This was published today in the Pioneer. Comments/criticism are welcome as always. Democracy imperilled Sandeep B The arrest of Hari Prasad, a technologist whose research helped prove beyond doubt that Indian EVMs are vulnerable to fraud, sends out a dangerous signal: That anybody who challenges the Central Election Commission runs the danger of persecution and [...]

A Brief History of Jihad in Kashmir Rajatarangini first begun by Kalhana and then continued by Jonraj records that Zul Qadir Khan (Dulchu?) was an early Turkish Tatar (or Tartar) who raided Kashmir with a savage horde of about 70000 barbarians. His plunder lasted eight months and when he was done, it left behind rivers [...]

Welcome Ground Zero, the latest and rock-solid proof of what several observers, intellectuals, commentators, and leaders have tirelessly been warning us about: a complete Islamic takeover of the USA–that is, if that Mosque and community center is allowed to be built. Once it’s built, we know what’s going to happen. But before that, here are [...]

An important truth about SL Bhyrappa’s works is that they haven’t had the fortune of being reviewed by the best of critics. The huge tome of “criticism” that currently exists is just thinly-disguised abuse. Which is sad because given the huge amount of popularity and wide readership that his works enjoy, one would expect a [...]

In a deliciously-rude but perfect lampooning, John Dolan calls the Verbal Terrorist …a fake saint who fucked her way to fame and survives, in spite of her complete lack of talent, because her crude scolding warms the heart of old British lefties who love it when their tame Indian slaves get up on their hind [...]

The Lord works in mysterious ways. He makes His presence felt in a myriad modes. He cares for His Saints and makes sure the world doesn’t forget them. A Saint is a Saint and we sinners aren’t supposed to ask blasphemous questions about them or block requests to honour them in whatever way. Not especially [...]

Pankaj Mishra returns to this blog after a longish absence. His column reviews two books (THE SUBTLE BODY: The Story of Yoga in America, Stefanie Syman and THE GREAT OOM The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America, Robert Love) and upon reading it, you have the impression that it is yet another opportunity for Mishra [...]

So it looks like V S Achyutanandan has woken up to what the whole country knew: that Kerala is a safe dump for unbridled breeding of Islamic extremism and that their methods and goal doesn’t exactly smack of universal brotherhood, of the real kind, not the Islamic kind. Radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India [...]

The rate at which it is going, God’s Own Country will soon be transformed into The Only God’s Own Country. But because Kerala hasn’t reached such an enlightened state of things yet, let’s just call it the Clash of Monotheisms Part 2. In Part 1 of the said clash, two unfortunate girls were kidnapped, forcibly [...]

So the secularist damage-dealers have emerged out of the woodwork quicker than I had expected. Jnanpith awardee U.R. Ananthamurthy on Wednesday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party Government that the controversial anti-cow slaughter Bill… The anti-cow slaughter Bill issue is not new. Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa who had mooted this a few months ago had put [...]