Political Humbuggery, The New York Times, and Indian Shills
Is this possible too – that cow urine can tantalize the taste-buds of the readers of the venerable New York Times? It seems so, especially if it is garnished with generous doses of phrases like the “Hindu Right”, “Hindu nationalists”, “Hindus’ nativist pride”, etc. In a recent NYT op-ed, two Indian activists/lawyers have urged the More...
Church In India And The Politics Of Religion
Being born in a Catholic Christian family of Mangalore, I had to undergo all the religious dogma resulting from teachings and preachings. I was a fanatic Christian till my youthful days and hence had religiously More...
Countering the Idea of India camp: Insights from 19th Century Foreigners
Today, the mainstream dominant discourse on India and Indology revolves around what is known as “the idea of India”. Many books, academic papers and peer-reviewed articles have been written challenging the legitimacy More...
(South) Asians? Who? Us? – Astitva and Asmita
It has been another typical fortnight. Whilst the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO successfully launched its first ever “Made in India” space shuttle, the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD), , scholars, More...
Decolonizing India’s Education
India is witnessing a disparity in education between the haves and the have-notes, between the 20 percent, who study in English medium private schools and the 80 percent, who study in vernacular government schools. More...
Does ‘Varna’ provide a religious basis for the present Caste System?
Caste system and its accompanying discrimination and occasional violence have been the bane of Indian society. Even today, incidences of discrimination and violence have been reported from time to time, despite More...
California Textbook Controversy: ‘India’ not to be replaced with ‘South Asia’
Sacramento, California, May 20: In what may bring relief to hundreds of Indian American families of California, the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) that met on Thursday to decide upon the final stages of More...
Kargil and the Manufacturing of History –III
[contextly_sidebar id=”Mgin1FqHgad1s782C1hodCMbJoB9O7QM”] In Pakistan in 1999, the “war-like” conflict in Kargil was a powerfully relevant ‘real-time’ example of my scholarly research, as I was More...
South Asianist sepoys oppose ‘Idea of India’
The Caravan published an article titled ‘In California, A Debate Over History Curricula Has Brought to Fore Denials of Caste in the Indian American Community.’ by its copy-editor Aria Thaker on April 12, 2016. More...
Kargil And The Manufacturing Of History-II
[contextly_sidebar id=”jovmbKmY9GY76GXY4apfRvvEstVV4WVj”] The diplomacy bus was sparkling new as I rode from Delhi to Lahore in June 1999, our high profile vehicle had a military escort all the way from More...