One of the famous quotes often repeated is “History repeats”. And history repeats because people fail to learn from the past mistakes and continue to do so. A quote attributed to ...
At the core of the present row over Jallikattu lies a question of morality and subjectivity. That we need to keep a common minimum baseline of reality is of prime importance. ...
“While the protests in other states was about demonetisation, for want of foods and higher wages, Tamilnadu stood out for its protests over Jallikattu; for an entertainment?” My senior colleague commented. ...
As far as rituals and customs are concerned, the states of our vast nation are mini countries in themselves, each one has unique festivals and a distinct way of celebrating them. ...
The Bengali word for Rainbow has been changed. Henceforth, a rainbow in Bengali shall be known as 'Rongdhonu (রংধনু)', instead of Ramdhonu (রামধনু). A decision to change the word was taken ...
Nehruvian socialism has always been a concept that believes in the uprooting of social norms, ethics and values in exchange for the economic infiltration of unrelated cultures into a native fabric. ...
Almost all modern Indologists, all modern Indian education, all modern Indian religion is looked upon from an explicitly and unabashedly Semitic or Abrahamic point of view, arising from the Colonial superstructure ...
Over a hundred years ago, in a letter to his fellow revolutionary - Motilal Roy, Sri Aurobindo remarked, "The intellect of Bengal has been so much fed on chemical tablets of ...
Some call it as Sankranti or Sankranthi, some call it as Bihu, some others call it as Sankraman, and in Tamil Nadu, they call it as Pongal. All in all, the ...
In the aftermath of Brexit and Trump’s victory, the future of the European Union looks increasingly shaky each day. With popular anger rising among Europeans owing to continuing economic slowdown and ...
A false narrative that has become a part of the political mainstream is that Bengal, unlike other parts of the country, had always been secular and that even after partition, both ...
2017 New Year celebrations at M.G. Road in Bengaluru turned into disgraceful and shameful nuisance with a bunch of inebriated men resorting to molestation of young women. It was no less ...
