A Wastepaper Basket and the Traitors Within There’s a history of Muslim appeasement till 2004 and there’s the history of Muslim appeasement between 2004 and the present. The latter period has sown all the seeds of an impending implosion—if not…
Commentary, Indian Politics, Islam Watch, Media Watch
The Renewed Tide of Jihad against India – Part 2
by Sandeep • • 7 Comments
The first wave of Jihad against India occurred just a few years after Muhammad’s (PBUH, for safety’s sake) death in 632 CE and it continues to this day. Let’s not forget that it took nearly five hundred years for the…
Commentary, Indian Politics, Media Watch
In Search of an Honest Journalist
by Sandeep • • 17 Comments
Sagarika Ghose proves yet again that she’s a Category-5 Moron (thanks, Mediacrooks) in the very opening sentence of her ill-informed but intellectual-sounding titled piece, In search of the modern Hindu. Its time to liberate Hinduism from politics From there, she…
Indian Politics, Islam Watch, Media Watch
The Renewed Tide of Jihad against India – Part 1
by Sandeep • • 16 Comments
Preface Unless you are completely blind or you’re Rahul Gandhi, you would have by now realized that India has over the last two years been the victim of a renewed and vigorous tide of Jihad. This tide has lashed…
Indian Politics, Islam Watch, War on Communism
Where is the Congress’ Guts Hiding Now?
by Sandeep • • 21 Comments
This is my translation of Pratap Simha’s Kannada Prabha piece on 10 August 2013. Comments and criticism welcome as always. Does this nation really have a person called the Prime Minister? Aren’t you bitten by this suspicion? If we really…
Commentary, Indian Politics, Media Watch, Things You Must Hate About Nehruvian India
No Tears for Durga Shakti
by Sandeep • • 9 Comments
You spend a fortune to buy a pet dog of the finest pedigree but you’re surprised that it doesn’t, that it simply won’t roar like a lion. If that sounds absurd let me tell you what’s even more absurd. The…
Commentary
Death of a Language
by Sandeep • • 39 Comments
Let’s face two facts: one, most if not all regional languages are dying and two, for good or bad, Westernization has made, and continues to make deep and perhaps irreversible inroads into Indian society. A language, any language is an…
Commentary, Indian Politics
Self-Inflicted Ignominy
by Sandeep • • 59 Comments
What a way to fall when you’re 86 years old! And yet, as most who had observed the run up to the fall knew, it was only imminent. What primarily led to LK Advani’s graceless exit was a combination of…
Commentary
Announcement: The Grammar of an Indigenous Narrative
by Sandeep • • 9 Comments
And so, the fine folks at Subodhini have graciously invited me to speak at Mumbai. Here are the details: Title: The Grammar of an Indigenous Narrative Date : 9 June’2013 Time: 11.00 P.M. to 03.00 P.M. Registration: 10.30 A.M. Registration…
Commentary, Indian Politics
Dear BJP: Beware! The Lust for Gaddi Will Swallow You!
by Sandeep • • 38 Comments
Note: This is my translation of Pratap Simha’s column 18 May 2013 column in Kannada Prabha. An incident comes to mind. The incident is recorded in Shanti Bhushan’s autobiography, Courting Destiny. The incident occurred sometime in 1978. Morarji Desai had…