Krishnaraja Wodeyar III: the Cultural founder of modern Mysore state
Perhaps the Wodeyar dynasty is the longest and most continuous empire to ever rule howsoever tiny a part of the erstwhile Mysore state, now known as Karnataka. From 1399 when it was established by Yaduraya Wodeyar till 1947—that is, 548 years of near-continuous reign by a single dynasty is really an unparalleled feat. The continuity was broken only More...
Tell-Tale Signs of America Spying on the BJP
There is great hullabaloo in the Indian media about the alleged discovery of highly sophisticated bugging devices planted in Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence on Teen Murti Marg. Many media mandarins More...
A report on EPW’s advertisements
“The Intelligence Bureau and It’s not Very Intelligent Report on NGOs” by a former Union Secretary is a very interestingly written article in the “Economic and Political Weekly” (EPW). The article defines More...
A PRIMER ON ECONOMICS: RULES OF PROSPERITY
Different parts of the world have different degrees of prosperity. That fact is so obvious, persistent and ubiquitous that it is not the least surprising to us. It is almost as if it is an unalterable feature of More...
Sushma thwarts shenanigans on Gaza
By rejecting a Parliament resolution on Gaza disturbances, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has given a clear signal to the Opposition that the Narendra Modi government is not comfortable with the appeasement More...
Kulkarni, a peace maniac
If a man batters his wife every day but regularly delivers a discourse on woman empowerment as well, he deserves to be forgiven. If a pedophile runs a campaign for human rights, he should be accepted as a respectable More...
Rise of Dharmic faiths in the United States of America
According to latest data available from the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies- ASARB, are seeing an increase among the adherents of Dharmic faiths – that is Hinduism and Buddhism. The most More...
Islamic preacher learns Sanskrit to distort Hinduism
Recently, IndiaFacts came across a video which shows a Muslim scholar reciting verses from the ‘Upanishads’ to a large audience emphasizing how the ‘Upanishads’ speak of a ‘Formless Godhead’. He then More...
A PRIMER IN ECONOMICS: Prosperity
Economic prosperity is neither impossible nor inevitable. There are scores of examples on either side of the prosperity divide. From these we can learn quite a bit about what it takes to be economically successful. Prosperity More...
Narendra Modi’s post-Nehruvian foreign policy
The greatest thing about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy is that it does not have any pretensions of being great. It is characterized neither by the Left-leaning bombast and bluster reminiscent of More...