Let me say it bluntly. What we call as the Kashmir “problem” is a polite way of describing a civilisational threat. It is a festering wound created by that Nawab of Cluelessness, our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The contrast is incredible: on one hand we have a Sardar Patel
Perhaps it’s only in post-independence India that a single political family ushered in a cynical culture of winning elections based not on native civilizational, cultural, and human values but on something called secularism. Although tomes have been written on this and wealthy careers and political empires established by
This is the full video of my speech on the topic titled, “Pakistan, Jihad and Politics: The Entanglement of Jammu and Kashmir” delivered in Bangalore. What we call as the Kashmir “problem” is a polite way of describing a civilisational problem. It is a festering wound created by India’s
Preface William James Durant more popularly known as Will Durant holds a unique distinction for a singular reason: he is perhaps the only Western scholar-historian-commentator who spoke with blunt candour against the naked evil of European, specifically, the British colonialism of Bharatavarsha. And gave a blow-by-blow
The majestic grandeur of the Himalayas is as timeless and sublime as Sanatana Dharma itself. There are as many number of crevices, caves, vales, and peaks as there are verses and proses extolling their noiseless beauty. Hundreds of years ago, there was a nameless, modest monastery located in a nameless
When we pause for a moment…just for a moment and think, it becomes clear that most things in life are really simple… things like our daily routine, the weather, our city, society, customs, traditions, and something as fundamental as the innate love for the country…all these are really
This is the full interview with Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi who discusses the making of the iconic teleserial Chanakya that aired on Doordarshan between September 1991 – August 1992. The hallmark of a classic work of art is an innate trait in it to have universal appeal transcending age groups, geographies, languages
Just as how in our routine lives, adversity is the surest test of a person’s value system, so is war the surest test of a citizen’s commitment to the country. Presenting a comic strip of the Lutyens Patriots in the wake of India’s brilliant counteroffensive against Pakistan
Part 1: How Ramnath Goenka Outwitted Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at her Own Game: A Preface Part 2: How Indira Gandhi Systematically Targetted Ramnath Goenka Ramnath Goenka was finally cornered using that ultimate weapon that all tyrants use when they run out of options and the target remains unbent: the
The rapist Christian “Father” Robin Vadakumcherry of Kottiyoor in Kannur was correctly sentenced by a special court for sixty years of imprisonment yesterday for repeatedly raping a minor girl. If one were to be perverse, one would say that the “Father” merely got unlucky for leaving behind a trail of