Indian Express is angry with its benefactor, the Congress party. In a barely-veiled attack, it argues for NGOs to squander function without accountability, as they’re now doing.
[Harsh] Mander is a media-savvy activist who gets his voice heard in several fora but for countless NGOs across the country, the Home Ministry’s proposed Foreign Contributions Regulation Bill [...]
Communism through the backdoor. Praful Bidwai style.
Cars are an extremely inefficient form of transportation. According to a US researcher, the average American spends so much time looking after, parking or repairing his car and stopping at signals, etc, that its average speed is roughly 10-12 kmph. [...] Runaway automobilisation must be curbed through higher taxation [...]
The inevitable has happened.
President-elect Pratibha Patil described her win as the ‘victory of the principles’ which the people of the country uphold.
We get what we deserve. Don’t complain.
Introduction
Sudha Ramachandran, an independent researcher makes grave omissions in an article focussed on Buddhism’s revival vis a vis India and China.
Every nation fighting for supremacy in the world seeks to capture influence in as many spheres as its heritage affords it. Education is political might in disguise, a fact proven by China’s (earlier, the USSR’s) [...]
Most Indian regional languages use Tattva Shastra as an equivalent of Philosophy. The word Philosophy–meaning love(r) of knowledge or wisdom–is quite inadequate to define or explain the full import of Tattva Shastra.
One of the fundamental aphorisms that embodies the whole of Sanatana Dharma in it is Tat Tvam Asi (You are That). The Tvam or [...]
Is the Lal Masjid.
Remember what happened to Indira Gandhi?
Long Live the Dictator.
I dare not disobey Atanu. Here’s the list of eight random things about me:
Unsurprisingly, Dilip D’Souza wants readers to share their original definitions of Hindutva.
What is Hindutva? Why should it appeal to me?
These are serious, sincere questions.
If you’re willing to answer them in that same spirit, please leave a comment. In your own words, explained as you understand it and you’d like others to understand it: [...]
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A Tale of Two Prime Ministers
Says John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister,
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has ruled out apologising to Mohamed Haneef, jailed for almost four weeks as part of a bungled terror probe, and rejected the view that the Indian doctor was victimised.
Howard said mistakes happened from time to time and when dealing with terrorism, it was better [...]