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I wasn’t surprised to read this BBC article about the popularity of Hitler and his Mein Kampf amongst the youth in India. In fact, I think Indians have a rather balanced view of people – because while they despise Hitler’s massacres and racism, they admire his nationalism and ambition. Similarly, many Indian youth also hold…
I’ve just finished “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer prize-winning columnist of New York Times. It is one the most gripping non-fiction books I’ve read. It begins with a very feel-good factor of showing how the developing world, mainly India and China are now playing a huge role in manufacturing, services and…
I fail to comprehend the incredibly raving reviews Amartya Sen’s Argumentative Indian has received. Do people just look at the name of the author and write for the dustjacket without reading the contents of the book? Anyway, at last I got the opportunity to read the book and found it extremely boring. All Amartya Sen…
The British invaders of India were an extremely prejudiced lot when it came to India’s culture, religion and people. Consequently, they were not very fond of Hinduism, and wrote highly objectionable stuff on the topic. When they noticed that Indian criminals were as religious as the common people, they were confused. Not only were thieves,…
The final review of Mike Dash’s fascinating book – Thug: The True Story of India’s Murderous Cult. Thugs were a notorious band of marauding murderous highway robbers that plagued Indian roads between the 1600s and mid 1800s (Introduction to Thugs). They used to trick wealthy and not-so-wealthy travellers into traveling with them as a group….
I have just finished reading Pradip Bhattacharya’s English translation of the Oriya book “Yajnaseni” by the famed writer Pratibha Ray. If women can be educated and modern without losing their cultural identity, then Pratibha Ray sets an excellent example. Yajnaseni won her a Bharatiya Jnanpith award in 1993. The story of Draupadi, the heroine of…
At last, somebody has gathered enough courage to refute Amartya Sen and his recent book, The Argumentative Indian. It is surprising that Amartya Sen has risen to the status of a demigod especially in his home state Bengal, and that his book has been hailed in all the reviews written by Indians that I have…
Beginning a series of articles on the most vile criminals to have walked the holy lands of India, I am going to take you through history as I read the wonderful Mike Dash – Thug: The True Story of India’s Murderous Cult. Quite a few people have written about the Indian Thugs, but perhaps it…
Aham: I am – Hinduism
