12 September, 2022 If you are opposed to Leftists, be it in India or US, you are almost certainly correct I have now been in the US for a few weeks, watching the verbal gymnastics going on here. In India, the Leftists keep telling us about the horrors of “majoritarianism”. Incidentally, given my limited understanding […]
27 December, 2022 In this context, I make the plea that at least Chapters 10 and 11 of the Gita be taught as works of literature. India is indeed a strange country. The country’s elite are opposed to students learning about the Bhagavad Gita. I wonder where the Gita should be taught, if not in India! Should it be taught in Japan […]
25 January, 2023 Identity groups need to make sure that they are able to bargain and leverage their support with multiple parties. Years ago, I met an American Professor of Political Science who had an interest in Indian politics. He argued with me that in affluent, educated western societies, people voted based on their interests […]
02 February, 2023 My Leftist friends want to believe that Modi is a bad guy. The BBC, of course, has listened to them and is convinced that Modi is a bad guy too. Most of my friends know me as an anglophile and frankly, even as a Raj-lover. That is why I write this column with […]
22 February, 2023 When I last spoke to Tony, we said we were in the departure lounge. In the internet age, instant reaction seems to be mandatory. Unfortunately, I found out about Tony Jesudasan’s death after a day. Too late for a proper obituary which had already been written by better pens. In my case, […]
25 February, 2023 Among Soros’ Indian friends, clearly there are as many astrology buffs as there are weak-minded Leftists. Some thirty-odd years ago, I attended an intimate breakfast meeting with George Soros, American businessman. He won’t remember. But I do. My one takeaway from the meeting was that Soros was very upset about the squalor […]
28 February, 2023 Tipu Sultan is remembered as the Indian ruler who died fighting the British and did not take a pension. But that does not automatically make him a patriot. If only the Marxist editors of NCERT textbooks had admitted that Tipo Sultan was a flawed human being, perhaps some of us would not have many […]
03 March, 2023 The much-maligned Khan Market in Delhi is named for Dr. Khan Sahib, who saved the lives of Hindus and Sikhs in Peshawar. We are a strange people. We file mandamus writ petitions in our august Supreme Court to get our government to change names of cities, towns, and streets. And the court […]
12 April, 2023 The NCERT was set up in the heyday of our Gosplan-inspired socialist Permit Raj. It chose to suppress the rich histories of the Cholas, Ellora, Elephanta, Kalachuris. There has been a lot of criticism against NCERT making changes in history textbooks, including in ThePrint. Most of it has focused on the organization trying to reduce […]
22 March, 2023 More and more evidence is mounting in favor of a non-zoonotic laboratory origin for the killer virus. The COVID pandemic devastated the world in a profound manner. Each one of us can count our losses. For me it has been one uncle, one cousin, one beloved colleague, one good friend, one mentor […]