Category: Featured

Voices of caution on SethuSamudram

First from Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, “150-year dream for 150-year old ships” Excerpts: “…Dreams are costless, but canals are not. Project documents claim that the canal will save ships 36 hours of time and...

“India Breaking” – Read this and Weep

This is a sad story of the North East. It is a first-person account of how bad things are in the beautiful land of the “seven sisters” – in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and...

The search for a historical “Rama”

Amidst esteemed leader Karunanidhi’s latest remarks questioning “the historical basis” of Ramayana and Shri Rama, comes this news-report from The Hindu (Thanks, Anirban). Excerpts (emphasis mine) from “Ramayana is not a myth: S.R. Rao”:...

UK fashion chain withdraws “Swastika” bag

An alert (and loyal) reader pointed this story to me: Zara withdraws swastika handbags. From the BBC website: The fashion chain Zara has withdrawn a handbag from its stores after a customer pointed out...