Category: An Indian Identity

A Valentine’s Day “fatwa”

Stumbled across this news today: “No love on Valentine’s Day, Sena on a rampage“ “… In Delhi, about a dozen Sena protesters briefly blocked a road early on Wednesday and burnt Valentine’s Day cards...

Secularism has its own agenda

Extracts from a BBC news story: “…Dr Nazir Ali, the bishop of Rochester…in a separate interview with the BBC…said “Britishness” had to be recovered if it was to “have the identity to face another...

Of Godhra and Gujarat – Part II

A few days ago I came across this piece by Kishore Asthana which makes a number of important points that form the backdrop to Godhra. I am reproducing some excerpts below but I would...

An Indian Identity in a Globalizing world

The Sept-Oct ’07 issue of JetScreen (Jet Airways in-flight entertainment guide) had a brief interview with Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar in which the first question was (emphasis mine): “Question: A graph recorded at the...