VHP’s Open Letter to Aamir Khan
From the desk of Ashok Chowgule, Working President (External), Vishwa Hindu Parishad June 28, 2014 Dear Aamirji, Pranam, We would like to refer to your recent meeting with the prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi. We trust you recall signing a statement titled “Text of Citizens’ Statement”, signed by you along with 203 other people in March More...
Time to shed Emergency legacy
Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has rightly highlighted the “Emergency mindset” of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The mindset vilifies anything that More...
Narendra Modi’s first month: an objective assessment
A month is a very short period in the life of a government—especially a government that cannot be dislodged in less than five years. So, it will be premature to judge the Narendra Modi ministry after 30 days. Before More...
Hindu law and jurisprudence: a Primer
This piece is intended to demonstrate that Hindu or Brahmanic law is rooted in popular convention and practice. While it is a high textual tradition, it incorporates divergent folk tradition. Hindu law was never More...
Unrelenting US scorched earth policies
The final denouement of Iraq is proceeding apace. The sustained assault against Iraq and its people began because Saddam Hussein fell into a trap set by the US when he invaded Kuwait. The latter, a mediocre Anglo-American More...
Ideas to combat destructive NGOs
The Narendra Modi government’s campaign against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is welcome, especially because the previous regime indulged them to the extent of blind appeasement. However, it would be better More...
Romila Thapar’s return to eminence
India is definitely a land of surprise and shock. Nothing else explains the fact that despite a change in regime at the centre, the controversial historian Romilla Thapar is back in business courtesy Janaab Najeeb More...
Kanwariyas: Myth and Truth
All over India, an interesting phenomenon can be observed. On one hand, materialism is on the rise, and on the other hand, spirituality is also on the rise. Even difficult poojas, like the Chat Pooja, and arduous More...
How Christian missionaries use Dalits and racism to beat Hindu society
One of the ways in which Christian missionary circles bash Hindus is to use the theme of caste oppression as a still-existing form of slavery. Hindu polemicists typically react by highlighting the human-rights More...
Why Smriti Irani needs to introduce Sanskrit on a war footing
For Hindus abroad, depending on circumstances, knowledge of Indian languages is probably lost. In a few places, native languages are perhaps viable, like Hindi in Suriname or Tamil in Singapore. If Hindu families More...