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Kashmir: Use pellet guns more, not less – Punarvasu Parekh

Pellet guns are sought to be played down precisely because they worked well and put the fear of God in the heart of troublemakers. … When our country is engaged in a fierce battle to preserve its unity, we cannot allow the adversaries to decide which weapon we should use to fight it. Find out […]

Separatism in Kashmir will not be cured by dialogue – Ajay Chrungoo

A de facto Muslim state on the territory of India was bound to move towards religious fascism just like Pakistan. … The present unrest in Kashmir is an expression of a totalitarian stranglehold on the social milieu and political establishment. The unrest is fundamentally regressive in content. It has nothing to do with freedom and […]

US media refuse to critically examine Clintons – M.D. Nalapat

Had Donald Trump been a bit more diplomatic in his views about two communities that have done so much good to the US—African Americans and Hispanics—he would have easily been the favourite in the 2016 election. – Prof M. D. Nalapat In 1989, Arkansas Governor William Jefferson Clinton decided that he had a high chance of […]

Mother Teresa: More dirt on the saint of the gutters – Jayant Chowdhury

It’s high time the world accepted that Mother Teresa was a regressive religious bigot who did little good for the poor and ailing. – Jayant Chowdhury Now that the dust has settled over the comments made by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat about Mother Teresa and her alleged proselytization, this is a good time to undertake a […]

V. S. Naipaul interviewed by Dileep Padgaonkar, Rahul Singh & Sadanand Menon – Media

We reproduce here excerpts of three interviews given by Sir Vidiadhar S. Naipaul on his interpretation of the ethos of the Sri Rama Janmabhoomi movement. Sir Vidiadhar is a Trinidad-born author of Indian ancestry who now resides in the United Kingdom. He has won all the major awards in English literature including the Nobel Prize in […]

Gold worth Rs 186 crore missing from Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala – ENS

In July 2011 the Supreme Court committee stumbled upon six vaults in the temple, with just one vault left to be opened. The treasure that has been found in the other five vaults have been estimated to be valued at more than Rs 100,000 crore. – ENS In a startling revelation, the Vinod Rai committee […]

US helps Erdogan rescue ISIS yet again – M.D. Nalapat

These days, Turkey is to ISIS what Pakistan is to the Taliban, and in both cases, it is the US which is allowing itself to become the facilitator by the Ankara and Islamabad regimes in command. – Prof M. D. Nalapat If more evidence were needed of the ignorance of the US media on matters […]

Is the BJP hampering Hindu revival? – Shrinidhi Rao

During the last two years, the Modi government has hardly shown any inclination towards addressing outstanding Hindu issues like uniform civil code, Article 370, revising history curriculum, freeing of temples from government control,  cow protection, and addressing the issue of evangelism. There is no indication that the things will change in near future. – Shrinidhi Rao […]

We need Sri Krishna today more than we ever did – David Frawley

The world today needs the vast wisdom of Krishna, along with his creative inspiration, diplomatic sagacity, and divine sense of play and delight. On his birthday one can honour any or all the many facets of the bejeweled light of Krishna. – Dr David Frawley If there is any single figure who represents India, its […]

What would Sri Krishna do? – Gary Gutting

• The interviewee for this article is Prof Jonardon Ganeri, currently a visiting professor of philosophy at the non-sectarian New York University in Abu Dhabi and the author of “The Lost Age of Reason: Philosophy in Early Modern India 1450–1700.” • The interviewer for this article is Prof Gary Gutting, a professor of philosophy at the sectarian University of Notre Dame […]