Understanding Animal cruelty: Why compassion to animals is not a cultural universal
Given that more than 10 billion animals get slaughtered every year, it should make us wonder what kind of an outlook, what worldview enables so much cruelty. Towards that end, I will herein be attempting a comparative survey of Indian and western attitudes towards non-human life in general and towards animals in specific. More importantly, we would More...
Book Review – The legend of Parshu Raam by Dr. Vineet Aggarwal
क्षत्रिय रुधिर मये जगदपगत पापं स्नपयसि पयसि शमित भव तापं केशव धृत भ्र्गुपति रूप More...
Language and Discourse: Why the issue is not merely about Sanskrit or English
With the rapid spread of English in India, most Indians are worried about the future of Indian languages, especially Sanskrit. It is also observed that learning is less efficient when conducted through a foreign More...
The Dominant Perspective
The reaction to Fidel Castro’s passing reminded how slickly, if not always unerringly, dominant nations advance their own sordid interests across the world through control of the narrative. Much like the magnificent More...
The Battle of Saraighat – Role of the Ahom River Navy
The Ahom dynasty of Assam managed to stave off invaders for upwards of four hundred years from 1228 to 1671. There were no more invasions after the Mughal invasion under Ram Singh was soundly defeated in the famous More...
Statement on the Draft Uniform Civil Code for the Indian Citizen
Editor’s note: Here is the statement released by Tufail Ahmad, renowned journalist and political commentator on the Draft Uniform Civil Code/Universal Bill of Rights for the Indian Citizen jointly prepared by More...
Book Review: City of Victory by Ratnakar Sadasyula
The City of Victory is a tale of Vijayanagara, an empire that dazzled with its riches and conquests and became one of the biggest empires of southern India in history. The book is written by Ratnakar Sadasyula, More...
Demonetization: The Ultimate Weapon against Black economy
The black money is a much bigger problem than what appears to it. It provides a fertile ground for all the anti-social and anti-national activities like illicit drug menace, prostitution rackets, human trafficking, More...
Book Review: Tunnel of Varanavat by Gautam Chikermane
The readers of Mahabharata would find its subaltern universe as fascinating as the main plot line of ‘Jaya’. The sermons on Dharma by the nameless housewife and of the butcher Dharmavyadha to a learned Brahmin More...
Demonetization-The Major Reset In India
Through notification on November 8th, 2016, all currency notes of the denomination of INR 500 (approx USD7) and INR 1,000 (approx USD15) have been demonetized by Central Government of India. Those currency notes More...