Congress won 99 MP seats in the Parliament elections 2024. To Congressmen and the Left-Liberal-Secular anti-Dharmic forces in India, the “victory” represents Rahul Gandhi’s great political resurrection… For them it’s as momentous as the “Second Coming of Christ”! Well… to many others it is not resurrection, it’s merely resuscitation that’s most likely to lapse backContinue reading “The Prophet is new but his Testament is Old”
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Justice Chandru, must rank amongst the top-listed “Abou Ben Adhams” of India
Under Manu Smriti there were only 4 varnas . Now there are countless ! Under the Constitution of India over the last 75 years we have seen right across this country, jurists and intellectuals like Justice Chandrus (and Chandrachuds too?) being inspired to pave the way for ceaseless proliferation of “jaathi”. Their great efforts at championing their cause best exemplifiesContinue reading “Justice Chandru, must rank amongst the top-listed “Abou Ben Adhams” of India”
“In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy
The above video clip when I shared it with Sri Indira Parthasarathy this morning, it triggered off a very interesting and freewheeling conversation between us on the eternally controversial subject of Caste in Hindu society. Below is reproduced the Q&A verbatim : Me: Sir, watching the video-clip made me feel that NRI Indians are likeContinue reading ““In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy”
The Supreme Court of India and a “casteless society”
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/a-seminal-issue-before-the-supreme-court-2895052 The Deccan Herald How many more “seminal issues of Constitution”, one wonders , will the Chief Justices of our Supreme Court have to deliberate and adjudicate upon before we see the last of this whole business of Reservations and Quotas ? This country has had 75 long years to progress to what it dreamedContinue reading “The Supreme Court of India and a “casteless society””