Author: B Shantanu

A “Namaste” may be your safest bet

Some of you probably read a recent report which suggested that a handshake can apparently be more infectious than a kiss! If you think this is some kind of a new year’s joke, read...

On Narendra Modi and being a Hindu

Extracts from Shri B Raman’a article in the recent edition of Outlook (Dec 24 ’07), “The Secular Hypocrisy“: *** …The pathological dislike–even hatred–that some of our journalists–particularly in the electronic media–have for Modi could�...

From the tragedy, some unsavoury truths

Below, a collection of short excerpts from various reports and analyses following the tragic assasination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. *** From M. A. Muqtedar Khan’s (Associate professor and director of Islamic Studies, University of...

Who are these “11 people”?

Some of you may have read a recent news report in which Union Aviation Minister Shri Praful Patel was quoted as saying: “The men who guard our borders should not have to be frisked. There are...

Going into Hibernation…

Dear Friends, Namaskar… Some of you may have already noticed the infrequent postings and decline in original writing on this blog since the past few weeks. I have not run out of things to write about…in...