A scholar suffers collateral damage

The recent row over the textbooks has a political agenda. And a respected scholar, Dr Kirpal Singh, who is known for a lifetime of work on Sikh history, is the collateral damage in this case. The scholar, who was rightly feted and honoured by the SGPC, has been editing Sri Gur Partap Suraj Granth, the magnum opus of Bhai Santokh …


How do you solve a problem like Trump?

He is a misogynist; so in love with his ideas that he does not listen to any other; doesn’t even read the ‘day book’ briefings presented to him at night; is prone to changing his mind and spinning his opinion on a dime; suffers from a siege mentality, regularly insults you and your colleagues and on top of all this, …