Vikas Saraswat

Mayawati's hands-down approach and Amit Shah's social engineering have evidently trounced the SP-Congress campaign.

Lasting change will be achieved only with elimination of red tapism, tax reforms and full economic freedom.

All the angst after Paris attacks will be meaningless if the apparatus of global jihad is not dismantled thoroughly.

While state may attempt reformation of convicts, it also bears the burden of responsibility for the potential criminality of those who are released.

It is also time to ponder over the likelihood of a repeat in near future - as Advani fears.