By Likha Veer | INNLIVE
A manifesto is generally defined as ‘a published declaration of the intentions, motives or views of an individual, group, political party or government whosoever issues it’. (Election Commission of India (ECI) 2013) Manifestos are employed by ideological movements to explain in detail ‘the rationale behind, the goals of, and the prognosticated path of, the movement.’
The Oxford dictionary defines manifesto as ‘a public declaration of the policy and aims of a group such as political party’. Election manifestos are of different genre with different set of purposes. ‘The election manifesto normally contains the declared ideology of the political party concerned in general and its policies and programmes for the Country/State and people at large.
By M H Ahssan | INNLIVE
SPECIAL REPORT The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Pravin Togadia has said things that threw the Narendra Modi narrative off, but only for a couple of days. Togadia gave a neighbourhood gathering in Bhavnagar a few tips on how to get rid of a Dawoodi Bohra who bought a property in their area.
One way was to do what had been done in others parts of Gujarat, which is to declare the area disturbed. The other way was just to muscle in and kick the occupants out. They could be kept out, Togadia said, through fear, and this was done with the help of the Bajrang Dal, the lumpen end of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
By Mahesh Mahtolia | Delhi
In today's scenario, this question is not out place. How relevant is the Left today? Looking outside of India, The Erstwhile Communists are flourishing only in China and Cuba, to count the few last bastions of Leftism. To say it is a dying concept would not be untrue.
The Left was dealt its death blow with the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, which led to its defeat in the Cold War. That was more than 20 years ago. Since then, Communism carries on in just a few small pockets other than China.
By Sohraab Wajid | INNLIVE
SPECIAL FEATURE Muhammad Ali. Pete Sampras. Andre Agassi. Dhanraj Pillay. Sachin Tendulkar. What is it about sport and its romance with legends? In each and every sport played around the globe, there exists this mythical subtype. A whole genre of its own. The legends of the game – whose feats are replayed endlessly, who are talked about in bated breaths, who are treated reverentially… those who have perhaps come to define the very sport they play.
By Rekha Jaiswal | INNLIVE
INSIGHT PERSPECTIVE Ever since I have come back from Mangalagiri, the temple town located 11 kilometres from the city of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh that is best known for producing wonderful handloom saris, I have a new respect for the talents of the hardworking weavers who bring to life intricate designs and rich colours of the Mangalagiri sari. It is not the prices of the saris that I remember, but the sweat and labour that goes into making them. I can clearly recall the vivid image of Sivaramakrishna sitting at his pit loom making a deep magenta-hued sari. “I have been doing this for 40 years,” he told me with a smile, “I weave one sari in two days and get paid Rs 300 per piece.”
By Ifteqar Mohammed | Delhi
Election watchers in Pakistan realise that much would depend on the extent of the BJP’s mandate and who its allies would be in an expected coalition government.
Pakistanis have been watching the election scene in India with considerable trepidation. The intellectual elite and some sections of the media are aware that détente has progressed better whenever strong leadership has existed in both countries. However, an almost visceral dislike of Narendra Modi seems to blur perspectives, not only on account of the 2002 Gujarat riots but also in expectation of a turn towards ultra-nationalism, accompanied by chest-thumping, anti-Pakistani belligerence and a revival of Hindutva politics.
By Saud Al Ashraf | Jeddah
BREAKING NEWS The Haj Ministry proposed to impose cancellation on holy mini-pilgrimage Umrah due to MERS infection spread across the pilgrim cities Makkah and Madinah.
According to the sources in ministry received cancellations for Umrah reservations in the wake of the coronavirus, said Abdullah Marghalani, undersecretary at the Haj Ministry and general director of the ministry’s Jeddah branch.
“We take directives solely from the Saudi Health Ministry, the only official body responsible for issuing health advice for the pilgrimage,” he said. “We do not take into account rumors circulating on social networking sites.”
By Sridhar Kumar | Singapore
BREAKING NEWS Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan, the underworld gangster who was critically ill and was shifted in the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) of a Singapore hospital two days ago might have succumbed to the multi-organ failure. Sources reveal rival gangs of Rajan which comprises of D Company, Ravi Pujari, Hemant Pujari and the friction groups who once reported to Rajan, have started spreading the news about the critically ill gangster's death in the hospital.
Though the Intelligence sources, reveal that Rajan suffered from kidney ailments from last 9 years, and was under going dialysis in mid seas when his condition deteriorated two days ago and remains to be very critical.
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