Author: B Shantanu

Pl. help me verify this report….

Some of you may have come across this email/ read this article “Terror Unbound: 14 years old Hindu child burnt alive” (- thanks to A Thapar for forwarding it to me). I am attempting to...

“Allah ki den”…

Last week, Bismillah, a 40-yr old woman in Nuh, Mewat gave birth to her 23rd child. The father, 50-yr old Mohammad Ishaq, neither remembers the names of his 23 kids nor recognises all of them…and...

Can I turn “right” here, please?

Atlantean has written a great post on the deafening silence of mainstream English language media (notably TOI, IBN Live and DNA on the declassified CIA documents (in full here) that reveal the extent to which the Left “looked...

Exposing “Purdah” – the Truth behind the Veil

*****CAUTION: Long Post***** By now, most of you must have heard or read about the controversy caused by Smt Pratibha Patil’s recent remarks on the purdah system. To recap briefly, Smt Patil, the Congress...

Clearing the dust off Macaulay’s “famous quote”

Many of you must have come across this “famous quote” of Macaulay in which he appears to be praising the wealth, cultural and spiritual heritage of India: I have travelled across the length and...