Author: B Shantanu

Shubh “Makar Sankranti”…

I finally understood the symbolic significance of this first Hindu festival of the (modern) New Year, courtesy this site (excerpts): Introduction of Makar Sankranti: Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious day for...

Don’t worry, be happy*

Esteemed Foreign Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee quoted in various reportsĀ talking about the issue of cross-border incursions by China: Sometimes incursions take place… but there (is) no need to press any “panic button” šŸ™ Please...

Let us blow up Khajuraho…

By now most, if not all, of you must have read about the shameful and disgusting incidents of molestations of young women in Mumbai and New Delhi on New Year’s Eve… What shocked me...

Building a Freedom Team for India

Dear All, it is my pleasure to publish this guest post by Sanjeev Sabhlok. As you know, good governance in India is something very close to my heart. I am glad that Sanjeev has...

Secularism has its own agenda

Extracts from a BBC news story: “…Dr Nazir Ali, the bishop of Rochester…in a separate interview with the BBC…said “Britishness” had to be recovered if it was to “have the identity to face another...