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”. ...
Category: An Indian Identity
Of Bangalore, Bengaluru and Fractured Identities…
A few days ago, I got into a passionate debate about the merits of the name change of Bangalore to Bengaluru with a few friends.� They were arguing that this was a populist measure,...
Excerpts from “The Dangers of Monotheism…”
In a recently written piece on “The Dangers of Monotheism in the Age of Globalization“, Jean-Pierre Lehmann suggests that India (and our Hindu tradition) can be the new ethical and spiritual role model for...
“Hindu”, India and “Bharat” – The Story behind Word Origins
Several months ago, a friend asked me the origin of the word India and �Hindu�. That question spurred this brief piece of research. Most experts agree today that the name �India� was derived from...
More on Feroze Khan
Saturday, 20 May , 2006, 00:05 New Delhi: Notwithstanding the ban imposed by President Pervez Musharraf on his entry into Pakistan, filmmaker and actor Feroze Khan has said he stood by his remarks that...
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