The Pahalgam Tragedy

What holds back India from belligerent retaliation is the irresolvable question of legitimacy of its sovereignty over Kashmir in the eyes of the world. It gets raked up all the time when either a conflagration like Kargil or a tragedy like Pahalgam happens. How to permanently establish such legitimacy? I’m going to suggest here aContinue reading “The Pahalgam Tragedy”

After “rajasuya” and “vajapeya yagnya” in this decade, will India witness “Ashwamedha yagnya” also in the next ?

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-superpower-gdp-growth-9316934/lite/ Bibek Debroy, the economist who has served in India’s apex economic think-tank Niti Aayog, may not get nominated for the Nobel Prize in economics, but “the way he weaves economic facts with our Puranas and Niti Shastras makes very interesting reading”, said a friend of mine with whom I had shared the above articleContinue reading “After “rajasuya” and “vajapeya yagnya” in this decade, will India witness “Ashwamedha yagnya” also in the next ?”

The Mouth Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The HINDU for long has espoused Communist Ideology in India … but has now graduated to being the CPI (M)’s MOUTH-ORGAN ————————————————————— This Hindu editorial this morning (12 Sep 2023) on the Supreme Court verdict upholding the Abrogation of Art.370 in Kashmir is nothing but mean-spirited nitpicking … Fundamentally, the Editors of the HINDU makeContinue reading “The Mouth Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)”

If Patel, Nehru & Ambedkar were here today they’d probably be likened to Tom, Jerry and Butch

If you scroll down right to the bottom of this blogpost you will be able to read a very interesting absorbing piece from a slice of Indian History in the days leading to the completion of the drafting of the Indian Constitution! It is a historic narration of course but today it can now onlyContinue reading “If Patel, Nehru & Ambedkar were here today they’d probably be likened to Tom, Jerry and Butch”