The Tragic Story of Dhaara Nagara
Dhar or Dhara Nagara was the capital of Malwa. Raja Bhoja, the legendary Paramara king of the 11th century had made Dhara the capital of Malwa. Bhoja was an extraordinary genius–a great scholar, an accomplished poet, a polymath, a philosopher, a consummate warrior and a great ruler. His extensive and erudite writings—84 in all—cover such diverse More...
A young man of 30 dressed in a silk robe…
On January 12th, 2013, it was 150 years that Swami Vivekananda was born. He needs no introduction. His is a household name in India and he is also well known in the west. The yearlong celebrations remind me that More...
Sagarika Ghose wants to Rewrite the Purusha Sukta
Noted Indian journalist and TV news anchor Sagarika Ghose in her blog, Bloody Mary, asserts that caste-system in India is not just a social arrangement, but a hierarchical system that is sanctified by Hinduism itself. More...
Why a Non-Indian, Non-Hindu is Building the Shivaji Museum of Indian History
I had just completed my 18th year and I was living in Paris, France, the city of my birth, when I heard that a caravan of cars was driving from Paris to Pondicherry. I had never heard of India, but something in More...
Media has more freedom in India: Shinde
Assertion: Speaking at a function in Butibori near Nagpur, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde claimed that the print, electronic and social media in India has more freedom as compared to the West. Facts: The More...
The difference between Dharma Yuddha and Jihad
Introduction Many people from very diverse quarters say that all religions have a concept of “holy war”. In this, at least, they are all equal. Thus, the recent cases of self-defence against Muslim attacks by More...
Aamir Khan's Unreleased Movie Insults Hindu Gods
Incident: Aamir Khan’s under-production movie titled PK, directed by Rajkumar Hirani has a scene in which a man dressed as Lord Shiva [is] pulling a rickshaw in which two burqa-clad women were sitting. Facts Here More...
Violence Does Indeed Pay
An oft-repeated bourgeois affectation earnestly avows that violence does not pay. This supposed truism, comforting in the ambience of drawing room chit-chat, is belied by experience. A vivid example is illustrated More...
Tipu Sultan Originated the Salaam Aarati at Kollur: Vijaya Karnataka
Assertion : In an article in the mainstream Kannada Daily Vijaya Karnataka on 10 October 2013, a ritual practiced in the coastal temple of Kollur was reported. The following is the translated summary of the original More...
RSS has breached its undertaking
Assertion: Vidya Subramhaniam, in an article titled The Forgotten Promise of 1949 in the Hindu makes the following claims. 1. The RSS wrote a non-political role for itself as part of an undertaking it gave Sardar More...