This one is for my soul-mate…
From a letter written by Swami Vivekananda to Shrimati Sarala Ghoshal — Editor, Bharati in April 1897 In this battle of life, men are rare who encourage the initiator of new thought, not to...
Author: B Shantanu
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO, it is an “illegal religious structureâ€*
Some of you may remember this tweet from barbarindian yesterday in which he referred to this report by PTI on the demolition of an “illegal” religious structure: ..Police on Wednesday lobbed teargas shells and...
“Ye are the children of God..â€
Remembering Swami Vivekananda on his 148th birth anniversary… Ye are the children of God..the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings.  Ye divinities on earth – sinners! It is a sin to...
Pakistani men, white girls & a wee bit of self-censorship, courtesy the BBC
Once upon a time, when I was young and naive – and the world was full of roses, I used to “trust” the BBC for telling us the news the way it was..That was...
On Baba-log and Mummy Papa MPs
I woke up today morning to this article, thanks to Ashutosh: “The Princely State of India“ by Patrick French. As Ashutosh wrote in his email: (It is) Rather long but I read it “atha...
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