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Weekend potpourri: Kashmir, BJP, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Some links for weekend reading: 1. From the Telegraph, an excellent article by Ambassador K Sibal on why borders are (still) relevant. 2. A revealing interview with Govindacharya: Jaitley is BJP’s best, Rajnath saboteur 3....

Spot the H-word

Thanks to Sh Nachiketa Tiwari for spotting this and Sh Kak for emailing it to me. Although this is a fairly long excerpt from an exchange of emails re. learning Sanskrit, pl. try and read in full. It shows...

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

Today is “Ganesh Chaturthi” – birthday of BhagwAn Shri Ganesh (celebrated on the 4th day of Bhadrapada – usually Aug/Sept in Julian calendar). Ganesh-ji is widely revered as the remover of obstacles (“VidhnhartA”) and is...

The great joke that is Indian Media – Part VI

A leading cine-artiste makes the claim that being a Muslim, she has had difficulty finding a home in Mumbai. A screen writer says that he too faced the same “problem”.  The reporter adds… Top film stars,...