, insist on a full-time mission head, and keep guardrails explicit: no third-party role on Kashmir, reciprocity in market access, and strategic autonomy intact. If Gor can deliver clarity and restraint, ties benefit; if he freelances, expect turbulence. India should prepare contingencies.
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Rights, Order, and Mumbai’s Breathing Space!! The Bombay High Court’s order on the PIL against the Manoj Jarange agitation is a textbook assertion of constitutional balance. By upholding the right to protest within Azad Maidan, capped at 5,000 people and 9 a.m.–6 p.m., and directing the State to clear public roads within 24 hours while checking fresh inflows at the city limits, the court protects both Article 19 freedoms and the metropolis’s right to function. Humane carve-outs—unhindered passage of food, water and medical aid, prompt treatment for Jarange if needed—prove restraint need not be callous. With Ganeshotsav imminent, Mumbai cannot be gridlocked. The administration must now execute: traffic diversions, emergency corridors, and assured access to schools and hospitals; organisers must enforce self-discipline and keep hate and vandalism out. The message is plain and principled: speak, but do not smother the city.
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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:
Vande Mataram @150. A People’s Emblem!! One hundred and fifty years after Bankimchandra’s hymn first lit the idea of Mother India, Maharashtra is honouring it in the most fitting way—by handing the celebration back to the people. The public logo contest, anchored by the Skill Development Department, does more than seek a design; it invites citizens to shape a living emblem of unity, dignity and progress. Universities, Chanakya Skill Centres, and ITIs will host programs that take patriotism beyond ceremony into learning, craft, and service. A transparent committee and firm timelines lend credibility; QR-enabled entries widen access. District-level gatherings of thousands promise an inclusive, festive cadence leading up to November 7. Above all, the project reminds us that “Vande Mataram” is not a relic but a renewable flame—carried in classrooms, workshops, and streets. A nation sings strongest when its citizens compose the chorus. Together we rise.
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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:
Rights Without Borders!! Calling illegal Bangladeshi entrants “humans who have a right to live in India” turns compassion into a cudgel against sovereignty. The Supreme Court has already noted India is not an open Dharamshala; borders and laws matter. Yet a coterie of ‘rights’ activists and fellow-travellers flies into Assam to launder unlawful migration as victimhood, slandering enforcement as communal. Facts say otherwise: action targets post-1971 illegal entrants under NRC and due process, not Indian Muslims. Every illegal settlement displaces locals, strains land, water and jobs, and corrodes democratic consent. Human rights include the rights of citizens to security, services and identity. Uphold due process, aid the vulnerable, but stop normalising illegality. India’s hospitality is not a backdoor immigration policy; it is anchored in law. Mercy without order becomes menace. Activism divorced from facts and sovereignty is not virtue; it is vandalism masquerading.
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