Very useful Infograph indeed … if you what to understand INDIA today. It clearly shows how India is a country where almost everything that can be called social action, if it must succeed nationally, has got to be conceived, undertaken and mobilised on a degree of scale that cannot be simply anything less than grand.Continue reading “This is India! If you can’t scale it up, don’t even try rolling it out!”
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To hell with population-size based Delimitation of electoral constituencies in India!
The Infograph above is an eye-opener for me. What is so striking to me about it is that Maharashtra’s number exceeds the numbers of TN + Gujarat combined and, yes, TN+ Karnataka too combined ! Also , the number for Greater Andhra (pre-partitioning) exceeds the number for Uttar Pradesh. But what this info-graph does toContinue reading “To hell with population-size based Delimitation of electoral constituencies in India!”
The Honourable yet ludicrous Mr. Kharge, Member of Parliament
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kharge-asks-hindutva-proponents-why-they-dont-accept-buddhist-thought-when-they-believe-buddha-is-the-ninth-incarnation-of-lord-vishnu/article67453793.ece The Honourable MP from Karnataka and now President of the Indian National Congress (Sonia Gandhi) asks: “The Hindutva ideologues project Gautam Buddha as the ninth avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu. They accept the eight avatars and respect their thoughts. When it comes to the ninth avatar [Buddha], they not only disagree with the BuddhistContinue reading “The Honourable yet ludicrous Mr. Kharge, Member of Parliament”
A fitting tribute to a patriot and freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP): the man who drove Gandhism as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV)
The author of this article has waxed eloquent in paying effusive tribute to the memory of the great freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan, being commemorated on his 121st Birth Anniversary which fell on October 11th 2023. https://thewire.in/rights/bjp-rss-erase-jayaparakash-narayan-significance The author’s main grouse is that the present BJP Government has not celebrated JP in the way he deservesContinue reading “A fitting tribute to a patriot and freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP): the man who drove Gandhism as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV)”
The labyrinth called the Indian Criminal Justice system
A very useful Infograph below was forwarded to me on WhatsApp this morning by a friend of mine, a very distinguished and former Judge of the High Court. Thank you so much Sir for sharing it with me. The graphic lays out the whole legal labyrinth through which the Indian Legal system works from startContinue reading “The labyrinth called the Indian Criminal Justice system”
Dushyant Sridhar “ko gussa kyun aayaa…”— sir, cut our Hindu Acharyas some slack please!
The young and flamboyant Sri Vaishnava scholar-activist, Sri Dushyanth Sridhar has come out public with this blazing gun of a tweet against the Hindu and Sanatana Dharmic religious leaders in the country : Not one of the 5 Shankaracharya Mutts , not a single Vaishnava Mutt or Madhwa Mutt has condemned the crass and scurrilousContinue reading “Dushyant Sridhar “ko gussa kyun aayaa…”— sir, cut our Hindu Acharyas some slack please!”
BRICS+6 Identity Crisis: An alliance of fair-weather friends or frenemies?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-08-25/brics-identity-crisis The identity crisis of BRICS+6 in my opinion will emerge sooner or later caused mainly by the following 6 reasons: 1. China and India are going to be competitors in world trade in the next 2 decades. 2. India’s membership of QUAD which is a formation to contain China will very soon be conflictedContinue reading “BRICS+6 Identity Crisis: An alliance of fair-weather friends or frenemies?”
Finally, a tribute in the Indian media to our civil servants !
I for one have very great respect and admiration for civil servants. …. much more than I have for even great political leaders with great vision . Tell me, what can vision alone deliver to the people of a nation if the several missions that must be undertaken to realise it though the blood, sweat,Continue reading “Finally, a tribute in the Indian media to our civil servants !”
HURRY UP and BUY THIS BOOK on the History of THE Sri Vaishnava community! It has an important Foreword written by Aravindan Neelakandan (Co-author of the best selling book “Breaking India” with Rajiv Malhotra) :
Surat outdoes the Pentagon but Guns are forever … Diamonds are not
This Surat diamond bourse will have 7.1 million sq.ft versus the next largest office-building complex in the world , the US Pentagon, which has only 600,000 sq.ft. !! This is yet another reason for New INDIA to boast about … outdoing the Pentagon in glittering style indeed ! I have only one word of cautionContinue reading “Surat outdoes the Pentagon but Guns are forever … Diamonds are not”