Author: B Shantanu

Fasting cuts risk of heart attack

…once again suggesting that there is more than a grain of truth in ancient dharmic traditions. A recent report in Daily Mail reveals that skipping meals once a month could help stave off a...

When is it OK to wage “Jihad”?

Halfway through an innocuous article about an unusual Saudi programme to “rehabilitate” jihadis, the Director of the Care Rehabilitation Center, Sheik Ahmed Hamid Jelan lets his guard slip. The excerpt (from the TIME magazine...

Tamso Ma(m) Jyotirgamaya…

May this festival of lights help lead you from darkeness to light…   ??????? ?? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??????? ??????????? ?? ???? ?? ? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ???????, ?????????????? ? ???????????? ??,...

The “Weeping Buddha”

Remember A Sequel to Bamiyan…? Well, there is more…Swat now appears to be officially under Taliban control Excerpts from: ‘Taliban has the responsibility to arrest Musharraf‘ (emphasis mine). I doubt that there is now any...