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Driving on National Highway 4 towards Tumkur shows several milestones of history erected so high and steep that you are compelled to listen to their ...
It is Vijayadashami here in Karnataka, a hallowed tradition that celebrates both the victory and renewal of the spirit of Sanatana Dharma in South India. ...
I know Nehru's legacy as a person, patriot, freedom fighter, and Prime Minister has been examined to death. By both his admirers and arch-critics. In ...
Has the real story of the Indian freedom struggle been told? If no, why do you think it is so? And how have so many ...
Chop Kashmir off India so that I can party in Bombay seems to be Amit Varma's mantra. Varma's hypothetical equation of India=British Empire or whatever ...
What is the Blood Telegram and what is it distinguished for? No Googling, Wikipediaing, etc.
So our Puppet Minister is off to attend yet another SAARC charade. For an international body that has such hoary aims as perpetuating mutual peace ...
For those of you who are generally pessimistic about the political scene in India, I have some good news. The state of India in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On its front page, CNN-IBN proudly features its nomination to some Webby award as "as one of the world's best news websites." If ever there ...
The Mohammadan conquest with its propagandist work and later the Christian missionary movement attempted to shake the stability of Hindu society and in an ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Really, Salman Rushdie should stop butterflying among his numerous muses and write more such delightful prose. It’s an 8-part article. It is not without its ...
From Sardar to Shivraj
Posted by Sandeep on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 12:02 AM. 0 Comments.
This post is just one of the reasons why Nitin is a blogger par excellence. Let there be no mistake—Shivraj Patil ...
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