Ramachandra Guha wants science to be approved by socialists
In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times, eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed More...
The Religious Crusades of the CIA
Among the murkier chapters in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, the attempt to destabilize societies around the world using religion warrants attention. Allen Dulles, who headed the CIA in its early More...
Why Murti-puja is an antidote to fundamentalism
Forgive me, Oh, Shiva, my three paap! I came on a pilgrimage to Kashi forgetting that you are omnipresent. In thinking about you I forgot that You are beyond thought. In praying to You I forgot that You are beyond More...
An Open Letter to Sri Rohan Murthy
Dear Sri Rohan Murthy, I read with interest your article on DailyO explaining why you funded Harvard to start and run the Murty Classical Library. I shall be honest and blunt to a fault without meaning any disrespect. More...
In defence of ordinance raj
Everybody in the Opposition and many among opinion makers are bemoaning the slew of ordinances that the Narendra Modi government has come up with. The fact that the ordinances are aimed at kick-starting economic More...
The Case for reform of Islam in India
Speaking about the risk of a likely lone wolf attack in India, Maharashtra state police chief Sanjeev Dayal told a newspaper in January: “we had this case where this man wanted to go to a school in Bandra More...
How Evangelism made Andhra an economic, cultural and spiritual ruin
The first thing I wanted to do when I got a decent job was to connect to my native roots, basically a small village in the heart of Andhra Pradesh. These were the times when a Christian Y.S Rajashekhar Reddy (YSR) More...
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism: A Review
A major and long-awaited project has been brought to completion. The 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism, with a foreword by Dr. Karan Singh, is the brainchild of the India Heritage Research Foundation and Swami More...