Category: Indian History

W’end Links: Saraswati, a 27-year war & spin doctors

Start your weekend with Sandhya Jain’s review of Prof BB Lal’s latest book which traces the continuity of Indian culture since the dawn of the Saraswati-Sindhu civilisation. Excerpts from Discovery of India by Sandhya...

I bet you forgot…

…the ones who ought to be remembered today. *** 79 years ago on this date *** BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUKHDEV EXECUTED NO “LAST INTERVIEW” WITH RELATIONS DEAD BODIES SECRETLY DISPOSED OF Front Page...

What is “Dharma”? – Concluding Part

The final part of  “What is Dharma” by Harapriya. Today, can one fight a dharma yudh against adharma? *** What is “Dharma”? – Concluding Part by K Harapriya *** Can one fight a dharma...

What is “Dharma”? – Part II

Continuing from Part-I that appeared earlier this week. Today, lessons from the MahaBharata. *** What is “Dharma”? – Part II by K Harapriya *** Lessons of the Mahabharata One epic which still holds profound...

An open letter to BalaSaheb from a Marathi Manoos

Adarniya BalaSaheb, Pranaam. I would have written this letter in Marathi but most of my blog readers are Indians. I have never done a survey to find out how many of them are Maharashtrians...