The Genocide That was Never Told: New Book documents suffering of Bangla Hindus
Editor’s Note: ‘The Genocide That Was Never Told‘ by Vinayaka Bhatta, Rohith Chakrathirtha, and Vrushanka Bhat documents stories of Jihad on Bangla Hindus and their migration into India. The book is originally written in Kannada titled ‘Utta Batteyalli Horatu Bandavaru‘ and has been translated into English by Praveen More...
Savarkar’s Hindu Militarisation Drive: Myths and Facts
Amongst many allegations levelled by the critics against Savarkar, the following two are most prominent: Savarkar “apologised” to the British and consequently turned into a “British agent” as part More...
The Big Scandal of Indology
Imagine this: While traveling through a foreign land, you find an announcement of a public lecture about your country at your hotel. Being free that afternoon and feeling nostalgic for home, you and your spouse More...
Chhatrapati Shivaji vs Afzal Khan: Pratapgad,1659
If there is a single episode that one can imagine and understand as to why Chhatrapati Shivaji is considered such a great persona, then it would be the killing of Afzal Khan. The Pratapgad campaign is much more More...
Wonders, Mysteries and Misconceptions in Indian Astronomy – IV
In the previous article we read about a rather peculiar puzzle, namely, the fact that the greatest technical works of Indian astronomy are all attributed to divine origin, having no professed human authors. In More...
Reconceptualising Gandhari: An Interview With Aditi Banerjee
“In this insightful and sensitive portrayal, Aditi Banerjee rescues Gandhari from being reduced to a mere symbol of her blindfold. She builds her up, as Ved Vyasa did, as an unconventional heroine of great strength More...
Book Review: Natural Realism and Contact Theory of Perception by Chittaranjan Naik
Natural Realism and Contact Theory of Perception by Chittaranjan Naik has been published by Indic Academy and is available on Amazon. I would caution the reader to not be intimidated by the title of the book, More...
Reconceptualizing India Studies by S N Balagangadhara: Rethinking of Indian Colonial Narratives- IV
In the last chapters, SN Balagangadhara takes up the extremely vital contemporary issue of secularism in the Indian context. By taking the example of religious conversion, he shows the amount of stress the state More...
A maharathi without a rath: the meaning of being Koenraad Elst
Koenraad Elst has coined two evocative terms to help understand Indian socio-political situation: ‘Negationism in India’ and ‘Decolonizing the Hindu mind’. These are also the names of his two most important More...
Busting the Myth: Did Savarkar “apologise”?
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar has remained a controversial figure of Indian politics. In recent times though, the attempts of his vilification have intensified. Much is made of his clemency petitions, often called “apology More...