What does it mean to be Ramachandra Guha?
And so Mr. Ramachandra Guha reminds us yet again of the truth in the proverb that a writer is known by the enemies he makes, in this op-ed in the Hindustan Times. Throughout the op-ed, Mr.Guha attempts to rebut an article published in the RSS mouthpiece the Organiser which speaks of Indianising the nation’s education system. Apart from repeating More...
Comrade Yechury’s unyogic poses
More than 150 countries around the world may have wholeheartedly supported the celebration of International Yoga Day, but our very own communist Sitaram Yechury – unable to digest the global celebration of an More...
Reviewing Stereotypes of India’s Medieval Political History – 1
The typical narrative of political history or Hindu-Muslim encounters would say India saw “thousand years of slavery”, that Hindu kings lost to invaders because of “lack of unity and infighting” and so on. More...
Analysis of mainstream media’s coverage of International Yoga Day
Yoga enthusiasts across the globe are gearing up for International Yoga Day, which will be celebrated on 21 June. To mark the occasion, cities across the world are organizing Yogathons, and offering free classes More...
Yoga has a religion: it is Hinduism
My immediate response to the assertion that ‘Yoga has no religion’ is a flat denial. Because I know Yoga, Yoga is a friend of mine and I can truthfully attest to the fact that Yoga does indeed have a religion. More...
Dear APSC worthies: Here is what Ambedkar really said
In the wake of the recent IIT Madras controversy, we are witnessing the unfortunate phenomenon of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s august name being dragged in for petty political gains—from the Nehru-Gandhi scion of the More...
Dharma, not Wing politics should guide India
The story goes that the terms Right wing (RW) & Left wing (LW) were first used in the French Parliament soon after the bloody revolution. The right-wingers were cultured, mostly rich and more importantly, didn’t More...
Veer Savarkar: Myths and Truths
Today marks the one thirty second birth anniversary of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the man who coined the term Hindutva, the much maligned word in Indian socio-political discourse. It has been almost five decades More...
Evangelists dub Yoga a Dark Art
A famous verse of the New testament (from Luke 23:34) goes something like “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Those words were said to be uttered by Jesus when he was More...
Dear Heather Timmons: Duh!
Many people have said many things about Modi@one, both positive and negative, about what he has accomplished, and whether they are disappointed in him or happy or whatever. Most of this was predictable, depending More...