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Flawed Democracies
A discussion is presented of the principles of democracy and how political process in European and American versions of democracies is influenced by religious beliefs and identities. Pakistan with a diffused Islamic ideology is an evolving democracy and the article traces a history of past three plus decades to show how fragile its constitution is. It suits successive dictators and elected rulers to conform to the political Islam imbedded in the Islamic trilogy of scripture/literature - Quran, H...
| K Bhatia |
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The Reactionary Hinduism
Its virtually impossible to describe the word Hindu. You can define Muslim, Christian and people of other faiths quiet accurately, but not Hindu.Many deem that all Hindus are idolaters - thats certainly not true. Arya and Brahma Samajis are also Hindus, but are completely critical of Idol Worship. If you assume that Hindus are the one who adhere to Bhagavad-Gita as the ultimate Holy Scripture - Shaivas, followers of Shiva, would beg with you to differ. Sincerely, there is no description which ca...
| U Prabhu |
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Lies - Gujarat: Blame the Middle Class
Ashis Nandy, the great Indian political psychologist has shown scant respect to the scholarship he demands, and the academic accolades he boasts in vituperating an entire generation of the Gujarati middle class in his article in the Times of India Gujarat: Blame the Middle Class.Nandy slanders the Gujarati middle class for being mired in its communalism and parochialism. The VHP and the Bajrang Dal supposedly set tone to Gujarat state politics. Nandys prescription for this vile Gujarat middle cl...
| S Basu |
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Demand for Gorkhaland: Implications
Veteran Naxalite leader and the CPI-ML general secretary, Mr Kanu Sanyal has expressed support towards the ongoing agitation in the Darjeeling hills demanding a separate Gorkhaland state. The Maoist leader said, his party had favoured the Gorkhaland demand earlier and supports it now as well. The Nepalis in Darjeeling have got every right to self-rule and the demand for Gorkhaland is very genuine.But how genuine is that demand? The fact remains that the Nepalese are not the original inhabitants ...
| D Basu |
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Islamic lust for Hindu Women: Psycholog..
India-Pakistan one-day cricket match is something more than just a match. It is clash of egos, ideas ( and sometimes brickbats also ). Now and then certain things happen to certain people which they will regret for a lifetime, even to those who have lots and lots of control over their emotions i.e. professional actors like Shah Rukh Khan : in heat of the moment the thin mask of secularity slips off and for a spilt-second a keen observer is able to see the ugly face of Islamic supremacy. This hap...
| J Khurmi |
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Farmer, BJP and the Secular Media
Barely 10 days, into governing its first state in South India, the BJP again finds itself in the backfoot over the reported police firing which killed a solitary farmer, and injured three others. The Times of India, in its edition of 10th June 2008 had already reported that twin cities of Dharwad and Hubli witnessed trouble on Monday.If we reconstruct the events according to the news report; a group of farmers were protesting against fertilizer shortage. I might remind the reader that the entire...
| S Basu |
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Confessions of a Bibliophile
I am a Bibliophile. Reading has been the best source of inspiration for me. I have found it to be the best mode of enlightening myself and also to comprehend skill of others, as a fellow writer. It is mostly through reading that I have learnt to structure a tale, describe character, delineate action, judge what works and what does not. A writer, some say, is always hunting, looking to snatch or steal, discovering what to avoid and what to make their own, this is emphatically accurate in my case....
| U Prabhu |
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Aryan Invasion Theorys Racism - Part II
The Christian worldview of early Indologists: The beginning of Indological studies in India was out of British curiosity towards Indians, especially Hindus. The British had a fair idea of Islam, but they had never encountered Hindus and Hinduism (the non Islamic religions) from such close quarters before. The formation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was the first step in that direction. William Jones through his profound study on the languages of India came to the conclusion that Greek, Latin,...
| S Basu |
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