Ayodhya Dispute- I: Fighting Eminent Historians
In the legal fight to reclaim the Ram Janmabhumi in Ayodhya, the discussion on Left Historians is a must. While the perception created is that the participation of these eminences was to add nuance to the subject, nothing is far from truth. When it comes to pushing and setting a narrative on Ram Janmabhumi, Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), Aligarh More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be-1
Like the story of the proverbial blind men and the elephant, India’s cultural history too has many narratives. Each is different and given to fierce debate. Most of us hold on to one point of view without having More...
How castiest readings of Holi trivializes the festival
I must confess that with the current climate of distinct Hindu hatred, my expectations of peacefully celebrating my festivals were misplaced. This year, with a charged electoral climate, a decisive mandate and favourable More...
Reza Aslan’s ‘Believer’- An Exhibit of Unconcealed Hinduphobia
From colonial times, Indians have been characterized as predominantly savage, otherworldly, uncivilized, and by implication, in need of ‘civilizing’. These long perpetuated portrayals of Hindus did not remain More...
Book review: NDTV Frauds by Sree Iyer
At only about 50 pages this book has done more to expose the cancer within the Indian media than the entire law enforcement authorities in India have ever done in history (1). In 1783, Alexander Dalrymple, a member More...
Rohith Vemula “post-truth” and the fetishization of Scheduled Castes
A youngster committed suicide, and he blamed certain groups for his despair and his taking the ultimate step. Apparently he was driven to suicide by the actions of this group of people. As soon as this came to light, More...
Secularism is a National Security Threat to India
Every year in the rainy season, frogs come out and try to say something noisily. Similarly, during elections, some seasonal frogs emerge into India’s mainstream and proclaim loudly: “Muslim vote is secular; More...
Book Review: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Fascism is a term of abuse now referring to any government or an individual in power trying to impose his values and views on the people without consent. Individual liberty is sacrificed for the cause of a supposedly More...
Why I am scared of liberals
Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite once said, “I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being non-doctrinaire, non-dogmatic, non-committed to a cause — but examining each case on its merits.” And More...
Bollywood, Maoists and Lutyens Media: An unholy threesome
We woke up to two pieces of news this Saturday. The first: public-outcry on Sanjay Leela Bhansali for misrepresenting Rajput history. The second: of a 1,000 year old Ganesha sculpture in Chattisgarh being destroyed More...