Of “Monkey Gods” and “Elephant Heads”
Last month (Nov 27), TIME ran a cover story (see “The Pope Confronts Islam“) on the confrontation between Islam and Christianity in the context of Pope’s remarks about the Islam. I came across several...
Author: B Shantanu
What a surprise!
From the “Times of India”, 21st December 2006: Madrassa found to be LeT recruitment cell Excerpts: “…In a startling discovery police in north Kashmir have stumbled on a full0fledged recruitment cell of the Lashkar-e-Taiba...
Afzal-giri vs. Gandhi-giri
This has to be the statement of the year (courtesy Farooq Abdullah, former J&K Chief Minister): If Afzal is hanged, he will become a hero for centuries to come. The nation will go up...
Identities and Globalization
In his profile, TIME Magazine’s International Newsmaker of the Year, Shri L N Mittal is quoted as saying, “Whether I’m Indian or the citizen of another country is irrelevant in this global environment”. ...
“Copper Cure-all?”
Came across this amazing story in a recent issue of the technology magazine Red Herring: “Copper Cure-all?”. It lists some amazing medicinal properties of Copper (“Taamba” in Hindi or “Tamra” in Sanskrit) which should not...
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