“People are the Nation†– Excerpts
In the context of recent happenings in the Kashmir valley and the debate in blogosphere on nationalism, identity and history, please read these extracts from “People are the Nation“ by Sh M G Vaidya...
Category: Political Ideology
On Germany, Nationalism and Multiculturalism
From George Friedman at Stratfor, comes this thought-provoking excerpt on “Germany and the Failure of Multiculturalism” (emphasis added): German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared at an Oct. 16 meeting of young members of her party,...
Understanding Raj-Dharma, Part 2
Several months ago, while idly surfing the web, I stumbled on a somewhat oddly titled monograph*. It read: “Passage to Hindu State: DharmaRajya and RajaDharma” – A Socio-Political Study of the Mahabharata” It was...
“Kaam Aadmi” Politics – Can it work?
In a recent, thought-provoking article in The Indian Express, Saubhik Chakrabarti wrote (emphasis added): …what any intelligent politician should offer in today’s India, is that scarce commodity in poverty-politics: the ability to play the...
Why I am a proud nationalist
George Friedman explains it well…From Geopolitics, Nationalism and Dual Citizenship (emphasis added) In looking at the nation-state, the idea of nation is more complex, and perhaps more interesting, than that of state. The idea...
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