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 Kannada best seller Aavarana and Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, both of which refer to political distortion of history. Where Brown 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...
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...
Democracy in India: First Fifty Years (Part 1)
The evolution of Indian democracy in the first fifty years as seen from two perspectives— social and political. National parties have yielded to Mandalized politics leading More...
‘COUP’ THAT WAS NOT A COUP: ARMY CHIEF ROW 2
The recent scare story about unauthorized movement of an army unit to Delhi was a non-event that was blown up to make it look like a coup against the government. It is part More...
Army chief row: Will history repeat?
The real issue is the state and morale of the defense forces, not the leaked letter or petty politics. Fifty years ago, demoralization and neglect of the armed forces by Nehru More...
Understanding Hinduism
Column by NS Rajaram – Essence of Hinduism is spiritual freedom. It has no dogma or concept of heresy. Defending and nurturing spiritual freedom is the ideal that sustains More...
Ever Irrational Indian National Congress
The Congress party that was founded by an Englishman may be ended by an Italian woman. It has always looked to foreigners and foreign sources for inspiration. Recent election More...
Vedanta Sees Clash of Values; Not Civilization
Vedanta sees no conflict between rational thought and spirituality. What it sees is a clash of values rather than a clash of civilizations. This can be useful for understanding More...
Vedanta and the 21st Century: Reality in Vedanta and Science
“There are striking similarities between the fundamental questions about the nature of reality asked by modern scientists and Vedantic thinkers. First of several articles More...
