On the passing of the Ayyas
In the aftermath of the recent incident over attacks on Brahmins in Tamil Nadu, one can think of many things to say and write. One could write about the history of the Dravidian movement and its unique focus on reforming society by focusing on only one community. One could write about the popular notion of Brahmins as rich, upper-class oppressors and More...
Are Indian Tribals Hindus—Part 5
[contextly_sidebar id=”9PIGxu24kAR90miSqvnTehLFHFbqjpIy”] One must first understand what exactly Hinduism is in the first place. What needs to be thrashed out in detail is: what is Hinduism and who is More...
List of Indian Nuclear Scientists who died mysterious deaths
Homi Jhangir Bhabha The death of Homi Jhangir Bhabha, Indian nuclear physicist, in 1966 is regarded a mystery by many. Dr. Bhabha had died in an air crash after he publicly said India could produce a nuclear device More...
Narendra Modi stands between India’s breakup
Even the highly educated elites of the USSR, with immeasurable historical experience of foreign invasions over centuries, failed to protect their country from chaotic rout. And it only took two decades for the successor More...
Irfan Habib still searching for the Saraswati River
But a library shelf filled with contemporary geographical and historical research about the Sindhu-Saraswati [aka] Harappan [aka] IVC has been right under his nose for twenty-five years! In the 17 April edition More...
The roots of the discourse on Communalism
In times of communal carnage we see news channels beaming gory images and calling for shrill debates where in most cases less is achieved except straining tonsils. What is otherwise done is the majority is painted More...
Nehruvian Statecraft meant snooping on Bose Family
As records tumble out of the IB’s almairahs, there is a veritable helter-skelter in the house of the usual suspects. Those guilty have been duly exposed for the unpardonable crime they had committed against the More...
Are Indian Tribals Hindus: Part 4
Read the previous parts here. As already pointed out, the three aims of the insidious missionary propaganda are: a) to tell the tribals that they are not Hindus and have no connections with the larger Hindu society More...
Jihad in Kashmir promises Muslim crusaders heaven for occupying India
Had it not been for the fact that he was chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, just like his father and his grandfather, he could have easily been mistaken for a middle-aged but fit Caucasian guy working on the South More...
Mufti igniting dangerous fires even as the BJP naps
As they say if you don’t learn from mistakes, you are bound to repeat them. Back in the 1980s, Pakistan flags were seen during cricket matches in Jammu in Kashmir. From sporadic incidents that eventually grew More...