Author: B Shantanu

Hinduism – NOT “monotheism in disguise”

A few weeks ago, I came across a provocative comment by Richard Dawkins which mentioned that polytheism in Hinduism is essentially “monotheism in disguise”. The comment prompted this post “Is Hinduism Monotheism in Disguise?”...

Tibet – not always part of China…

From DNA India, “Tibet wasn’t ours, says Chinese scholar” (by Venkatesan Vembu, Feb 22, ’07) – I wonder  what the official reaction to this is. Some excerpts: “…In an article in the China Review magazine,...

“Why have Missionaries chosen to attack India?”

From the christian aggression website, an article on “why have Missionaries chosen to attack India?” I am trying to ascertain the veracity of this graph (click below). � If anyone has more details about...

India, Iran and the IPI pipeline

Rohit Pattnaik, who is a Visiting Scholar at IDSA in Delhi, recently wrote a well-researched piece arguing why India can afford to take a more hardline positon vis-a-vis Iran in the oil pipeline negotiations...