Archive for March, 2008
On what the Mahabharata Really Says
An article (link courtesy the Acorn) by Nandini Sundar that tries to examine the Maoist menace by drawing guidance from the Mahabharata, gets the Mahabharata portion almost wholly wrong.
Being what it is, you can dive into the Mahabharata, and you’re certain to find in it whatever you want to prove. The best bit is […]
Another Western Whitewash
Thanks to a reader who brought this article to my notice. I read William Dalrymple now and then. To me, he is nothing beyond a sophisticated intellectual nuisance who being biased, accuses others of it.
Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, Dalrymple courageously asserts the Mughal rule was not blood soaked. Sample his reasons: […]
What the Dirty Word Really Stands For
India should teem with people made of such stuff [link courtesy, The Acorn].
“Myself and my daughters would never like Sarabjit freed in exchange for any hardcore Pakistani terrorist lodged in Indian jails,” Sarabjit’s wife, Sukhpreet Kaur, told PTI.
Ms. Kaur said that for the family, “nothing is above the nation and we can’t go against […]
Quote of the Day
Comes from Taslima Nasrin who has fled from India.
The Government (of India) is no better than religious fundamentalists..
Freedom to Convert
The elections are over but the secular crowd never seems to tire of slamming Gujarat. This time, a social scientist of sorts holds the baton. He tries to prove that the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 is dangerous.
His bottomline: the Act misunderstands the “nature of faith and of religious quest.” He elaborates on what […]
Ramanujan’s Ramayana
The old suspect, A.K. Ramanujan emerges out of the woodwork on Outlook’s pages. The magazine’s leader to this article says:
…in a pocket of the Delhi University, right-wing student activists have taken exception to this essay by the celebrated scholar A.K. Ramanujan, on the many Ramayanas living across languages and narrative genres, each different but no […]
ManmohanZeb
According to the BJP, Manmohan Singh is the 21st-Century Aurangzeb. Here’s how and why:
V K Malhotra… Accusing the UPA government of resorting to vote-bank politics, he said, “the Prime Minister said Muslims have the first right on government resources. After Aurangzeb, Manmohan Singh is the first person who said so. This is like bringing back […]
India’s Shame
Tibet stands tall in the list of Nehru’s ugly legacies. With our Comrades calling the shots now, is this news any surprise?
Indian police have arrested about 100 Tibetan exiles who set out, earlier this week, on a protest march from India to their homeland. ….the march is part of a global campaign mounted by […]
Christian Casteism
I smirk each time I hear the words, “upper-caste” and “Dalit” Christians for obvious reasons. Now this.
Two Christians died and many more were wounded shot by police who intervened yesterday to stop clashes between Dalit Catholics and upper caste Catholics in the diocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu).
Troubles started on 7 March when a group of […]
From Baroda to Chennai
I know I’m a little late in picking this storyup.
An exhibition on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai was abruptly closed down and the paintings taken away by the police after protests that some of the depictions were objectionable and a distortion of history.
According to Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism (FACT), which […]