Ishwar Sharan's Blog, page 25

Stolen vs looted: What the difference between the two says about the British Museum’s hypocrisy – Nathan Bossoh

While the British Museum celebrates recovered items in its new exhibition, it has continuously refused to return historically looted items in its own collection back to countries of origin. – Dr. Nathan Bossoh The British Museum’s latest exhibition, Rediscovering Gems, displays a range of prized ancient Roman and Greek artefacts. The exhibition stemmed from an […]

The Bhojshala survey is crucial for India – Reshmi Dasgupta

As with the disputes in Kashi, Mathura and Ayodhya, besides Bhojshala and countless other spots, it boils down to squarely admitting the destruction of temples by Muslim rulers. Repudiation is futile because when those acts were perpetrated, the deliberate use of spolia ensured that there was no loophole left for plausible denial in later centuries. […]

Historic Hindu temple demolished in Pakistan’s Khyber District – Ibrahim Shinwari

The ‘Khyber Temple’ was situated in the Pakistan border town of Landi Kotal Bazaar in the Khyber District, but had been vanishing brick by brick over the years. The commercial construction at the site started about 10-15 days ago. – PTI Construction of a commercial building has begun at the site of a historical temple […]

The Narendra Modi Interview – Danish Manzoor Bhat

A year after India overtook China to become the world’s most populous country, its rapid upward economic trajectory and increasing diplomatic, scientific and military weight make it an emerging superpower of ever-growing importance to the United States and the world. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Newsweek’s written questions and followed up with a 90-minute conversation at his […]

Why the hue and cry over CAA? – Makhan Saikia

The CAA is not anti-Muslim; it just prioritises citizenship for persecuted minorities, not others, from three neighbouring countries. Importantly, the CAA doesn’t prevent Muslims from these countries from applying for Indian citizenship. – Makhan Saikia The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) marks a watershed moment in India’s electoral system. The government amended the Citizenship Amendment Act […]

Seeing through the shadowy world of NGOs – Prabhu Chawla

Taming of NGOs is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission to neutralise all institutions which his party believes undermines the cultural, social, religious and unique identity of India. – Prabhu Chawla The conscience industry is one of the pillars of India’s crumbling Left liberal edifice. There is nothing like a good cry to get […]

Katchatheevu Island: A case of half-sovereignty – Prafull Goradia

Sovereignty cannot be shared with anyone. … Fortunately, India after 2014 has had a Government which believes in absolute national sovereignty and has been acting in the manner befitting it. – Prafull Goradia The 1974 cession of Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka by India has sparked renewed scrutiny into the country’s historical attitudes towards sovereignty […]

Western media finds India an easy prey for its big lies – Jay Bhattacharjee

The internet and print organisations—foreign and Indian—have declared open warfare against the current political dispensation, as well as socio-cultural institutions that are committed to the cause of Indian civilisation. – Jay Bhattacharjee For many decades after Independence, India was a regular playground for external forces and agencies. This is well documented and researched. Initially, India […]

Indira Gandhi and Karunanidhi gifted Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka – Rahul Shivshankar

The disclosures on Katchatheevu Island make it very difficult from here on for the DMK to claim that it is the sole guardian of Tamil Nadu’s interests. – Rahul Shivshankar We’re all asking the wrong questions on the Katchatheevu disclosures. In all honesty, the issue will have a minimal bearing on the outcome of the 2024 […]

World Policeman: Time for America to shutup and intropsect – Aninda Dey

US interference in India’s internal matters in the name of democracy, secularism, religious freedom and human rights in all these decades smacks of hypocrisy. … From Kashmir to CAA, which are India’s internal matters, US doublespeak and interference is highly condemnable. – Aninda Dey On 10 September, 2013, then American president Barack Obama said, “America […]