articles by Yuvraj Pokharna

Opinion

Chronicles of Bharat-Neeti: The India story in Modi style

Without a shred of doubt, Narendra Modi is perhaps the first prime minister to manifest globally the conception of India’s Amrit Kaal

Opinion

How PM Narendra Modi has come up as an ardent believer of Vigyaan

PM Modi has always been a steadfast believer in making Bharat self-reliant. He believes that science and technology can be used for public welfare and policy implementation

Opinion

Why Congress should limit its political antics to BJP and not train guns on RSS

This dog-whistling by the Congress against the RSS has never bode well for the latter as matter-of-factly

Politics

Gujarat Assembly Election 2022: Why Harsh Sanghavi embodies Narendra Modi's clarion call for young blood in politics

With the Bhartiya Janata Party’s commitment to youth involvement in politics, the stakes for the young politician are high

Politics

Gujarat Elections: Congress is silent, AAP has gained ground but BJP remains steadfast and indomitable

The ruling party's major electoral tenets of Hindutva, "double engine" growth, regional security, continuity in power are likely to remain at the forefront. AAP attempts to strike the right chords, including the "soft-Hindutva" jugular while Congress banks on anti-incumbency against the BJP

Opinion

Saffron Swords 2: Episodes of Indian valour against invaders

Book two of Saffron Swords contains 52 episodes of prowess, heroism, and gallantry of warriors from across Bharat against invaders, covering a time span of 1,400 years.

Politics

Gujarat elections: Congress busy in mollycoddling Rahul Gandhi ignoring approaching assembly polls

Congress de-facto supremo Rahul Gandhi, along with the Congress top brass, is busy with the much vaunted "Bharat-Jodo Yatra", the "padayatra". It carefully carves out Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, two poll-bound states, almost indicating a sweet surrender

Opinion

Hollow virtue-signaling: How AAP's approach towards Hindu interests is contradictory and dubious

The double dealing of the Aam Aadmi Party has been exposed several times, and yet, the greatest of holy sermons to the natives of this land come from those politicians who, time and again, never fail to express their innate and inveterate scorn for Hindus until the election approaches

India

Swachh Bharat or Modi@72: The Prime Minister for Cleanliness on World Cleanup Day

Shaucha is seen as an essential component of living a dharmic life and the Hindu texts have underlined its significance

Politics

The Delhi Files: Ambition, subterfuge and ignominy

Arvind Kejriwal ideologically stands for zilch, but his fluid opportunism has often worked for him

India

Abrogation of Article 370 was just the first step: Fighting entrenched jihadi mindset in Kashmir is the real battle

Today as we observe the third anniversary of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, we need to commend the Modi government for doing something which seemed impossible till it was done on 5 Augusts 2019

Opinion

Khalistanis baring their dangerous fangs again! Can Centre rely on Arvind Kejriwal to fight this menace in Punjab?

The border state can’t be allowed to go back to the eighties, and for this whatever is necessary, the Centre, in coordination with the Punjab government, should do

Politics

​Uniform Civil Code: One nation, two different sets of rules based on religion is an oxymoron

Without the UCC, India’s secularism/liberalism is a façade aimed at suppressing the rights of women, transgenders, and the weak

India

From 1921 Moplah genocide to 2022 Delhi riots: Why anti-Hindu violence has been a norm in India

Credible reports, including the CCTV footage, show that the weapons were distributed one day before the attack on the Hindu procession was carried out in Delhi early this month

World

How Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ narrative doesn’t hold much water, but don’t write him off yet

In politics, as in sports, one should never write obituaries till the last ball is bowled. More so when someone is as wily and opportunist as Imran Khan

India

Lavanya episode shows how deep the missionary rot is in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

A study released by the Centre for Policy Studies, a Chennai think tank, in 2016 revealed that Tamil Nadu was the most favourable state in India for the growth of Christianity

India

Why Raza Academy’s ‘peaceful protests’ in Maharashtra invariably turn violent and take communal colours

To understand the mindset of those running this Academy, one has to look into the exclusivist Sunni-Barelvi ideology