Category: Miscellaneous

This must be the last word on origin of “Hindu”…

This essay�is beyond any doubt one of the best explanations of the origin of the word “Hindu” I have come across. In this scholarly and meticulously researched essay, Dr Pahoja has refuted claims that...

On Taslima Nasreen, fatwas and burqas…

Khushwant Singh recently�penned an article in HT (“A room and a thought to spare“, Feb 16 ’07)) �strongly supporting�Tasleema Nasreen to stay in India beyond the expiry of her visa. Excerpts below (emphasis mine):...

Thought provoking quote…

by Diana West (from her article: “Connecting the dots on Islam“, July 14, ’06) – “Whether most Muslims wouldn’t hurt a fly is an increasingly irrelevant footnote to the hostile aggression of other Muslims who,...

“Water” nominated for Oscar, via Canada!

Deepa Mehta’s Water has now been nominated for the best foreign film award category at the Oscars (as a Canadian entry, even though the director is Indian, as well as the story and backdrop and...

The Conversion Agenda and its Tactics

Most of you must by now have heard of Dhiren Barot, who admitted conspiring to murder “as many innocent people as possible” in UK and the US. Several of you must have puzzled about Dhiren’s...