Articles Archive for June 2011
Miscellaneous, Personal »
In the season of hot tempers, high emotions and midnight dramas, this is brief reminder to myself to watch my tongue (and my words)… This brief post was prompted by Sanjeev Sabhlok’s post yesterday, calling Baba Ramdev a coward, Anna Hazare an intellectually challenged and India Against Corruption a “one-trick pony”. He is of course not alone in voicing such sentiments. Similar words and phrases have been used by others..
In an internal FTI post, AAryan reminded us to…
..maintain a political demeanour and acuteness when we comment or write on Political matters …
Corruption in India, Current Affairs »
Like many (most?) of you, I was shocked to read the news about what happened this morning at Ramlila Maidan..Below, a collection of links, excerpts on what happened…and an invitation to join a Live Chat (online) this evening at 830pm IST.
Ramdev banned from entering Delhi for 15 days…
…A senior police official said they had granted permission to Ramdev-led Bharat Swabhiman Trust to hold yoga training camp at Ramlila Ground.
“But the same was withdrawn, as the events unfolded, when all efforts failed to convince Ramdev and organisers to restrict to the activities what …
Indian History, Islamic Rule in India, Medieval Indian History, National Heroes »
As many of you would remember, today is the birth anniversary* of MahaRana Pratap of Mewar. On this occasion, some inspiring excerpts detailing the exploits of the one who never gave up…The first excerpt is about the famous ”Battle of Haldighati” as described in “The History of India: The Hindú and Mahometan Periods” by Mountstuart Elphinstone:
On June 21, 1576 (June 18 by other calculations), the two armies met at Haldighati, near the town of Gogunda in present-day Rajasthan. While accounts vary as to the exact strength of the two armies, all …
A Hindu Identity, An Indian Identity, Ancient Indian History, Distortions, Misrepresentations about India, Indian Architecture & City Planning »
That the “Aryan Invasion” theory stands thoroughly discredited today is probably no news for most readers of this blog. But when I recently stumbled on this article by Jayasree, I realised there may be a lot more that is yet to be discovered and explored here – particularly with regards to the unifying strands between the Saraswati-Sindhu settlements, the Vedic age and the later day culture of Bharat/India (In this context, please also read excerpts from a speech by Dr Subramaniam Swamy on “Defalsify India’s History“). As Shri Krishen Kak …
