Its apparent failure notwithstanding, the Kanchi Shankaracharya’s mediation in the Ayodhya impasse marks a definite step forward in the movement for the recovery of the birthplace of a God intimately linked with resistance to the molestation of Hindu society in the medieval period. Many Indians today are unaware that Rama … Read More
One is at pains to understand the rationale behind certain security experts virtually egging New Delhi on to send troops to help the United States to hold Iraq in the face of native hostility to alien domination. Beyond vacuous threats that India will loose its prospective place in the comity … Read More
The innate decency of the Hindu ethos precludes India from ever subscribing to Prof. Samuel Huntington’s vulgar formulation regarding the clash of civilizations. Essentially an euphemism for armed conflict between the White Christian and Arab-dominated Muslim worlds to conclude the unfinished medieval Crusades, this simplistic, yet vituperative doctrine would be … Read More
If the Congress’ Srinagar conclave intended to launch an ideological offensive against the BJP, one must conclude that it failed on account of its unwillingness to address key issues of concern to society. Long overtaken in crucial states like Uttar Pradesh by upstarts like the Bahujan Samaj Party and stalwarts … Read More
In the midst of a singularly lacklustre election campaign, the Rajasthan chief minister showed undue panic by floating the balloon of reservations for economically needy (sic) sections of the forward castes. Brahmins dismissed the move as gimmickry since additional reservations require Central legislation, and demanded that the State include them … Read More
Even if it is not immediately apparent, the May 12 car-bomb attacks in Riyadh are no ordinary episode in the jihad currently menacing the world. Though foreigners were the physical victims of the well planned horror, its political targets were the ruling house of Saud. It must have shaken the … Read More
A leading newspaper just performed a sterling service by publishing a photograph of the “Ganesh chappals” that have so enraged the Hindu-Indian community in America. Without the photograph, it would have been difficult for people in this part of the world to envisage how something so deeply offensive could have … Read More
An AIADMK leader in Pondicherry recently sounded the alarm over a conversion spree in his constituency, Uppalam, which is resulting in an open assault on Tamil culture in the area (New Indian Express, 18 April 2003). In a debate in the State Assembly, Mr. A. Anbalagan alleged that married women … Read More
But soon a wonder came to light, That showed the rogues they lied: The man recovered from the bite, The dog it was that died. – Oliver Goldsmith, Elegy Either by instinct or consensus, India’s uniquely secular national press simply ignored the recent discovery of a broken pillar with a … Read More
Notwithstanding an American admonition to “get the hell out of there,” Ankara seems likely to keep its troops deployed in northern Iraq to pre-empt Iraqi Kurds from creating an independent state on the ruins of Saddam Hussein’s crumbling regime. As Washington desperately needs overflight rights over Turkey to deploy its … Read More
