100 Years of Russian Revolution – III: Communism and Treason
[contextly_sidebar id=”NCQTSnD7BJZxJRiJvbwSDfQJwkmqFqQP”] When some JNU students raised violent and seditious anti-Indian slogans in the university campus on February 9, 2016, it came as a shock to many across the country. Some of the slogans were openly calling for India’s destruction, celebrating the absolute annihilation of India, like: More...
Sati and Atrocity Narrative for the Civilizing Mission
[contextly_sidebar id=”nVwJzIXjcxByz4glCwNHbRYD6UR6vGwO”] Colonial accounts of Indian Society created a narrative of “oppression” and justified the White Man’s rule as necessary for civilizing More...
Missionaries and the debate on Sati in Colonial India
[contextly_sidebar id=”eBWL193jr1eqjRNrR0EnysLd8SB4ovcL”] In the popular mind, sati was one of the ills of Hindu society that was abolished by the colonial Government on persistent pressure from British More...
The Battle over Historical Narratives of Chittor
[contextly_sidebar id=”mDZQshST3qurb4vgpvo05XOoITOXaxXs”] Apparently it has become become utterly “regressive”, “backward”, and “reactionary” to be proud of narrating a version of history More...
Why Jesus cannot save the converts
Christian fanatics zealously announce, “Jesus Saves!” In this article, I will decisively argue that Jesus is powerless to save the converts. Let us begin with an understanding of what free will and predestination More...
John R Searle’s The Mystery of Consciousness: A Summary with some Indian Perspectives
The Mystery of Consciousness by John Searle is available for purchase in Amazon. ‘Consciousness’ was in the ambit of philosophy and not good science earlier. As a mark of changing times, mainstream scientists More...
Is Farooq now down with Dementia?
Has Farooq Abdullah gone bonkers? Having reportedly undergone a kidney transplant two years ago, does he now need a brain transplant as well? Or is the three-time chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) More...
Who is Culpable in the 1947 genocide?
Official estimates downplay the toll of civilians who were killed or raped during the orgy of riots which accompanied the partition of India and creation of Pakistan in 1947. Probably, anywhere between one and two More...
Masters of Manipulation: Christianity’s Perception Manipulation vis-à-vis Hindus – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”Bb8PFCMfHkFx7BaI0rHkoS9hx7LHpEES”] This is the second and concluding part of a 2-part article describing how Indian Christian groups are masters in developing convenient narratives, More...
The Ignorance Within: How Hindutva Plutocrats are weakening the Intellectual Battle for Hindu Survival
Sri Ashok Chowgule, a businessman with shipping and other interests and sometime Working President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), has written a long response in Swarajya to my recent analysis of why Hindus More...