Pakistan: Historiography in the headlines
This excerpt is taken from the author’s forthcoming book titled, The Politics of Historiography in India. The newspaper article described below is written mostly by liberal Pakistanis, when each was asked to write an essay by the Herald newspaper which is associated with the Dawn newspaper, which was reputedly started in 1947 by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, More...
Mainstream media reportage of temple attacks: Analysis
Of late there has been a spate of news reports, articles, panel discussions and editorials on attacks on Churches in India. Most of these reports etc have been consistent in blaming Hindu groups for these attacks. More...
Rediscovering India: Need for a revised Historiography
Background: need a new historiography All areas of knowledge have to be periodically re-examined and rewritten in the light of new knowledge. History cannot remain exempt from this rule. History books in India still More...
The Kejriwal Saga: Evading punishment
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is indeed an inventive genius. The maverick leader of the shadowy political outfit has proven to harbour way too many tricks up his sleeve. A recent incident proves how he More...
Are Indian Tribals Hindus – Part 6
[contextly_sidebar id=”SVoCRMLZKHUxuJG4Gjm2xE4pnFaCHF2q”] What is Hinduism? In India, as in the rest of the world, religion was originally a tribal affair. Tribes in every corner of India, as of the More...
Understanding BIHAR’s upcoming assembly elections
The Bihar legislative assembly elections are due as the tenure of the current Legislative Assembly expires on 29 November 2015. It is pertinent to mention that the Janata Dal United (JDU), Rashtriya Janata Dal More...
Contemporary negationists of the Abrahamic doctrine
For centuries, the Abrahamic predilection for destroying all places and objects of worship save their own, generally inflicting either their religion on the Pagans and visiting gratuitous cruelty on the more recalcitrant More...
LAB is actually Land Acquisition for Development
What’s in a name? A lot it would seem. We have been discussing the ‘Land Acquisition Act’ widely over the past few months. However, there is a lesser known official title of the bill which reads thus: Right More...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Call for An Islamic Reformation
When an adolescent at school gleefully told me that the tooth fairy was not the one generously enriching my piggybank, and that it had to be one of my parents leaving the treasured coins under my pillow, I was shocked, More...
Distorting the meaning of Swastika
A student at the prestigious George Washington University (GWU) posted a swastika, which he acquired during his recent visit to India, in a residence hall. GWU president Steven Knapp has declared that since “its More...