Argentina’s Isol wins world’s biggest children’s book prize
STOCKHOLM | Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:27pm IST (Reuters) – Argentinian author and illustrator Isol won the world’s biggest prize for children’s literature on Tuesday with the jury for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award praising her ability to expose the absurdities of the adult world to children. Argentinian author and illustrator Isol More...
Dhimmitude: Historical Consequences of Jihad
Islamic conquests resulted in a multitude of second-class citizens known as Dhimmis and a state of mind called ‘dhimmitude’. It is characterized by victims of Jihad going into denial and flatter their tormentors. Book More...
Pakistan’s War Manifesto
Book Review by Sujit Das Title: The Qur’anic Concept of War (Hardcover, 193 pages), 2008 edition | Author: Brigadier S.K Malik (Pakistani army) | Foreword: General Zia ul Haq (Late President of Pakistan) | Publisher: More...
London home of Charles Dickens open after renovation
Report by Natalie Huet, LONDON | Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:38pm EST (Reuters) – The former London home of Charles Dickens reopened on Monday, after an eight-month, 3.1 million-pound ($5 million) refurbishment More...
ELST ON SAVING HINDUS FROM THEIR OWN FOLLIES
Koenraad Elst’s latest book is a collection of his views on Hindus and Hinduism. While well intentioned, it tends to give a misleading picture by focusing on personalities more than issues. Readers need to distinguish 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 studied extensively by archaeologists, 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 Allahabad, India, when he traveled to More...
A European look at the Aryan Myth
Book Review by N.S. Rajaram - Judged strictly on merit, the various Aryan theories rank among the shoddiest examples of scholarship, riddled with scientific contradictions and weighed down by political and racial More...
External Forces & Making of Sierra Leone
Book Review by U. Mahesh Prabhu - Sierra Leone gained its independence in 1961. During freedom the country had all the essential ingredients required for a functioning state, including: a democratically elected More...
Telly show “Chuck” ends; lessons learnt now live in book
"Chuck" vs. the Business World: Business Tips on TV by Ray Keating. Ray Keating, author of the recently published “Chuck” vs. the Business World: Business Tips on TV, says that, “The More...
