https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-india-should-adopt-chinas-predatory-economic-tactics-in-neighbourhood-10292141.html Above article is an excellent analysis of Indian Foreign policy issue above written by Sri Sathia Moorthy. I couldn’t agree more with his trenchant views. For China, investments in IOR islands has immense geo-strategic value: it ensures China’s presence in the Indian Ocean choke-point of the Malay Straits over which the QUAD and AUKUSContinue reading “India-China Foreign Policy: “Strategic Restraint” is really “Strategic Dithering”.”
Category Archives: History
The Haqqani Network and the “Ministry of Fear”
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/pakistan-saudi-arabia-rift-widens-after-oic-foreign-ministers-summit/amp_articleshow/88479783.cms The Economic Times dt. 24 December 2021 I read the above article with great interest since, after having lived and worked 25 years of my professional career in Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and travelled all across the Middle-East, I am familiar with the history and politics of its peoples and can relateContinue reading “The Haqqani Network and the “Ministry of Fear””
Coveters, Producers and Consumers in the great Geo-political war of the 21st century
Each box-cell in the above Infograph carries the chemical symbol for key minerals that are found deep inside the geological bowels of our planet earth. They are mined, exported and get consumed for various industrial purposes and in various manufacturing processes by countries around the world. Who produces the minerals most? China does… and willContinue reading “Coveters, Producers and Consumers in the great Geo-political war of the 21st century”
IN AMERICA THERE IS A HOLOCAUST MUSEUM… WHY IS THERE NO “BLACK FRIDAY MUSEUM”?
I saw the attached pictures on social media and my stomach and conscience churned ! This is sickening ! What unspeakable atrocity! Was there any “Nuremberg Trial” held in America for these white supremacists ? People across the world make such a huge fuss about outrage over the Holocaust .. but no one speaks ofContinue reading “IN AMERICA THERE IS A HOLOCAUST MUSEUM… WHY IS THERE NO “BLACK FRIDAY MUSEUM”?”
Boris is an “English shopkeeper” … but Modi is no Emperor Shah Jahan, is he?
These are words of syrupy ingratiation …. Not true or heartfelt words of praise … Boris is simply angling for good terms for a new long term Trade Deal with India … which is currently work-in-progress and under tortuous negotiations between the Governments. Do not ever forget, O my Indian brethren, that the East IndiaContinue reading “Boris is an “English shopkeeper” … but Modi is no Emperor Shah Jahan, is he?”
“To live with each other is to die together…”
If Russia didn’t pipe the warmth drawn out from beneath its deep soil , European homesteads would shiver in the Cold. When I look at this chart, I am able to visualise at once on a panoramic mental screen the 500+ years of European History that came before and went after the reign of theContinue reading ““To live with each other is to die together…””
Constitution of India and “Varnaashrama Dharma”
I read today 2 very interesting online articles on the Caste system of India . … and they both set me thinking about an earlier book I had read on Manu Smriti. The true picture of Hindu social structure Is ‘Caste’ different from social stratification? Does data support the ‘caste violence’ narrative? After I hadContinue reading “Constitution of India and “Varnaashrama Dharma””
“IF HINDUTVA IS HINDUISM THEN THE KU KLUX KLAN” is CHRISTIANITY” writes Anand Patwardhan while endorsing a US university workshop on “Dismantling Hindutva”.
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscroll.in%2Farticle%2F1005159%2Fanand-patwardhan-if-hindutva-is-hinduism-then-the-ku-klux-klan-is-christianity&data=04%7C01%7C%7C486a203b5e044282df3508d977308760%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637671872574752898%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zyhsXQ03xD2CTBdb8C6RZ6UExndWlmUxEtn5CzIvizw%3D&reserved=0 I wonder if the dozen universities in the USA that organise a seminar on “Dismantling Hindutva” would show the same nerve or bravery to hold a seminar on “Dismantling Islamic Wahabism” , “Dismantling Taliban” or “Dismantling Christian Evangelism”. I wonder if the JNU in Delhi would ever have the honesty and gumption to holdContinue reading ““IF HINDUTVA IS HINDUISM THEN THE KU KLUX KLAN” is CHRISTIANITY” writes Anand Patwardhan while endorsing a US university workshop on “Dismantling Hindutva”.”
Sri B S Raghavan on my blog “Dharma Kshetre, Kurukshetre”
Sri.B.S.Raghavan is a very distinguished and venerable nonagenarian who lives in Chennai, India. B. S. Raghavan joined the West Bengal IAS cadre in 1952 and was the Commissioner of various Departments. He also served as the Chief Secretary of Tripura. He was Director, Political and Security Policy Planning in the Union Home Ministry and theContinue reading “Sri B S Raghavan on my blog “Dharma Kshetre, Kurukshetre””
“Dharma Kshetre, Kurukshetre….!”
“Dharma Kshetre, Kurukshetre….!”… with those very stirring words does the famous war scene in the Bhagavath-Gita open in the epic Mahabharata! They herald the titanic struggle between the forces of Dharma and Adharma, Righteousness and Unrighteousness, between eternal Good and eternal Evil! Kurukshetra, the killing fields of bloody but righteous wars, is perhaps the bestContinue reading ““Dharma Kshetre, Kurukshetre….!””