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
Caste is once again the main menu on the professional middle class table, with the Supreme Court clearing 27% quotas for OBCs in education. There is heartburning over whether educational backwardness ends at the graduate or post-graduate level. This time, however, caste identities and animosities are definitely muted, with the … Read More
There is something deeply suspicious about Ms. Priyanka Vadra’s secret visit to Vellore on 19 March 2008 to meet Nalini Sriharan, a member of the LTTE squad that assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 21 May 1991. Earlier, it was revealed that Ms. Vadra had slipped away from her … Read More
As water-starved Haryana urges the Oil and Natural Gas Commission for drilling machines to rediscover the paleo channels in which the once-mighty Saraswati may be flowing silently, it may solve one of the most vexatious issues of Indian history. Plagued with water disputes with Punjab and Rajasthan, the state where … Read More
Tamil Nadu’s DMK regime could easily win the prize for the most original intellectual initiatives in the country. First it rewrote the history of Indian civilization. Sri Rama is a figment of the imagination of Aryan Hindus, superimposed upon the Dravidian culture of Tamil Nadu. He never built the Setu … Read More
