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Are you Spending your Life Abusing Others Girish Karnad?
Posted on November 6, 2012 | 21 CommentsNote: This is a translation of Pratap Simha’s piece that appeared in today’s Kannada Prabha. Girish Karnad image courtesy: IBN Live. The Mumbai Lit fest on Friday witnessed major drama when veteran actor and theatre artist Girish Karnad slammed Nobel prize laureate VS Naipaul and... -
Girish Karnad’s Toxic Tantrums
Posted on November 5, 2012 | 58 CommentsSo Girish Karnad is back again. In style. And with a fury I scarcely expected he was capable of. It’s really a monumental pity that a fine actor like Girish Karnad can nary control his itch to mouth inanities. On Friday afternoon at the Tata... -
On The Need to Revive the Temple Culture
Posted on October 16, 2012 | 56 CommentsHow often have you heard this refrain or its variants: Naah! I don’t go to temples. I don’t like going to temples…I mean, there’s no point…all that noise, meaningless mantras and rituals…some are so unhygienic…I believe in God but I’m spiritual…after all, Hinduism is a... -
Varsha Will Live On
Posted on October 8, 2012 | 35 CommentsAn obituary is the mightiest writer’s block. And so this shan’t be an obituary. One writes obituaries to dead people. Varsha Bhosle will live forever. Her bodily death is, in the highest tradition of Sanatana Dharma, but a temporary station in an eternal journey. Speculations... -
Mahatma Gandhi’s True Legacy
Posted on October 4, 2012 | 89 CommentsExactly one refrain emanating from the 1970s generation encapsulates the significance of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday: a complaint that October 2nd is a Dry Day. That’s what Gandhi has been reduced to after 65 years: a symbol of Prohibition that middle class India must vocally protest... -
Are you Scared the True Colours will Show if you Open your Mouth Dr. Singh?
Posted on September 11, 2012 | 19 CommentsNote: This is a translation of Pratap Simha’s original Kannada Prabha piece titled Baaibittare Banna Bayalaaguttademba Bhayave Manmohan Singh published last Saturday. Hazaron jawabon se acchi hai khamoshi meri Na jaane kitne sawalon ke aabroo rakhe So please answer us: how did this loot... -
Disquisition or Publicity?
Posted on September 10, 2012 | 7 CommentsNote: These are excerpts from D.V. Gundappa’s Kannada book entitled Vrutta Patrike (Newspaper) first published in 1928 then reprinted a few times. The book is a collection of essays derived from D.V. Gundappa’s speeches and writings roughly beginning in 1928. My translation uses the enlarged... -
How Narendra Modi Spoiled Media Prime Time Party
Posted on September 1, 2012 | 51 CommentsThere used to be a time not too long ago when the most charitable thing that the media said about Modi went something like this: “Narendra Modi is no stranger to controversy.” The story of how that narrative changed after the courts exonerated him in... -
Why Blame Others When Hindus Themselves are Cowards?
Posted on August 31, 2012 | 41 CommentsNOTE: This is my translation of Pratap Simha’s piece titled Hindugale Haedigalaagiruvaaga Anyarannu Doori Phalavenu that appeared in Kannada Prabha on August 25, 2012. As always, comments and criticism are welcome. It has been called brain drain or flight of talent. Much noise has been... -
Is Religious Loyalty Greater than Patriotism?
Posted on August 21, 2012 | 39 CommentsNote: This is a translation of Pratap Simha’s column titled, Deshapremakkinta doddade dharmaprema? which appeared in Kannada Prabha on August 18, 2012. The picture used in this piece is taken from the original. Comments and criticism are welcome as always. August 8, in the Indian... -
A Midnight That Turned Into a Nightmare
Posted on August 15, 2012 | 36 CommentsYet another annual August 15th where we celebrate yet another progressive step towards realizing Nehru’s tryst with tyranny. The nation calls it Independence Day but nobody asks, Independence from what? From British tyranny? To which I question in turn: do you prefer home-grown tyranny over... -
The Situation in Assam: Part 2
Posted on August 11, 2012 | 79 CommentsThere is a reason I went into such detail in my earlier post tracing the soft Jihad in Assam to its roots. Apart from showing that it is rooted in Islamic scripture, it was also a foundation of sorts to show how, historically, the world...