Flashpoint Kashmir: How and why an average Kashmiri is robbed of his dreams
Yet again the picturesque Kashmir Valley is in news for wrong reasons. This time the big talk is about violence during by-elections of the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency that led to the death of eight boys. Over More...
The Chinese self-designation Hua and the root-word Ᾱrya
It is but rare that I take the trouble to write a mere summary of a paper I have read with increasing enthusiasm. Here is one occasion. It pertains to “The earliest Chinese words for ‘the Chinese’: the phonology, More...
History, Textbooks and Distortion
Vedic era and Vedic society The most ancient literary evidence in Indian history is the Veda. The ancient archaeological sites are that of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Unanimously all history textbooks tell that both More...
Calling Arunachal Pradesh ‘A disputed territory’ is a factual mistake by media houses
As we all know Arunachal Pradesh and North East are integral parts of India and all states of north east choose their chief ministers democratically by election process. Few days ago, a terrorist outfit named ULFA More...
క్రూరత్వ సాహిత్యం – భారతదేశాన్ని, హిందూ ధర్మాన్ని నాశనం చెయ్యడానికి వాడబడుతున్న పాశ్చాత్య ఆయుధం
[contextly_sidebar id=”CnUUetD0FBZ38VChCnZl0dMExvG3sscV”] 1927 లో విడుదలయిన కేథరిన్ మాయో రచన “మదర్ ఇండియా”, బహుశా భారత More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be-1
Like the story of the proverbial blind men and the elephant, India’s cultural history too has many narratives. Each is different and given to fierce debate. Most of us hold on to one point of view without having More...
देश को माओवादी साईबाबा जैसे शिक्षक चाहिए या चाणक्य और अब्दुल कलाम जैसे ?
जे एन यू , जाधवपुर मे देश विरोधी नारो के बाद दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी मे आज़ादी के नारे लगना More...
Genius of the Jains
[contextly_sidebar id=”sRDJUZQANeCN55doIbJM0F9BfxGKSchJ”] In my previous articles “Reconstructing the History of the Ājīvikas” and “Materialism in ancient India”, we discussed the intellectual More...
The Other Hidden Heroines in Indian History
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare certainly had a right to his opinion but names, like words, are very important. Rarely in Germany or Russia More...
Four women icons from India’s Dharmic tradition
Women’s day is a day of celebration of womanhood and of showing respect, love and appreciation towards all women. Western feminism has had its own trajectory, in its efforts to be free from Christian misogyny, More...