Indian way of daana versus toxic Western charity

Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, who travelled across India for 14 years from 630-644 CE, has left a riveting account of life under Emperor Harshavardhana of Kanauj. His most spectacular description is of Harsha’s More...

Ramachandra Guha’s Casteist Slur on Hindu Charity

Going by the tomes he has written as well as by his tweets, it is evident that Ramachandra Guha’s timeline of Indian history begins with Mahatma Gandhi and ends with Nehru. It appears as though according to Guha, More...