Dominic Xavier wonders why Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and his health ministry are not urgently addressing this vaccine shortage at a time when the nation confronts its worst health crisis.
With the lady's retelling of history, it is perhaps time for Narendrabhai's government -- which is already remodelling the central vista in the national capital -- to commission a fresh sculpture to replace Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury's famous Gyarah Murti sculpture on Sardar Patel Marg -- depicting the Mahatma and 10 other freedom fighters during the Dandi March in Gujarat 90 years ago -- with folks madam says got us Indians freedom seven years ago.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on B S Yediyurappa's resignation as Karnataka chief minister.
is puzzled by the politics of the COVID-19 vaccine. Will only Indians in states going to the polls get a vaccine shot? What happens to Indians in non-election bound states? When will they be protected from the pandemic?
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the latest political initiative to pose a challenge to the man who controls the electoral see-saw: Narendra Damodardas Modi.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the farmers's protest.
Dominic Xavier salutes the multi-agency teams engaged in heroic rescue operations after a glacier burst-triggered deluge unleashed Nature's nightmare on the people and villages in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
Dominic Xavier on how several nations -- including China and Pakistan -- have offered India help to deal with the COVID-19 Crisis.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Modi government's decision which offers relief to children who have appeared for these exams in the midst of the pandemic and their parents.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on 'Chatgate' and wonders how Arnab Goswami, the purveyor of allegations and accusations, will emerge from the scandal.
Dominic Xavier pays homage to the 20 brave Indian soldiers who were brutally murdered by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Ladakh's Galwan Valley on the night of June 15, 2020.
Will the Vaze arrest destabilise Uddhav Thackeray's coalition government which has been under siege from a spurned Bharatiya Janata Party since the day it took office in November 2019?
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Supreme Court rapping the Central Government failing to file an affidavit citing national security on pleas seeking an independent probe into the snooping row.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the renaming of the Sardar Vallabhbhai stadium in Ahmedabad.
IIn the first of a year-end series of observations on 2020, Dominic Xavier is still shocked by the nightmare that the lockdown wrought on India.
After the violence in the capital on Tuesday, Dominic Xavier wonders if the protesting farmers will continue their agitation against the contentious farm laws or whether they will return to their fields.
Dominic Xavier wants Prime Minister Modi to know that India needs Oxygen NOW! and can't wait for hospitals to be set up.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the home ministry's protection largesse.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on Budget 2021.
Dominic Xavier offers his cheeky take on Monday's event when government ministers feliciated the Tokyo Olympic medalists.
Dominic Xavier ponders the Vaccine Dilemma: Should he take the shot or not?
Will Modi and his government begin the battle against the second surge in the pandemic, which is now seeing cases mounting in BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, only after May 2, when the election results are declared asks Dominic Xavier.
Dominic Xavier pays homage to the design legend whose likes we will never see again.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Trump-Thunberg Twitter tussle.
Dominic Xavier asks if Umar Khalid's arrest is part of a fresh campaign to crush all dissent against the Modi government
Bess impressed in his maiden outing on Indian soil
Dominic Xavier wonders if Modi will impose a national lockdown to try and end the death and suffering that has ravaged our land.
Dominic Xavier offers his first take on UP 2022
Dominic Xavier is startled by the minister's claim which may seem delusional at a time when India is saddened and shocked by the scenes of COVID-19 patients dying in its cities and towns and when those struck by coronavirus struggle to find hospital beds, oxygen and medicines
Dominic Xavier congratulates President Biden and Vice President Harris and hopes they will make the world a better place to live in.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the plight of the migrant workers.
Dominic Xavier wonders if the rulers in Delhi will see the light, address the farmers's grievances and let them go home (though he doubts it).
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the issue and wonders why the government wants everyone to tow their line.
Dominic Xavier hopes the mutated virus won't lead to a second wave of coronavirus cases in India.
Dominic Xavier salutes every single person involved in making this miracle possible.
Left or Right, governments at the Centre and in the states want to curb free speech, sighs Dominic Xavier.
Will the Supreme Court take note of the case and ensure a respected civil servant is not punished for being in office at the wrong time?
Dominic Xavier wonders why the government wants to spend so much money on construction at a time when the money could be put to better use to address and alleviate the agony and misery that so many Indians experience each day.
Dominic Xavier wonders if the decision to abandon the winter session of Parliament is a harbinger of events to come.
Dominic Xavier asks why the government wants to control what we watch.
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