Author: B Shantanu

Happy New Year !!

Today is the first day of Chaitra and the beginning of the Hindu New Year for some Hindus*.  The day has a special significance for me (in my personal life) because of an event...

On Aurangzeb, Kashi Vishwanath, Lies and Half-Truths

A few days ago, I came across this statement by TMMK leader M.H. Jawahirulla. He said: One of the greatest charges against Aurangzeb is of the demolition of Vishwanath Temple in Banaras (Varanasi). That...

Now Thats What I call Music..sorry, *News*

From Monday’s Telegraph (“Brahmaputra jitters from China project“): “…Hints have emerged from China that it may be gearing for a project on the Brahmaputra that threatens drought in India’s Northeast, environment experts and Indian officials...

12 Lakh Christians to convert?

Some of you probably read 20,000 Christians threaten to revert to Hinduism but today I came across 12 Lakh Vanniya Christians “contemplating” reverting to Hinduism (by A.V. Ragunathan):    VILLUPURAM: Over 12 lakh Vanniya Christians in Tamil Nadu...

Does anyone remember 59 people on a train in Godhra?

As the Supreme Court�asked the Narendra Modi government to set up a Special Investigiation Team to probe the major Godhra riot cases, I came across this article, “A Requiem for Godhra“�by�U. Narayana Das. Below...