Will Indian Politicians Ever Stop Using Champion Athletes For Personal Glory?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Fights over Sakshi Malik, PV Sindhu and Dipa Karmakar highlight the disturbing mentality of our political class.

It is said that history only remembers the winners. History may well be kind to victors, but there is one section of society which uses them like trending topics on Twitter or Google, shamelessly riding their popularity to draw attention to themselves.

How Pullela Gopichand Wants To Build The Future Of Indian Badminton?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Even in 2010, the man who coaches PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal was planning for that day in Rio.

Gopi has deep thoughts on his style of coaching and what we should be doing to take the country forward. He has maintained that each player must be treated in a different manner and that coaching schedules should be tailor-made as per the weaknesses and strengths of any individual. It is better to let Gopi articulate in his own words his take on coaching:

In UP, Can Mayawati Pull Off A Social Coalition That Includes Dalits, Muslims And Brahmins?

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

From bahujan to sarvjan

After months of lying low, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati sounded the clarion call at a rally in Agra on Sunday. She railed at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party, accusing them of exploiting communal faultlines to suit their electoral interests, but was almost silent on the Congress.

Olympic Concerns: Why Calls To Build A Sporting Culture Are Just Another Version Of Jingoistic Nationalism?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

It is little more than a cruel joke to suggest that India lacks sporting prowess because of the lack of a sporting culture.

We are about to lock up the largely empty medals cupboard for another four years. Small-town women and men will go back to their small towns, though some may manage a well-deserved escape from their generally hard lives through participation in the Olympics.

The Forgotten Past: Sir Syed And The Birth Of Muslim Nationalism In South Asia

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was the intellectual pioneer of the sense of community among Muslims, of which Pakistan nationalism is a direct outcome.

Pakistan nationalism is the direct outcome of Muslim nationalism, which emerged in India in the 19th century. Its intellectual pioneer was Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

Why Hindutva Doesn't Like Normalcy – And Seems Indifferent To Social Strife?

By AIJAZ ASHRAF | INNLIVE

The RSS wants to reorder Indian society in accordance with its worldview. An endeavour of this magnitude has to generate social tension and conflict.

Over the last 27 months, there has scarcely been a fortnight in which we haven’t had news of conflict from one part of the country or another. It would seem normalcy is anathema to the Sangh Parivar, including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, which has consciously triggered many of these conflicts.

Do Companies Really Need Multicultural Teams?

By NEWS KING | INNLIVE

While many companies are multinational, most of their top management teams are not.

While many companies are multinational, most of the top management teams in these companies are not. They tend to be dominated by executives with a connection to the home country of the company. There is a lot of attention paid to gender diversity, but cultural diversity often gets ignored.

Any Solutions For The Illegal Organ Trade Thrives In India?

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Kidney and liver diseases are growing in India. But the number of cadaver donations remains low.

On June 24, Mukesh Chaddwa died of kidney failure in Mumbai. His name featured in a waiting list maintained by Mumbai’s Zonal Transplant Coordination committee for people requiring a life-saving kidney transplant. The patients registered by the committee are allotted a kidney when the family of a brain-dead patient consents to donate his or her organs.

The 'International #LeftHandersDay': 'Let's Make The Way For Southpaws'!

BY M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

What is common between Amitabh Bachchan, Hugh Jackman, Kapil Sharma and Sunny Leone? Of course they are actors, popular, affluent and have a tremendous fan following. But the fact that they are left-handy is what binds these Bollywood and Hollywood hearththrobs in the most unique way.