Category: Politics and Governance in India
This chapter focuses on Gandhi’s Satyagraha. In this excerpt, Dr Radha Rajan examines Gandhi’s Satyagraha and its (flawed) philosophical basis. Excerpt from Eclipse of the Hindu Nation, Chapter 2 – Deconstructing Gandhian Satyagraha The...
Courtesy VigilOnline, these fascinating excerpts from a letter penned by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to PM Jawaharlal Nehru (emphasis mine). I wonder the India that might have been had the Sardar lived longer. *** Excerpts...
A few weeks ago, in June ’09, the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission passed an order with far-reaching consequences that (unfortunately) went largely unnoticed. In response to a petition filed by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini’s...
How the urban young are rediscovering Sanskrit: …”Bhagini, shighram, shighram gachchami,” mutters someone, giving me a gentle nudge from behind. Translated, that means: move faster, sister. I’ve been told I’m slow before, but never...
I was thinking of writing this post later this week (after going through almost 100 pages of reading material I have accumulated. However, recent events – including Arun Shourie’s impromptu press conference yesterday –...
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