There is a ‘rumored fountain’ in a well Which is waiting for a ‘story’ to tell The ‘story’ is baffling the whole nation That how it could fool a people for twenty generation The story …
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Why The ‘Present’ Is The Time Of Reckoning
As I opened the television there was a debate going on between the Hindu and Muslim spokespersons. The dialogue left me baffled. It was on the survey being conducted in the premises of Gyanvapi Masjid …
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Why We Should See Our Temples Also As Memorials?
“Why did you, a psychologist, wanted to meet me at this temple for this interview?” “Have you been to this place before?” I asked. “Yes, have passed by it many times,” he said. “It is one of the …
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What Lies in Erasing Names of Freedom Fighters?
There are crimes done by an individual and then there are crimes done by whole institutions and nations. The crimes by nations are annihilative. It is a whole culture and way of life that they try to …
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The Last Hindu of Afghanistan
The last Hindu of Afghanistan not to leave is a priest. There is nothing surprising about it. It is a defining part of Hindu history and is our eternal identity. The picture of a lone Hindu priest …
When Our Ancestors And Our Past Speaks To Us
I often get an uncanny feeling, an intuition that our ancestors are watching us from heaven. They want us to understand what they went through during the thousand years of slavery and colonialism. …
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