The Darkening Age: A Book by Catherine Nixey – 2
In the first part, we saw how the conversion of Constantine became a key event in the conversion of the Greco-Roman world. After the initial difficulties and persecutions, highly exaggerated by later writers, Christianity violently converted people by force or fear. During this destruction of the pagan world, many works of art and literature came crumbling More...
The Darkening Age: A Book by Catherine Nixey – 1
This is a powerful book which is surely going to set the cat amongst the pigeons. The author questions Christianity as an organised religion sharply; and the readers would want a scholarly counterview by Christian More...
Our Armed Forces Severely Handicapped When Fighting Terror
The latest terrorist outrage in Kashmir has produced the usual brouhaha in our ruling circles. The genuine outpouring of grief and outrage from the country’s citizens has cut across every social and political More...
Remembering Dharampal’s Seminal Contribution
Introduction Many Indians are familiar with the role played by Gandhi in India’s freedom struggle. But few of us know about the life and work of pioneering figures who drew their inspiration from Gandhi. One such More...
Ambedkar’s Thoughts on Indian Muslim Society and Politics
Mingling the Incompatibles: A Curious Attempt at Islamist ‘Ambedkarism’ It was last year when I was strolling about on the campus of my alma mater – Jawaharlal Nehru University – immediately before or after More...
Nurturing Kumbh in a Secular World
While Kumbh Mela may be the greatest show on earth thanks to its antiquity, diversity and sheer scale, it is also at odds with our times. The reason to say this is the widespread tendency to look for rationality More...
Shri Shri Shivakumara Swami – A Tribute
To write a hurried review, file a hasty obituary, to state the same platitudes across all media is to simply check a box on a checklist but, to step back and reflect on the passing of a great star that will continue More...
Gandhi As He Really Was: The Empire Loyalist
2019 is the year the world celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. A question does need to be asked: do the common people of the world really know this “man of peace”? First, let More...
Spirituality as India’s Soft Power
Spirituality is in all likelihood India’s most important soft power because it gives answers to the basic questions of human beings regarding the meaning of life, and most importantly, who we essentially are. More...
The Rafale Brouhaha– How Similar Disinformation Efforts Were Made in the Past
The relentless agitprop campaign of the Congress leadership, its pliant allies in the Indian Fourth Estate and in the rest of the country’s political framework has now reached a crescendo. It is evident that the More...