Book Review: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Fascism is a term of abuse now referring to any government or an individual in power trying to impose his values and views on the people without consent. Individual liberty is sacrificed for the cause of a supposedly greater good. Typically, by convention, by repeated telling, by reinforcement, fascism has been used as a term for referring to the extreme More...
Forgotten Heroes of Independence: How NCERT books are perpetuating injustice
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice- Mark Twain The sad truth in Twain’s words is nowhere more evident than the Indian historical discourse. It is undeniable that a select clique More...
Why I am scared of liberals
Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite once said, “I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being non-doctrinaire, non-dogmatic, non-committed to a cause — but examining each case on its merits.” And More...
Dholkal Ganesh and the Sad Tale Of Apathy
Fifty-six stone fragments lying forlornly on a blue tarpaulin. You can see the vermilion mark still on the part that used to be the face, as the trunk turns gracefully. A fragment that formed the large stomach still More...
The Growing Network of Pakistan’s ISI in India
The role of the Pakistani Military’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is being suspected in a series of recent train mishaps, especially since the Indore-Patna Express train tragedy near Kanpur on November More...
Alauddin Khilji and Padmavati: just who is afraid of History?
Several “liberal” columnists have expressed anguish at the recent protests against the director of the upcoming controversial film ‘Padmavati’, which is based on the historical saga involving the characters More...
Bollywood, Maoists and Lutyens Media: An unholy threesome
We woke up to two pieces of news this Saturday. The first: public-outcry on Sanjay Leela Bhansali for misrepresenting Rajput history. The second: of a 1,000 year old Ganesha sculpture in Chattisgarh being destroyed More...
The White Man’s Burden
A common reason widely accepted for the British adventures in India are the monetary prospects they found to realise from trading with India and more so by controlling/ruling it. It is also widely accepted at least More...
Aryan debate keeps on attracting silly politicos: A response to Shoaib Daniyal
In June 2015, Scroll.in published an article by Shoaib Daniyal on the Aryan debate, wherein he ridiculed the Out of India theory by comparing it with Intelligent Design or a Flat Earth Hypothesis. Here is a brief More...
Musings on Reason, Religion and Reform
A few months back, around Diwali to be more specific, we heard/read/watched all sorts of ‘concern’ about environment and pleas to ban firecrackers. Soon we will be again hearing similar voices, this time More...