Insight

Insights, analysis and commentary mostly on current happenings in India and occasionally geopolitics

Essays

The Foundation and Value of Language Education in the Indian Tradition

The Foundation and Value of Language Education in the Indian Tradition

The sorry state of language education at the primary level is the consequence of designing textbooks based on political ideologies, caste, religion and other harmful factors. Recovering the foundations of our educational system will help mitigate these ills.

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The Fake Atheism of Nawab Nehru

The Fake Atheism of Nawab Nehru

An oped written in the 1950s by the eminent Kannada Litterateur Masti Venkatesha Iyengar shreds Nawab Nehru's fake atheism

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Why Annamalai Infuriates the DMK

Why Annamalai Infuriates the DMK

By calling for the removal of E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker's statues, BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai has once again hit the DMK where it hurts them the most: the ugly legacy of Periyar

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The Secularist History-Sheet on Ayodhya

The Secularist History-Sheet on Ayodhya

A lowdown on the sordid history of the cultural vandals who tried to block the construction of the Sri Rama Mandir and why we need to keep this memory alive

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What the DVG Letter Episode Teaches us about the Downfall of Indian Public Life

What the DVG Letter Episode Teaches us about the Downfall of Indian Public Life

In the concluding episode, we garner significant insights into the downfall of the Indian political life and public discourse from DVG's letters to B.D. Jatti and G.B. Pant.

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DVG's Portrait of the Servility of State Congress Ministers to the High Command

DVG's Portrait of the Servility of State Congress Ministers to the High Command

In this episode, DVG sketches an unflattering picture of the servility of the State Congress Ministers to the dictatorial High Command.

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Lessons from D.V. Gundappa’s 1959 Letter to B.D. Jatti and G.B. Pant

Lessons from D.V. Gundappa’s 1959 Letter to B.D. Jatti and G.B. Pant

In January 1959, DVG wrote two acerbic letters to the then Mysore Chief Minister B.D. Jatti and sent its copies to the Home Minister, G.B. Pant. It triggered a chain of bureaucratic correspondence between Delhi and Bangalore. The episode offers brilliant and eye-opening insights into recent history.

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Why Hindus should Memorise Chaim Herzog's 1976 Speech at the UN

Why Hindus should Memorise Chaim Herzog's 1976 Speech at the UN

Why and how Israel attracts global solidarity each time it's attacked and what Hindus can and should learn from it.

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Rahul Gandhi - India’s National Burden

Rahul Gandhi - India’s National Burden

A roundup of some of the major statements and episodes which show how Rahul Gandhi is a national burden.

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The Hindu Civilisational Dimensions of the Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu Civilisational Dimensions of the Uniform Civil Code

A Uniform Civil Code is not merely a legislative matter but a civilisational imperative for the Hindu society

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