Sabarimala – A Tark Vitark
The Sabarimala imbroglio has been framed as a gender discrimination issue. The side in favour of lifting restriction presents this as a clash between modern values and traditional patriarchy. My contention is that it hides really troubling issues thus requiring a clinical discussion bereft of emotion. I will use our traditional format of Tark Vitark More...
Why Babur Beckons Nehru-Gandhis!
Internet is a great forum. It allows us to probe many unexplored and partially explored events by joining the dots to arrive at the truth or rebut the falsehood. Unfortunately it has also become a source of false More...
Call for Muslim-Dalit unity: An Unlikely Prospect
Amid calls for Muslim-Dalit unity, the maximum noise for which is being raised by leaders like All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen’s Asaduddin Owaisi, it would be virtually instructive to read as to whether More...
Sabarimala, gau rakshaks, and the Smriti Irani-Kamal Haasan debate
Smriti Irani and Kamal Haasan faced off in a recent debate moderated by Arnab Goswami. The Hindu-baiting Kamal Haasan was, not surprisingly, easily decimated. Irani argued effectively on fighting terrorism and respecting More...
Ram Mandir- A Civilisation’s Sacred Space
A Hindu temple (mandir) is meant to be a consecrated place of residence of the presiding deity. It is not merely a hall of worship. It is the home of the Devi or Devata who has been invoked through Vedic rituals More...
British Reparations: Let’s ask for it
Even though leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji and writers like Will Durant had highlighted long ago about the huge economic drain foisted on India by their British masters during their rule, a discussion on India asking More...
Life of Savarkar -1: From Nashik to Andamans
Vinayak Savarkar was born on May 28, 1883, in a Marathi Chitpavan brahmin family of Bhagur village of Nashik, Maharashtra. Chitpavan brahmin clan had come into prominence a couple of centuries earlier, with the More...
Pagan revival: Why it is a nightmare for Christianity
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, seems to be on a crusade against paganism – the original and vibrant indigenous religions across the planet that Christians destroyed in the centuries past. In a More...
Evidence for Brahmanical Patriarchy; Cherry-Picked, Force-fitted; Missing?- II
In Part I of this article the methodological lacunae in the application of Marxist Feminist theories were set out very briefly. Given the extensive nature of the task, sustained scholarly efforts are needed for More...
Being a Hindu in India: The Agony and the Ecstasy
Blatant and continuous persecution over centuries defines the Hindus of India. The imperialisms created havoc to Hinduism; the colonials projected Hindus as primitive; and the missionaries tried to get the Hindu More...