Ishwar Sharan's Blog, page 2

Lobsang Sangay: Tibet leader warns India of China’s nefarious designs – Aditya Raj Kaul

“If you think you can engage with China and profit from it, you’re mistaken. Beijing’s game is elite capture, and India must guard against it before it’s too late.” – Dr. Lobsang Sangay In an explosive revelation, Dr Lobsang Sangay, the former President (Sikyong) of the Tibetan Government in Exile, has alleged that the Chinese […]

Secular gaze blinds CJI Gavai to justice – Rahul Shivshankar

The insensitive abnegation of the petition by the Chief Justice of India is a matter of concern, not least because the reason cited by Justice Gavai is deficient in judicial reasoning. In fact, the ground for its dismissal is founded in prejudice and not in law. If the Supreme Court is urging petitioners to appeal […]

Secular gaze blinds CJI Gavai’s justice – Rahul Shivshankar

The insensitive abnegation of the petition by the Chief Justice of India is a matter of concern, not least because the reason cited by Justice Gavai is deficient in judicial reasoning. In fact, the ground for its dismissal is founded in prejudice and not in law. If the Supreme Court is urging petitioners to appeal […]

Does Hinduism need formal religious leadership? – Vivek Gumaste

Can Hinduism with its other world nuance withstand the onslaught of predatory and proselytizing forces that seek to erode its base? Will its enlightened values and non-confrontational attitude, which we boast as its strength, become its downfall and lead to its ultimate extinction? – Vivek Gumaste Hindus have always prided themselves on not having a […]

Catholic Church in India: Biggest landowner after Indian government, owns over 17 crore acres – Sumaila Zaman

The Catholic Church acquired much of its property in India during the time of British colonial rule, under the Indian Church Act of 1927. These properties were obtained at an indicative rent, on the premise of encouraging the spread of Christianity. – Sumaila Zaman Land is one of the oldest and most important resources that […]

Catholic Church in India: Biggest landowner after Indian government owns over 17 crore acres – Sumaila Zaman

The Catholic Church acquired much of its property in India during the time of British colonial rule, under the Indian Church Act of 1927. These properties were obtained at an indicative rent, on the premise of encouraging the spread of Christianity. – Sumaila Zaman Land is one of the oldest and most important resources that […]

Ten incredible inventions India gave the world – Vinay Prasad Sharma

From ancient sciences to everyday essentials, let’s find 10 fascinating inventions that trace their roots to India showcasing the nation’s rich legacy of innovation and creativity. – Vinay Prasad Sharma 1. Chess The game of chess (chaturanga) was born in India during the Gupta dynasty in the 6th century. Today, over 1500 years later, it is […]

US scientist urges India to reclaim mathematical legacy – Pallava Bagla

“It should be called the Boudhayan-Pythagorean theorem,” Professor Bhargava suggested, underscoring the need to recognise India’s foundational role in global mathematics. – Pallava Bagla India invented Zero—and the numbers we use daily. Why are we still calling them Arabic numerals? In a stirring and historically grounded conversation with NDTV, Professor Manjul Bhargava, one of the […]

The what and why of anti-India hate in the West – Rajeev Srinivasan

India is completely alone—the Russia-India-China love-fest is just marketing. That is the bad news and also the good news. If everyone—the US Deep State, Whitehall, the CCP, ISI, and Soros—is against India, it means India matters. Someone said India is the ultimate swing state. No—India is the incipient superpower, the only one that can make […]

Becoming Hindu is not the same as being Hindu – Makarand R. Paranjape

Reading Savarkar, I saw that it was not Hindu self-assertion but Muslim partitionism that gave Hindutva its raison d’être. Savarkar himself had proposed … a unified Hindu–Muslim armed revolution in the Indian War of Independence of 1857. … What made him switch to the extreme suspicion of political Islam, if not an outright anti-Islamist standpoint? […]