100 Years of Russian Revolution – II: How Communism Killed Freedom of Expression
[contextly_sidebar id=”04eH5RW1NiqXTdyyPwZA3co6BM4B1J8X”] In 2015, one and a half years after Narendra Modi led NDA came to rule the Centre with a thumping majority, a horde of so-called artists, authors and intellectuals started returning their awards in the protest of ‘increasing intolerance’ in India. Their allegation was that the More...
Galloping Growth of Madrasas in India
Islam is hell-bent on re-conquering India. Post-independence through Madrasa multiplication Darul Uloom Deoband has laid a formidable siege to India. The task was facilitated by secularism-doped Hindus swearing More...
The Ineptitude of the Post-Colonials: A response to Dr. Shalini Sharma
Dear Dr. Shalini Sharma, Your article ‘Hindutva and historical revisionism’ has been described as an “excellent piece” by Dr. Priyamvada Gopal, Reader in Anglophone and Related Literature at Cambridge University. More...
100 Years of Russian Revolution – I: Is Communism Compatible with Democracy?
[contextly_sidebar id=”C4rLgLM8a8l83BoV4c4KjaSUizS5r3fc”] Hundred years ago, on 7th November, 1917, [1] a revolution took place in Europe which changed the fate of entire mankind. It was the Russian More...
Pranavananda: Swami who revived Modern Hindu Nationalism
“The Hindus are not so much in need of ideas and ideals, as they are in need of strength, unity, organization, power of self-defence and a will for self-expansion. Ideas and ideals they have enough; they have More...
Book Review – Interfaith Marriage: Share and Respect with Equality
Interfaith Marriage: Share and Respect with Equality by Dr. Dilip Amin is published by Mount Meru Publishing and is available on Amazon. Interfaith Marriage: Share and Respect with Equality by Dr. Dilip Amin is More...
Indian Academia and its Colonized Self
The Self is Brahman, Speech is Brahman The Upanishads, some of the foundational texts of the Indic religious-ethical tradition, are replete with a profound humanism. They do not conceive the Divine as something More...
Threat of fanatic fatwas looming large in Indian Muslim community
Not long ago, Darul Uloom Deoband issued an edict (fatwa) declaring its ideological offshoot—Tablighi Jama’at—as “misguided”, “preacher of perverted views” and “misinterpreter of Quran More...
Titu Mir a freedom fighter or a Jihadist
[contextly_sidebar id=”lNqHElB0DSsl96EtzYqloygGm6uOnooa”] Titu Mir (1782–1831) is eulogized in Bengali children’s literature as a brave freedom fighter who dared to stand up against the British More...
Book Review: Black Money and Tax Havens by R Vaidyanathan
“Black Money and Tax Havens” by R Vaidyanathan can be purchased from Amazon. The subject of black money, and tax havens that act as conduits for such black money, has been the topic of intense fascination More...