10 Excerpts from Sheldon Pollock’s interview to Tehelka
The following are excerpts from an interview that Sheldon Pollock, currently the head of the Murty Classical Library of India gave to Tehelka some time in 2011. Videos of the interview titled “Sheldon Pollock on Hindutva and the Life and Death of Sanskrit” are available in two parts at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXhInNUVZ6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8WVyyyst8 Items More...
Census 2011: The Religious Imbalance Worsens
The long-awaited religion data for the Census of 2011 has not been published yet. But it seems that some journalists have been allowed to have a quick look at the figures. Consequently, many stories have appeared More...
Kejriwal’s shamelessness has run its course
Effrontery is in the air of the political arena but the guy who takes the cake hands down is Aam Aadmi Party boss and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. A year ago, he ridiculed the idea of Republic Day More...
Twenty statements from Sheldon Pollock on India, Hinduism and Sanskrit
The Murty Classical Library of India was launched with quite some fanfare recently by Rohan Murty, son of software czar and founder of Infosys Narayan Murthy. The Murty Library under the general editorship of Sheldon More...
Mr. Parrikar, don’t forget Sonia
The Congress’ tryst with perfidy is making it appear look more and more irresponsible and fickle. Its reaction to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s charge that some former prime ministers compromised India’s More...
India shouldn’t mourn a terror-sponsor
India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings. – Will Durant (1885-1981). American writer, historian, philosopher. The More...
Spectre of Islam haunts India
The statements by Hindu leaders and clerics about how many children Hindu women and families should have, has typically evoked sharp reaction from liberals and editorialists. Many of the statements made indeed were More...
For Leela Samson, hypocrisy is a fine art
The controversy surrounding the movie MSG and censor board chief Leela Samson’s resignation has once again underlined the fact that all efforts to control freedom of expression inevitably result in anomalies, More...
Pattanam excavations prove the myth of St. Thomas
What took place in November 2011 was neither a debate nor a discord. The venue was Thiruvananthapuram, at the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society (ACIAS), Indian Society for Prehistoric and More...