Srinivasa Sastri viewed Dharma as both personal ethical conduct and societal duty. He linked it closely to moral responsibility, justice, compassion, and wise governance. If there was only one overriding theme that overshadowed all others in his famous thirty “Lectures on the Ramayana“ 1944, it was this commandment and this alone: “Rulers must abide by Dharma—a combination ofContinue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy… (Part-14): “Anti-Sanatanist Liberal” or “Orthodox Performative Brahmin”? …”
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The end of Nehruvium and the Anglicised-Hindu Class (Part-1 of 3)
In speech after speech both in Parliament and outside, PM Modi in the last 10 years has never missed seizing upon any opportunity to denigrate the general culture of the Anglicised Hindus of India who PM Jawaharlal Nehru in his own time did so much to nurture and groom as the nation-builders of what wasContinue reading “The end of Nehruvium and the Anglicised-Hindu Class (Part-1 of 3)”
“India’s Feet of Clay” in “Foreign Affairs”: Ramachandra Guha is Sir Bedivere to Nehruvian King Arthur
If any self-respecting Indian were to read this article written by Ramachandra Guha in latest issue of “FOREIGN AFFAIRS” , he or she would wonder if it is not exactly what Mahatma Gandhi had in mind when he wrote that Katherine Mayo’s book on “Mother India” was not really history but “a drain inspector’s report”.Continue reading ““India’s Feet of Clay” in “Foreign Affairs”: Ramachandra Guha is Sir Bedivere to Nehruvian King Arthur”