Author: B Shantanu

Understanding Raj-Dharma, Part 2

Several months ago, while idly surfing the web, I stumbled on a somewhat oddly titled monograph*. It read: “Passage to Hindu State: DharmaRajya and RajaDharma” – A Socio-Political Study of the Mahabharata” It was...

Just as I was beginning to feel hopeful…

…comes the news that almost half of the candidates* standing for the Assembly elections in Bihar * have pending criminal cases against them… Worse, “Several of these criminal charges are serious charges, like Murder,...

From Terrorists to Militants to Foreign Fighters

I wonder whats next? Misguided Tourists? This is what I am talking about… Screenshot of Google World News webpage taken at around 1.16am IST Related Posts: Very very bad militants My name is whatever…and...

We need to Believe We can Win

Some of you may remember a Discussion we had at IIT-Delhi, courtesy the IIT-D Alumni Association and FTI, a few weeks back (Aug ’10). The digital recording is finally in and I have slowly...

Live Chat on Jammu & Kashmir/ Tonight @ 730pm IST

Hope you can join… Looking forward to the discussion…You can chat in the window below or click on this link to open another window). In case of any difficulties, pl IM me on Skype...