Will the ‘Veer Bal Divas’ Usher a New Era for India? Several years ago, a colleague, a sociologist, after going through the list of local festivals and the reasons for following them had mentioned, “Yours…
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Dogs and British Empire; A Legacy Followed Till This Day The British saw little difference between dogs and Indians except on one count. It was the degree of loyalty that they exhibited towards them. Loyalty…
The Eight Awarenesses (अष्टबोध, Ashta-bodh): Framework for Strategic Analysis, esp. for India The purpose of strategic analysis is to seek actionable insights into the geopolitical ecosystem surrounding a country (or the competitive landscape surrounding a…
The Kashmir Files: Let Nightmares of Past be Never Forgotten, Never Repeated It has been almost a week since I saw The Kashmir Files. The day before we packed up my husband’s belongings to…
Lessons to be Learnt from The Kashmir Files The Kashmir Files! It might have been very difficult making a film on the genocide of one of the most evolved and enlightened civilizations of the world….
Decoding the Religious Origins of the Insurgency in North-East India Insurgency in North-East India has covered the entire spectrum of conflict beginning from subversion of constitutionally elected governments to full-scale guerilla warfare carried out overtly…
Why Is It a Fashion to Declare Hindutva as Bad, Hinduism as Good It is becoming a fashion to declare Hindutva as bad and Hinduism as good, mostly by people who don’t know from own…
Should Indian History be Retold? The Simba Connection ‘The Lion King’ has exited the theatres more than a couple of years ago, but the story of Simba lingers on. This Walt Disney Pictures production refuses…
Conference on ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’: An Open Agenda? It shocked Hindus: a conference on ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’, supported by 38 US universities. Speakers are the usual leftists mainly with Hindu names. And of all dates,…
How Vedic Literature is the Father of Modern Knowledge; An Analysis Why was it that we Indians, always look at what is wrong with India and never appreciate what is great about our…
