The Egyptian Election and the Muslim Brotherhood
Column by Stephen Suleyman Schwartz – On May 23-24, the “new Egypt” will hold its first presidential election. Voters will be presented with a daunting list of candidates, More...
SL Bhyrappa on Distorting History: A Personal Account (Part 1)
Introduced and edited by Navaratna Srinivasa (NS) Rajaram, Contributing Editor Editor’s Note: In a previous FOLKS column a comparison was drawn between S.L. Bhyrappa’s controversial More...
Fatwa: Islam’s Murder by Fiat
Column by Amil Imani - Salman Rushdie is perhaps the most celebrated person with an Islamic bounty on his head and has been for decades. The man was condemned to death by Ayatollah More...
Bhyrappa & Dan Brown: Two Masters of Historical Fiction
S.L. Bhyrappa is India’s most popular novelist. He is a serious thinker schooled in philosophy… who brings his knowledge of history and philosophy to produce thought provoking More...
The Whiff of 1969
Column MJ Akbar - There is a straight connect between the knee and the tongue: Through the jerk. When a political knee jerks, it smashes into your chin, cuts your tongue More...
Vedic Sanskrit on Harappan seals
"The Deciphered Indus Script" by N Jha and N S Rajaram Ever since its discovery in 1921 the Harappan civilisation (also called Indus Valley civilisation) has been More...
Looking beyond the Indus Script: Story of Vedic Harappans
A decade since Jha and Rajaram presented their findings, there have been significant developments that show that the script was one piece of a larger picture that connects Harappan More...
Rudyard Kipling’s interview of Mark Twain
Mark Twain (left) and Rudyard Kipling. Background: Rudyard Kipling (1865– 1936), born to British parents in Mumbai, was a 23-year-old journalist working for a newspaper in More...
Democracy in India: Twenty Years After (Part II)
The recent assembly elections may mark a new watershed in Indian politics. It shows the ineffectiveness of ‘dynastic charisma’ as an election gimmick and a possible shift More...
A Perspective on Islam
Column by Amil Imani – I was born in a Muslim family that did not push religion down the kids’ throats. Yet, religion always cast a big shadow on everything. I just More...
