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Dharma 101: A Critique
As promised to Yossarin, I hereby add, clarify, and (hope to) correct some items in Yossarin’s elucidation of Dharma. I’ve adopted his question-answer format because it offers a nice readymade template.
What is Dharma ?Dharma is about righteousness of actions. It is about righteousness which is universal and eternal i.e. it is invariant of […]
Go Well Sir
Another of the last of the giants from another era is no more.
Go well sir. May your death teach why patriotism is not an ugly word, and what war really means.
Did you say Sedition?
Barbar Indians’ latest post carries an interesting observation
The first involves the following statement by Narendra Modi:
“I want to tell the government in Delhi, lets sign a year-long pact, you don’t take any money from us and don’t give us any aid. And then we will show the Centre how we run the state. You all […]
Dissecting Contextual Morality : Part 1
Preface
In an interesting article on Narendra Modi, TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan (link courtesy Nitin) concludes that contextual morality is the one magic explanation for all ills that have plagued India for more than 100 years. He says
…Narendra Modi is our own creation, of liberals, conservatives, fascists, communists and every other man jack of us. He is not […]
The Colonial Economist
This disgusting tripe cannot be called a "book review." It stops short at making an open personal attack on L.K. Advani. Now that I’ve already wasted two sentences, I leave you with something beyond contempt. Read the last line, especially.
In 2005 Mr Advani and his family were invited on a tour of Pakistan, ending […]
Sack Arjun Singh First, Patil can Wait
On the heels of Nitin calling for Shivraj Patil’s immediate dismissal, comes this disgusting piece of news. Arjun Singh is well-entitled to his creepy display of dynastic sycophancy loyalty a billion times. But he makes himself a candidate for deserving more than just a tight slap when he says:
“Only a person who is totally committed […]
Nobody Seems to Look at the Roots
This blog refuses to let me have a peaceful vacation. I’m gone for four days, blasts erupt in Jaipur and the blogsphere is frenzied. Fellow-bloggers steal my thunder by taking the concerned citizens brigade apart. I’m with both Nitin and Yossarin on the useful idiots remark but my concern is more fundamental. And I’m not […]
Observations on the Rama Setu Issue
A gentleman made an insightful observation on another forum I’m part of. While this observation is not new, it underscores what we all know: post-Independence Hindu society has failed to defend itself adequately. I had to make this post now because the Rama Sethu issue is relatively “alive” in public consciousness.
Koenraad Elst has made […]
Capitalizing an Assassination
Earlier this month, Priyanka Vadra Gandhi met Nalini to “come to terms with her father’s death,” etc. Noble sentiments. A heart-warming gesture. However, not everybody was happy.
Even 17 years after Rajiv’s assassination, the families of most of the 14 victims who died along with Rajiv are yet to get any compensation promised by the Central […]
Progenitor of a New Calendar
Great men are known for greater quirks. So it is with Karunanidhi–I leave his greatness to both your imagination and evaluation. A brief background before this.
In the Hindu tradition, one of the ways greatness is measured is by suffixing pravartaka (literally, converter, precedent-setter etc). Sages were honoured with titles like Gotra Pravartaka (givers of […]