Monthly Archive: December 2009

Saluting our Heroes: 2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal, PVC

From the Indian Army website: The Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on...

Nightmare at Noon* – Water Wars

In this part of the “Nightmare at Noon” series, a look at why “Water” is the new “Oil”, the possibility of water scarcity leading to “Water Wars” in the future and China’s worrying plans...

Join the Debate – Are smaller states good for India?

Please use this thread to share thoughts, comments and ideas on re-organisation of states in India. To kick-start the discussion, excerpts from a few thought-provoking posts and articles below. The first excerpt from To...

Dear Vir, This is why Buddhism declined in India…

In the first part of this post, I cited evidence contrary to Sh Sanghvi’s assertion that “Hindu kings destroyed Buddhist monasteries…” Sh Sanghvi’s second point was that, as a consequence of such destruction (which...