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The Madrassa on The Charles
Posted on January 4, 2012 | 47 CommentsWhen even a man like Richard Nixon called Harvard the “Kremlin on the Charles,” he probably didn’t envision in how many horrible ways that would eventually ring true. In late 2010, Harvard, instead of doing the right and honourable thing, simply went ahead and showed... -
An Interview About Breaking India
Posted on May 25, 2011 | 78 CommentsThe following is the complete text of my email interview with Rajiv Malhotra, co-author of the groundbreaking new book, Breaking India by Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan. Comments, criticism welcome as always. Sandeep: What prompted and/or inspired you to write a book like Breaking India,... -
Wanted: Vintage Military Action
Posted on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment35th attempt in less than a year. 132-plus infiltration attempts again, in less than a year. Says this Indian Express report. Less than a fortnight after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops on Tuesday shelled Indian posts, again violating the ceasefire along the... -
The White Tiger Redux
Posted on October 20, 2008 | 20 CommentsMeera beautifully weighs in with an open letter to Aravind Adiga. It proves one my pet-peeve theories that the biggest intellectual celebrity is also the one with zero commonsense. I have read much about how you came to write this book. You have been quoted... -
Kanchan Gupta on Iran’s Moron
Posted on October 12, 2008 | 5 CommentsKanchan Gupta’s superb piece on why it won’t pay to give Iran the non-permanent security council seat. The foremost, nay only reason is the rabid Ahmadinejad, who thundered thus at the General Assembly. The dignity, integrity and rights of the American and European people are... -
Academic Terrorists
Posted on August 10, 2008 | 10 CommentsGoes by the name of Denise Spellberg. Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the prophet Muhammad. Ms. Jones learned Arabic, studied scholarly works about Aisha’s life, and came to admire... -
The Annual Farce that is SAARC
Posted on August 1, 2008 | 2 CommentsSo our Puppet Minister is off to attend yet another SAARC charade. For an international body that has such hoary aims as perpetuating mutual peace and harmony, foster economic growth, improving quality of people’s lives, and enabling people to live a life of dignity, there’s... -
SAALT, PEEPER, DRUM, DISK, SAYA, MAYA…
Posted on July 29, 2008 | 13 CommentsAmardeep Singh, the kind professor who refused to engage me in debate writes about his strong support to forming SAALT [link thanks: Gaurav] The group has published a position paper endorsed by dozens of local South Asian American groups, which attempts to assemble a South... -
Parthasarathy who?
Posted on July 24, 2008 | 5 CommentsHardhitting and moving at the same time, this article demonstrates the all-round decrepitude of the people of India. I’ve pasted the whole article here. Parthasarathys do not count unless they were in a jail in India serving criminal sentences as Members of Parliament and having... -
Nuclear Numbers
Posted on July 17, 2008 | 5 CommentsThe Nuclear non-deal is quickly making the UPA (or whatever is left of it) a nuclear family. The N-deal might well be the costliest blunder for the Congress party, specifically. It badly underestimated the Left, and despite Amar…er.. Mulayam Singh’s reassurances, July 22 will likely... -
Political Incorrectness at its Best
Posted on June 27, 2008 | 6 CommentsIn a superb article, Jakod De Roover rips apart the European Parliament’s presumptuous self-righteousness, which has compelled them to “come out with a policy statement” on how caste still rules India. Recently, the European Parliament hosted a meeting on “caste discrimination in South Asiaâ€. At... -
Mosque Demolition Meets Deathly Silence
Posted on June 27, 2008 | 3 CommentsThis mosque demolition strangely stirred extremely feeble protests–if you can call them that. Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August’s Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on...