Temple Reclamation Movement in Kerala
“Great civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.” So concluded Arnold Toynbee, the great historian who chartered the rise and fall of civilisations he identified on earth. He stated that the response to the challenges faced by a culture determines their fate. He adequately explains that when a civilisation successfully responds More...
We, the Hindus – What the CAB Means for Hindu Civilization
On 11th December, 2019, the Rajya Sabha passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019. With this the Bill became law, as the Lok Sabha had already passed it two days ago. I do not intend to delve into the legal details More...
Decoding ‘halt the Hate’ Propaganda of Amnesty International
“Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience”. – Adam Smith What has begun in the name of beholding virtues of Human Rights protection More...
Is it time the traditional right to bear arms is restored in India?
In the India of today, there are a few loopholes in the state apparatus which are often exploited by certain criminal and anti-social elements. Especially when such elements have political support behind them, More...
Unholy collusion: Four laws that illustrate media’s infatuation with Muslim terrorists
Every time there is a terror attack, there is clear and extreme reticence in the mainstream media to disclose the identity of the terrorist if the terrorist is Muslim. This abject genuflection before radical Islam More...
Rejoinder to the Criticism of the Article on Pashubali
In the context of the article on pashubali in Tantra-s, there have been a lot of comments and email. Some were clearly from individual who were outraged, while others were of support especially from those who are More...
The Predicament of British Dharmic Communities
Dharmic communities in the UK are under unprecedented attack. The deep-seated racism endemic in British society has found sly new forms to express itself. The apparent racist animus towards Dharmic communities More...
Prize and prejudice: Why a lot of rotten people win the Nobel Prize
In 1964 when Jean-Paul Sartre was given the Nobel Prize for literature, the French author and leftist icon rejected the award, saying it was “an honour restricted to Western writers and Eastern rebels”. More...
A Case for Pashubali in the Light of Vamacara Tantra
Recently there was a judgment from the Tripura HC banning the ritual of pashubali in the famous Tripurasundari Mahavidya temple as well as all other Hindu places of worship in the state. In a series of such judgments More...
Hating India, not so cordially!
In over fifty years, I can only truly recall only one palpably warm and affirmative article in the British media about India. It was written by a former student of mine, the correspondent of a leading London daily More...