Author: Tejaswi Sharma

Victory City. In the wake of an unimportant battle fought between two long forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth century southern India, a nine year old grief stricken by the death of her mother, a girl by the name of Pampa Kampana, owing to a divine blessing becomes a charismatic representation of a goddess living for nearly 250 years, mesmerizing the kingdom, rather more accurately a feminist utopia by her magical spells and oratorical ease, although in due course she was consumed by the same later on. The book purports to be the summary of a long lost 24,000 verse epic poem,…

The inordinately famous, razor sharp and absolutely candid lawyer, Shanti Bhushan has passed on to the heavens at the age of 97, with sources reporting that he had not been keeping well for quite sometime now. His lean, slightly mustachioed, bespectacled frame was transformed into a force to be reckoned with after the 1975 case of Raj Narain Vs Indira Gandhi, which produced such ripples in the legal, political surfaces of India that it succeeded in barring Mrs Gandhi from contesting elections for 6 years. Raj Narain, himself a well proven, charismatic socialist leader, with the added distinction of being…

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be the chief guest at the 74th Republic Day celebrations. It is the first time that an Egyptian president will be coming to the famous celebrations. Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sent an official invitation to the president which was handed over by the external affairs minister S Jaishankar during an official visit to Egypt in October 2022. He shall be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including five Ministers and state officials, with a contingent that shall be participating in the parade. He has formerly visited India in 2015 to participate in the third…

Sensex and Nifty, the two prominent financial indices of this nation, ended Monday’s trade quite decently, with a burgeoning positive atmosphere around. Sensex The BSE Sensex, which jumped 500 points in the day’s high, settled 320 points at 60,942. The NSE Nifty, on the other hand, ended at 18,118, with an increase of 91 points. On the 30-share platform, i.e. Sensex, HUL, SunPharma, TechM, TCS, Infosys, and SBI were the winners while Ultra Cemco, NTPC, Tata Steel, L&T, Reliance, Titan, on the other hand, came out as the losers. In a broader sense, the BSE Midcap index rose by a…

In recent news, Shashi Tharoor has commented on the ongoing feud between Gehlot and Pilot by saying that while factionalism exists (yes it sounds very fancy like Mr. Tharoor’s famed vocabulary but it basically means when there is a conflict between factions, i.e. faction meaning a smaller group within an existing larger one) political parties do and should come together to pursue a collective cause in time of need Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, Tharoor stated-, “Are there any monolithic parties in India, do they not have differing opinions in the BJP? In a democracy, two people can have…

The socialist leader and former Union Minister, Sharad Yadav passed away at the age of 75 since being unwell for the past few months, when he complained of restlessness, was rushed to a Gurugram hospital where he breathed his last in the evening. The news spread like wildfire on Twitter where his daughter Suhasini Yadav tweeted- Papa nahin rahe which has garnered 17,000 likes since then. Senior political leaders, including our Prime Minister Narendra Modi led rounds with his condolences who rightly noted that his long career was marked by the sense of social justice and overall a strong leadership,…

Two men, who visited a dargah often in Delhi before committing crimes were caught last week by the police. Police received information about two men on the 7th of January who would enter the police station in Timarpur, brazenly in a stolen car. A team was formed to catch the criminals. At 6 in the evening, the police noticed the suspects getting down from a van, identified as a Maruti, and were proceeding towards the Wazirabad dargah. They were apprehended and from their possession, one semi-automatic pistol and four live cartridges were recovered. The accused were later on found to…