W’end Links: Nehru, Astrology, History and Obama
Start your weekend with this fascinating article on “Jawaharlal Nehru and Astrology” by K N Rao (Thanks to Sh Krishen Kak for alerting me to this): …Nehru was a Kashmiri pandit, His uncle Bansidhar...
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Weekend Links – BBC, Hindutva and Swami Vivekananda
Start your weekend with this fascinating mea-culpa: “We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News“. Brief Excerpt: …It was the day that a host of BBC executives and star presenters admitted what critics...
Weekend Reading: Pakistan, Jharkhand and Liberals vs. Conservatives
Start the weekend with this Tehelka story that tries to explain why the British thought Pakistan would be a more robust democracy than India (the article was written before the results were announced). Next,...
W’end Links – Politics Special
Start the weekend with this provocative piece by Atany Dey. A brief excerpt from Whistling in the Dark about the Future: Gurcharan Das writes in the Times of India (10th May) that “The Future...
W’end Links: Celeb Crusades, Armed Intrusion, Bofors
Start this weekend with P Sainath at his best on Celeb crusades & the death of politics. A very brief excerpt: The Lok Sabha constituencies of Mumbai averaged over 60 per cent voting between 1957...
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