Book Review – The legend of Parshu Raam by Dr. Vineet Aggarwal
क्षत्रिय रुधिर मये जगदपगत पापं स्नपयसि पयसि शमित भव तापं केशव धृत भ्र्गुपति रूप जय जगदीश हरे Destroying the sins of the world You bathe it with waters mixed in the blood of Kshatriyas. O Keshava, You More...
Language and Discourse: Why the issue is not merely about Sanskrit or English
With the rapid spread of English in India, most Indians are worried about the future of Indian languages, especially Sanskrit. It is also observed that learning is less efficient when conducted through a foreign More...
The Dominant Perspective
The reaction to Fidel Castro’s passing reminded how slickly, if not always unerringly, dominant nations advance their own sordid interests across the world through control of the narrative. Much like the magnificent More...
The Battle of Saraighat – Role of the Ahom River Navy
The Ahom dynasty of Assam managed to stave off invaders for upwards of four hundred years from 1228 to 1671. There were no more invasions after the Mughal invasion under Ram Singh was soundly defeated in the famous More...
Statement on the Draft Uniform Civil Code for the Indian Citizen
Editor’s note: Here is the statement released by Tufail Ahmad, renowned journalist and political commentator on the Draft Uniform Civil Code/Universal Bill of Rights for the Indian Citizen jointly prepared by More...
Book Review: City of Victory by Ratnakar Sadasyula
The City of Victory is a tale of Vijayanagara, an empire that dazzled with its riches and conquests and became one of the biggest empires of southern India in history. The book is written by Ratnakar Sadasyula, More...
British Colonization of India
[contextly_sidebar id=”wEVBLzBXoa3hurMR7L5LSVpfJrh3UOe7″] One of the main reasons for the Europeans to sail the oceans was to find new trade routes to Asia, especially, to India. The adventure was inevitable More...
Demonetization: The Ultimate Weapon against Black economy
The black money is a much bigger problem than what appears to it. It provides a fertile ground for all the anti-social and anti-national activities like illicit drug menace, prostitution rackets, human trafficking, More...
The Grand JNU Narrative
I arrived in JNU on a clear, balmy August afternoon of 1990. The subsequent 4 years I spent there, first as an MA then as an M. Phil student in Linguistics, were one of the most formative for a middle-class next-door More...
Book Review: Tunnel of Varanavat by Gautam Chikermane
The readers of Mahabharata would find its subaltern universe as fascinating as the main plot line of ‘Jaya’. The sermons on Dharma by the nameless housewife and of the butcher Dharmavyadha to a learned Brahmin More...