Secularism: the Most Abused “privilege” of Indian Constitution
Partition of India happened on religious lines beyond any shadow of doubt. So, why is it that we choose to remain a secular country while our counterpart nation, Pakistan, never bothers about it? This is for the simple reason that cultural ethos of our civilization which are essentially based on religions of Indian origin (Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, More...
Chief of Defence Staff- PM’s Welcome Initiative May Yet Be Stymied by the Babus
The Prime Minister’s announcement of the Government’s decision to implement a much-needed (and much-delayed) reform in the country’s defence management structure was welcome news indeed. The fact that he More...
Bilderberg Conference: A shadowy group pushing Western domination
For 66 years the Bilderberg Conference, an unofficial conclave of the Western world’s 100 most powerful people, has been meeting in secluded places under a complete media blackout. Invitees usually are from business, More...
Checkmate Article 370!
Removing Article 370 looked unthinkable to all previous administrations because of domestic and international complications. This is an analytical look at threading together some well-known events from various More...
An Indian Classics Curriculum
Higher education around the world is facing a crisis. Students are caught between the ever increasing cost of tuition and the permanent loss of jobs due to automation and AI. Several things are being considered More...
Dhenu and Vrishabha as symbols of Dharmic Environmentalism
Introduction “If anthropocentricity with respect to ecological problems is the problem – envisioning the universe as a Dharmic system, in which we are instigated to be unselfish, is the answer” observed More...
India’s List of Untouchables: Getting Pruned Slowly but Surely in Recent Days
Some very important developments in the last few weeks have prompted me to think that the Indian list of untouchables and untouchabilities may be getting pruned after all these decades. Indeed, there springs a More...
Scrapping Article 370: Why nobody bought the media narrative on Kashmir
India’s military reinforcements in Kashmir over the past week resulted in a lot of scaremongering regarding the consequences of revoking Article 370. This highly controversial law – which conferred unconstitutional More...
Dogma: The German Refugee Crisis
The word ‘dogma’ is of Greek origin, in which it meant settled opinion or tenet. The word is also etymologically related to the word doctrine. Despite having migrated from Greek via various other Romance language More...
Caste 101 and the curious case of the Left-Liberal
Sample this: Suresh (SC) enters a work space where a number of women are working. The women are a mixture of Paraiyars (SCs), Gounders (BCs) and Mudaliars (FCs). Note also that all these women are sitting together More...