The Kashmir valley has turned green. This is what I notice as I come out of the Srinagar airport and drive to my hotel. This is another green, the green of Islam that seems to have taken roots …
Why The Hindu Becomes Silent When His Temples Are Desecrated?
“Why is there silence over the desecration of the temple in Delhi? Forget the media and intellectuals, why are even the ordinary Hindus not speaking up?” A friend asked me in a get together. We both …
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Is Bengal Heading Towards A Genocide?
India, it is said, lives in her villages. But she can be understood through the slogans that rents her skies and the way her rulers try to suppress them. In today’s Bengal saying ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is …
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Why Amartya Sen Fails See An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Victor Hugo once famously said, “No army can stop an idea whose time has come.” Amartya Sen doesn’t seem to have read this quote. Otherwise he would not have made the comment that Modi has won the …
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A Magical Moment That Has Come Seventy Years Later
India will not be the same again after this election. It is a moment that came at the dawn of 15th August 1947 and was then lost. Today, it has risen again to undo a wrong of history. We have lost …
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Will Modi Meditating be the Defining Moment of This Election?
The picture of Modi sitting in the cave with his eyes closed, meditating reminded me of a picture from another era from childhood. It is that of Swami Vivekananda sitting on the last rock in the ocean …
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