All stories by JYOTI PUNWANI
'Maharashtra Is Not UP'
Rediff.com4 days ago'Young people say they know all this emphasis on Hindu-Muslim differences is politically motivated.' 'If you stop watching TV and turn off social media, you'll find the situation on the ground different.'
BJP Made Muslim Support For MVA An Election Issue
Rediff.com24 Nov 2024In doing so, it further cemented the community's determination to support the opposition. But at the same time, it consolidated its Hindu vote bank like never before.
'Take Back Laadki Bahin Money, Just Stop Mehngai'
Rediff.com19 Nov 2024'We are happy that the money has come to us immediately after it was announced.' 'For once, the government did what it promised.'
Why Muslims Prefer This BJP Candidate
Rediff.com19 Nov 2024Will Hindus not vote for a Muslim candidate? Is that why such few Muslims are given tickets? Two constituencies in Mumbai break prevalent stereotypes about these difficult questions.
Tough Fight For Mumbai's 'Muslim Leader'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2024'In this assembly election, Muslims here will vote for one who works, but also one who safeguards their identity.' 'Their existence is more important they feel, than a faulty light meter. So yes, a Muslim representative will make a difference.'
High Court Restores Construction Workers' Rights
Rediff.com9 Nov 2024Justices Arif S Doctor and Somasekhar Sundaresan held there was nothing in the MCC that would interfere with the Board's ongoing activities.
The Messages From The Bahraich Riots
Rediff.com24 Oct 2024The way the Bahraich riot has played out should worry the BJP. The party has emboldened Hindu youngsters to such an extent that its MLAs feel the need to go to the police against their party members. Is this what the BJP wants, asks Jyoti Punwani.
'A Fearless Man Devoted To Truth, Justice'
Rediff.com13 Oct 2024'Every report I filed for Rediff.com on the professor's incarceration, would leave me wondering for days, at the depth of the State's malevolence towards this disabled professor, and his equally deep capacity to tolerate it,' recalls Jyoti Punwani.' 'No country in the world would do what our country was doing to someone so helpless.'
New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!
Rediff.com9 Sep 2024Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for two hours down 5th Avenue one of Manhattan's most iconic thoroughfares, reports Jyoti Punwani.
Kanwariya Order: Time For Rahul, Akhilesh To Step Up
Rediff.com20 Jul 2024'There is one way to defeat the intention behind this directive: To patronise Muslim establishments that have been forced to identify themselves.' 'This is one opportunity for the Congress to show that the 'mohabbat ki dukaan' its leader talks about does exist.' 'Can Akhilesh Yadav, who has asked the court to take note of this directive, order his party members to do this?' asks Jyoti Punwani.
Acche Din Coming Back To Parliament?
Rediff.com2 Jul 2024It was almost as if we were back to 'acchey din', when Parliament was a forum where two sides fought ferociously as equals. For that we need to thank Rahul Gandhi, notes Jyoti Punwani.
'It was a people's election'
Rediff.com27 Jun 2024'There was a strong undercurrent of deprivation, and also frustration against misuse of power and authority.' 'This election was an opportunity for the manifestation of this discontentment.'
'Modi-Yogi Rift Seems Only A Bogey'
Rediff.com27 Jun 2024'There might be some internal tussles that can be expected between any two persons in any party.' 'But I do not see any tussle which might weaken the possibility of dictatorship.'
'Fear Has Gone From People's Minds'
Rediff.com24 Jun 2024'Just today a shopkeeper I went to was saying how bad business is. He must have been a BJP supporter.' 'He finally said, "It's a good thing there's an NDA government, not a BJP government, 'they' had become too big for their boots,".'
Lok Sabha Results: Modi's Myth Shattered
Rediff.com4 Jun 2024The Vishwaguru who addressed the maximum rallies and boasted of being blessed with divine energy, who promised guarantees in his own name, turned out finally not invincible, points out Jyoti Punwani.
'I Can Never Give Up On Hope In The Judiciary'
Rediff.com29 May 2024'We were activists when we were students. It was as students that we were propelled to fight for justice. Neither of us regret that.' 'Where the country is now, more and more people should become vocal.'
'Modiji, Can We Survive Only On Rations?'
Rediff.com19 May 2024'Modi must see how we live, what we have to do to educate our children.'
'Tell Modi We Waited'
Rediff.com18 May 2024The MNS chief started his speech with the name of Nehru, then paused. After a few tense seconds, he resumed: "After Nehru, here is the only politician who will be PM for the third term."
'How Will Piyush Goyal Help Us?'
Rediff.com17 May 2024'We need a candidate who will do our work and fight with the authorities; someone we can hold accountable.' 'Piyush Goyal is not that candidate.'
'Shoma Sen Was Entitled To Bail'
Rediff.com16 May 2024'She had been in jail for nearly 6 years; the charges had not been framed and the trial had not begun.' 'Even if it began, it would take years to complete.'