Ishwar Sharan's Blog, page 32

Pannun Case: Are we to take US prosecutors seriously? – Sreemoy Talukdar

The entire Pannun case reeks of a bad Hollywood plot in a C-grade film where the audience is asked to suspend disbelief at gunpoint. … If the US is serious about its partnership with India, it must remember that it is a relationship of equals, between equals, and one based on shared interests that includes […]

Parthenon Marbles & Kohinoor Diamond: The British legacy of loot drags on – Vantage Take

The United Kingdom stands accused of stealing numerous artefacts from around the globe, a collection that includes thousands of looted pieces of cultural heritage, particularly from Asia and Africa. Even Europe has not been exempted from this historical plunder with Greece emerging as a significant victim of Britain’s kleptomania. – Vantage Take A recent diplomatic dispute […]

Parthenon Marbles & Kohinoor Diamond: The British legacy of loot – Vantage Take

The United Kingdom stands accused of stealing numerous artefacts from around the globe, a collection that includes thousands of looted pieces of cultural heritage, particularly from Asia and Africa. Even Europe has not been exempted from this historical plunder with Greece emerging as a significant victim of Britain’s kleptomania. – Vantage Take A recent diplomatic dispute […]

The West is a Wounded Civilisation – Minhaz Merchant

The West has never been a true friend of India. … It is wary of India and its sway over the Global South. Instead of prosecuting a terrorist like Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who openly incites violence against India, the Biden government protects him. – Minhaz Merchant The Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars have inflicted a fatal […]

World Hindu Congress: Call it Hindu-ness, not Hinduism – TOI

“On behalf of the global Hindu community, the World Hindu Congress declares that […] malicious criticism of Hindutva, or Sanatan Dharma, or Sanatan, or Hindu Dharma actually targets Hindu society and all that is beautiful, just, good, and noble in it,” – World Hindu Congress On the second day of the World Hindu Congress, which […]

T.R. Ramesh: Arunachaleswar Temple shopping complex issue – S. Rajesh

It has to be understood that a temple is not a property of the Tamil Nadu Government to make an announcement. … They have no authority. The moment you say it is because of the announcement made in the Assembly, immediately the earlier orders of the Supreme Court come into play and this becomes completely […]

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin: The Hamas sheikh who fooled Israel – John Dobson

Hamas’s ultimate goal is to estrange Israel from its international partners and turn the country into the pariah state that Sheikh Yassin believed it to be. – John Dobson One of the great ironies of the horrific war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas is that Israel is fighting an enemy much of its […]

Western liberal media has failed the truth – Ravi Shankar

The lofty citadel of American journalism is crumbling under the toxic babble of liberal armchair activists, who are corrupting public opinion with partisan distortions. – Ravi Shankar In Hamlet, Polonius asks the sour prince of Denmark, “What do you read, my lord?” Hamlet replies, “Words, words, words.” Translation: they are meaningless. It seems he is […]

Eyeless in Gaza: The never-ending war – Makarand R. Paranjape

Not only is the Israel-Palestine problem thousands of years old, but it is unlikely to be resolved easily. – Prof. Makarand R. Paranjape The title of this column is inspired by a novel by Aldous Huxley, whose 60th death anniversary is coming up on November 22. The first part of this reflection is inspired by its […]

Significance of Diwali from an American Hindu’s perspective – Sean Bradrick

Sanatana Dharma represents the world’s most ancient continuously practised, indigenous spiritual and philosophical tradition, which focuses on inner knowledge over outer belief and finds its basis in timeless truths and natural law. – Sean Bradrick Sanatana Dharma provides various multicultural paths to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, and altruism. Not only through the vast beauty of Hindu […]