Nehru and Dharma: A Case of Cultural Unease
Indians, as a Rule, are a Reserved People We Indians love to talk, don’t we? I think, if there is anything we like more than a cliffhanger of a cricket match, preferably involving India, it is a good conversation. We talk everywhere, at tea stalls, in market places, aboard buses and trains, with friends, acquaintances and complete strangers. We are More...
The Indian chattering class and their Imran Khan syndrome
Back in the 1970s and 1980s when the Pakistani cricket team toured India the five-day matches seemed even more drawn out and dreary than usual as both teams, not wanting to lose, played it safe. Those seeking some More...
Book Review: Creating A New Medina by Venkat Dhulipala
Creating A New Medina by Venkat Dhulipala is available on Amazon for purchase. Partition of India is one of the saddest parts of Indian History and Freedom movement. Some claim that the idea of Pakistan was just More...
On the idea of United Bengal under Islam: The panic stricken past
Dedicated to those who are still drowned in the nostalgic and romantic idea of a common Bengali nation. When India and consequently Bengal was on the eve of partition in 1947, the now infamous riot architect Shuhrawardy More...
Surya Sen- The Hero of Chittgong
Revolutions all over the world have been a binding force behind the transformations and metamorphosis of societies. There have been myriad examples in the histories across the world that the undercurrents of changes More...
High Jinks That May Cause A Cabal To Collapse
History is replete with examples like the one that India saw on TV on the evening of Friday, the 20th July, when Rahul Gandhi, in a bizarre (almost macabre) display of immaturity tried to pull a fast one on Prime More...
If India had Sharia law, Tharoor would have become Tahir!
The Congress campaign for Lok Sabha has begun. As always, unfounded lies are being propagated. The latest is – India will become Hindu Pakistan if BJP comes to power again. The person who made this statement, More...
Imperialism’s Hindu Liberals: The Legacy that Remains
The British may have left behind a violently splintered India in 1947, and the Portuguese were finally evicted in 1961, but their “rich legacy” remains. Foreign rule in India has included a foisted narrative More...
Externment from Hyderabad of Swami Paripoornananda is grave injustice upon Hindus: Dr. Omendra Ratnu
On Wednesday, Swami Paripoornananda was externed from Hyderabad for six months after being kept under house arrest for two days. The Swamiji is a renowned Hindu sadhu and leader in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, More...
Rape culture of White Christian countries
Scope of the Problem Violence against women and girls are very serious crimes. They pose a major public health problem and are a gross violation of women’s human rights. The United Nations definition describes More...