India’s eastern coastline and regions east of India have been suffering serious environmental degradation without any sincere efforts at mitigation. The Orissa super-cyclone of 1999 smashed through huge tracts of land, taking countless lives and wrecking incalculable damage to crops, cattle, and property. The thirteen coastal districts along Tamil Nadu’s … Read More
The sharp disappointment in the Hindu community over the Delhi High Court’s decision to quash three cases against painter Maqbool Fida Hussain provides an ideal opportunity to all communities to debate the issue of mutual religious respect and the Vedic concept of sarv dharm sambhav. To my mind, there are … Read More
The US-NATO forces are making the same blunders the Soviet occupation forces once made in Afghanistan, in addition to new mistakes, all of which will cumulatively cost Washington dearly, says Mr. Zamir Kabulov, Russian envoy in Kabul. And given the close parallels with the deteriorating situation in Baghdad, it is … Read More
Archaeology, long given the step-sisterly treatment by Marxist historians, now finds itself at the high table of history, as it alone can deliver a credible verdict on whether the Ram Setu shows evidence of human intervention in the hoary past. The Supreme Court’s direction to the Central Government in this … Read More
Former Congress MP Akhilesh Das and the superintendent of the Vellore Jail have, in their own ways, drawn national attention to the ‘non-accountability’ of the party’s so-called first family. As the Gandhi siblings’ style of functioning has a direct bearing on the polity, it is time to subject them to … Read More
The current controversy over Ram Setu presents an ideal opportunity to probe the reality of a god whose human incarnation is central to Hindu faith. The deity who inspired a footbridge wide enough for an army to cross the Palk Straits poses a powerful challenge to historians who hold that … Read More
It is increasingly evident that Ms. Priyanka Vadra’s unrecorded visit to the Vellore Jail to meet convict Nalini Sriharan had more to do with the politics of the Gandhi family than with forgiveness and the quest for personal closure. The most disturbing aspect of the meeting is that, though both … Read More
After virtually squandering away the opening to Teheran by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Congress-led UPA has seen the light and invited Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to drop by on his way back from Colombo. It is to be hoped that the restoration of cordialities will be followed … Read More
