Nalanda University is ailing at childbirth
September 1 2014 was a day of pride for the people of India, and specifically the people of Bihar as the Nalanda University, once an ancient international centre for learning, finally started functioning eight centuries after it was looted and plundered by Bakhtiyar Khalji around 1193 CE. The first session for the academic year 2014-15 started with More...
Bipan Chandra: When Party Line becomes History
It is wise and polite to follow the adage De mortuis nil nisi bonum meaning, “of the dead speak only good.” I believe that is the reason fulsome praises were heaped upon historian Bipan Chandra who passed away More...
Gauche CBI torments Baijal
The Central Bureau of Investigation’s action against Pradeep Baijal defies logic. The premier agency has alleged cheating in the sale of ITDC-owned Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel in Udaipur. Twelve years after he demitted More...
Debunking Hartosh Singh Bal’s Sikhism
Following RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that ‘all Indians are Hindus’, several famous secularists gave the expected response – ‘this is an attempt to impose majoritarian views on India’s minorities.’ More...
Behind the mask of the three hundred Ramayanas
Note: This is a translation of a November 2011 article by Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh in Kannada Prabha. Translation by Sandeep Balakrishna. There has been widespread and intense debate over A.K. Ramanujan’s essay More...
Cleaning the Ganga: Let’s not forget invasive species
Hindus across the world believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be able to clean the Ganga. Since the time of announcement of project Clean Ganges, many countries have offered their help to the Indian government. More...
The legend of King Hayagrīva
After the Great War at Kurukṣetra and the conquest of Hastināpura, Yudhiṣṭhira went through a phase of deep despondency. Given his pacific nature, he was immensely troubled by the violence he had inflicted More...
Business pays for politicians’ sins
American author and philosopher Ayn Rand called big business as “America’s persecuted minority.” But it is truer for industry in India than anywhere else, the recent observation made by the Supreme Court about More...
Attention Ajaz Ashraf: your “Hindu” guide doesn’t quite cut it
The article titled Attention Bhagwat, Swaraj et al: Here’s a guide to your favourite word ‘Hindu’(dated 26 August 2014) which appeared on Firstpost, was supposed to counter the recent statements More...
Media mischief over Z-plus security to Sangeet Som
When it comes to communal partisanship, the Indian TV media takes the cake. The blatant discrimination which some leading anchors practice against Hindus is a clear reflection of their own mindsets. Although More...