Happy Yuletide (or Christmas)!
By: Prashant Parikh All I Want for “Christmas”, is ‘Yule’ https://prashantparikh.wordpre ss.com/2016/12/25/yule-not- christmas/ Aside from wishing my friends a Happy Yuletide, I also take this...
View ArticleDemonetization: Modi or Manmohan Singh: Who is Credible?
By: R. Veera Raghavan, Advocate, Chennai Did you read Manmohan Singh’s newspaper article on the recent demonetization of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes? If not, please flip through The Hindu of 9th Dec....
View ArticleScientists and social responsibility: Emerging imperatives and the Indian...
By: Dr. R. R. Kishore, MD, LLB (Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, President, Indian Society for Health Laws & Ethics, New Delhi. Telefax:...
View ArticleSanskrit, Dravids, Tamils and South East Asia: No scope for ‘Divisive Agenda’
By: Dr. Nellutla Naveen Chandra [This write-up by Dr. Nellutla Naveen Chandra is part of one of his several emails, which he sent to one Tamil friend (whose name is being withheld) who had strong...
View ArticleIf it is true, then humans will change forever! Welcome New Year AD 2017
By: Shreepal Singh If it is true, then humans will change forever! It is said: “Much more than half our thoughts and feelings are not our own in the sense that they take form out of ourselves; of...
View ArticleYear 2017: Children have ‘The First Right’ over this Earth!
By: Shreepal Singh Children derive their rights – even the right to come into this world – from us and we derive our rights from our forefathers. It is a natural process – a system – of ‘right in...
View ArticleAre Jihadis to blame for attacking us?
By: Maria Wirth The fear of lone wolf attacks has changed the atmosphere in Europe. Especially women feel insecure while walking alone, but even men are not keen to go out alone at night. The security...
View ArticlePakistan: One Nation with Two Identities
Identity Number One: We are Pakistani people. We were the people who in our past had lived lives in ignorance for ages, till fortuitously the light of Islam came to us. It was a moment of good fortune...
View ArticleThe Education System in India
By: Dr. V. Sasi Kumar In the Beginning In ancient times, India had the Gurukula system of education in which anyone who wished to study went to a teacher’s (Guru) house and requested to be taught. If...
View ArticleHarvard PhD holder and knowledge of Vedas
By: Mahesh Ahuja A young man in his mid-twenties knocks on the door of the noted Guru. He said: “I’ve come to you because I wish to study Vedas.” “Do you know Sanskrit?” the Guru asks. “No,” replies...
View ArticleSubhash Chandra Bose’s Deputy: A. C. N. Nambiar
Arathil Candeth Narayan NAMBIAR: NAMBIAR went to Berlin in 1924 as a journalist and worked with the Indian communist group there alongside his brother-in-law CHATTOPADHAYAYA (married to the OGPU agent...
View ArticleSheldon Pollock (शलजम पालक) finds himself in the “Trump-Land”
By: Prabhat Gupta Who is Sheldon Pollock (or “शलजम पालक, playing pun on the similarity of sounds of these two words, where शलजम is beet and पालक is spinach, that is, things found in plenty but...
View ArticleRam was not a Misogynist- Stop spreading lies, Devdutt Patnaik
By: Dr. Nellutla Naveena Chandra In this article, Devdutt Patnaik’s text is shown in red and my rebuttal in black. Patnaik: It is interesting that in all writings of patriarchy and misogyny related to...
View ArticleWhat do Western Atheists feel about Hinduism?
By: Maria With It seems truth cannot be told anymore. I had written an answer to the above question on quora, but after over 11k views it was taken down, allegedly violating the “be nice, be...
View ArticleA few Questions to the World’s Communist Thinkers for their Answers
By: Shreepal Singh We all are familiar with science. We are also aware that science stands on the rock foundation of mathematics. In numerous branches of mathematics, there are many established...
View ArticlePlace of ‘Reason’ and ‘Faith’ in Vedas
By: Y. K. Wadhwa Broadly speaking, Shraddha (faith) is described as performance of anything with love and respect. Sanskrit Grammar book ‘Nighantu’ describes the etymological formation of Shraddha as...
View ArticleSupreme Court Frowns on Leniency Towards Acid Attackers
By: Parmanand Pandey Acid attacks, particularly on women are not unheard of in our country. The horrific stories of survivors have shocked the conscience of the nation again and again. Families are...
View ArticleSupreme Court Found Jayalalithaa Guilty. What Next?
By: R. Veera Raghvan Last month the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgement the entire nation wanted to know what it would be. It viewed the AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister...
View Articleहोली और पानी –एक हमला पानी के नाम पर
प्रभात गुप्त होली खेलने वालों से अपील है कि जम कर होली खेलिए, दो दिन पहले से खेलिए। जो आपको रोके उसको पटक कर होली खेलिए। ये जो पानी बचाने की बातें हैं, इसका पर्यावरण के बचाव से कोई लेना देना नहीं है।...
View Article‘Indian Sepoys’: In British-India and in India of today!
By: Ganesh Arnaal At their peak the number of Britishers in India was 3,00,000 ( three Lakhs) and the Indian population was 33,00,00,000 (thirty-three crores). A ratio of 1100 Indians to every...
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