US Consulate in Mumbai interferes in India’s internal issues
The graphic below is an invitation printed in the US Consulate General’s name (in Mumbai) giving information about an event the U.S. Consulate General has organized on the 16th of March in Mumbai. The event More...
Christophe Jaffrelot allows ideology to defeat objectivity
If one wishes to have a cursory idea about contemporary Indian political life, Religion, Caste & Politics in India (Primus, Delhi 2010) by Christophe Jaffrelot is highly recommended. This book is packed with More...
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Jayastute Jayastute
Murderer, quarrelsome, pity hunter, these are some of the labels many scholars have conferred on noteworthy writer, thinker, and freedom fighter, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Of course they are countered with statements More...
Lutyens Durbaris equally stuck in a time warp
Good lord! Tavleen Singh is back with a vengeance against the RSS on an unprecedented scale. Of course, her venom is always couched as an “advice” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as to Mohan More...
Mukul Kesavan’s cartoonish sojourns
In the 12 February edition of The Telegraph eminent secular columnist Mukul Kesavan decided to share his wisdom on the BJP’s disastrous performance in the Delhi polls. The opening statement sets the tone: The More...
Delhi Elections: Return of the protest-happy Anarchist
Edward Murrow gave us the renowned quote ‘A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves’, which underscores what often goes wrong in a democracy which we perceive to be a ‘Government of the people , More...
Ramachandra Guha wants science to be approved by socialists
In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times, eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed More...
Have the Left-Liberals read Dr. Ambedkar at all?
For decades we have become accustomed to hearing the diatribes of many so-called progressives that Hindu society at large is responsible for all the woes that plague India today, and in order to achieve progress More...
Harsh Mander’s article on ghar wapsi conceals his Christian funders
In the 13 January edition of Hindustan Times, well-known social activist and former member of the Sonia Gandhi-headed NAC, Harsh Mander opined on the conversion-reconversion debate thus: Free India was born in a More...
Charlie Hebdo or the Nuanced intolerance of our liberals
Following the despicable murders of the cartoonists and staff at the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, many Indians have taken to the print, electronic and cyber media to show solidarity with Charlie Hebdo. But some More...