Insights, analysis and commentary mostly on current happenings in India and occasionally geopolitics
The spectacle of Pakistan tying itself in knots over the nullification of Article 370 may appear curious to the Indians and to the world at large, but we need to understand the fundamentals underlying this unusual behaviour. On the face of it, one would find it highly unusual that change
How history writing in India was systematically destroyed through institutional takeover
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has bombed Article 370 and 35A into the dustbin of history thereby paving way for the complete integration of Kashmir into the rest of Bharatavarsha. But this is only a sacred Dharma that has just begun. It will reach its completion and fruition when Kashmir will
Let me list a few names at random. Ananda Coomaraswamy, Subrahmanya Bharati, C. Rajagopalachari, P.V. Kane, Kavyakantha Ganapathimuni (the preeminent disciple of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi), Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel, Pandit Lekh Ram, N.S. Rajaram…and this is a really short list. Among other extraordinary contributions, they launched
At the outset, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah justly deserve the nationwide kudos that’s coming their way in massive waves from across the globe. And then some more. They’ve made history and we’re witnessing it. Live. The albatross of Article 370 has been
Honourable Members…I ask you, Members, to stand in your places to pay our tribute of respect to Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who by his grim determination and stead fast devotion was able to carve out and found Pakistan and whose passing away at this moment is an
I actually debated within myself for the last five days whether I should actually write this piece…it was more than a debate…it was a kind of soul-searching with a spiritual dimension to it. I’m just being dramatic okay? Because it’s completely in tune with the
On a visit to Delhi three years ago, I made it a point to visit the historic Sis Ganj Gurudwara. It is the site of one of the greatest heroes of Sanatana Dharma, the indomitable Guru Tegh Bahadur who splendidly showed the middle finger to the Islamic monster, Aurangzeb. And
Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa recounts a personal anecdote of how his house was attacked by goons provoked by two eminent Marxist litterateurs
An obituary on the passing away of Girish Raghunath Karnad