If CPM general secretary Prakash Karat seriously hopes to derail the Indo-US nuclear deal, he would know that the only way to do this is through the political process. This involves conceiving a gigantic war strategy, which in turn involves seeking a spectrum of allies. In the Mahabharata war, no … Read More
Some things are scandalously evident in the current nuclear tamasha in the capital, even to a non-specialist like this writer. One, the drama over India getting the so-called waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group was totally engineered by the West. The purpose was to heighten tensions in New Delhi and … Read More
Ignited Hindu men, women and children, agitating for restoration of a land allotted to pilgrims to Sri Amarnath, and the very thought of a blockade-that-never-was had Kashmiri’s majority population in visible sweat. Fear showed in the eyes and voices of ‘ordinary’ traders fearing for the remuneration from their annual fruit … Read More
Italy has dared comment on the Orissa situation, ignoring the gruesome pre-planned murder of Swami Laxmanananda and four disciples on Krishna Janmastami day. This blatant interference in India’s internal affairs is to support evangelical aggression against India’s native communities. Italy’s own treatment of the peaceful Roma people is less than … Read More
In a virtual replay of the post-Godhra riots of 2002, the secular and foreign media has worked overtime to delink the ugly, provocative murder of 80-year-old Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four disciples on Krishna Janmastami day with the violence that subsequently rocked some districts in Orissa. This is simply not … Read More
As gushing media acolytes crowed that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her entire family had secured the coveted invitation to the Beijing Olympics in defiance of diplomatic protocol wherein the President or Prime Minister represents the nation, it was overlooked that an aspiring regional superpower was publicly upstaged at the … Read More
Hindu society is orphaned. In an age with a plethora of god-men, gurus, preachers, some so popular as to have ashrams in many States and even in many countries, it is an astonishing truth that society is rudderless, adrift on an ocean of hedonism, without spiritual and moral guidance. The … Read More
Hindu society is orphaned. In an age with a plethora of god-men, gurus, preachers, some so popular as to have ashrams in many States and even in many countries, it is an astonishing truth that society is rudderless, adrift on an ocean of hedonism, without spiritual and moral guidance. The … Read More
Jammu continues to burn as Hindu nationalists struggle alone but undaunted against sabre-toothed partisans of Allah who seek to efface all vestiges of civilisational heritage from the land of Rishi Kashyap. Backed by a de-nationalised media and a shameless political dispensation at the Centre, the events in Kashmir must be … Read More
As Delhi courts grapple with a petition seeking ban on the publication and distribution of Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s magnum opus, Satyarth Prakash, it may be pertinent to recall Sri Aurobindo’s tribute: “In the matter of Vedic interpretation I am convinced that whatever may be the final complete … Read More
