Teaching History: Dos and Don’ts
It is now a time worn cliché that the teaching of Indian history has been distorted. The real question is how to correct it. A committed teacher has taken in important by showing how to go about doing it. Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (NS Rajaram) provides us with an in depth analysis. Dr Abdul Kalam Speaking More...
Who Brought Freedom, Gandhi or Netaji?
Editor’s Word: Penned by Dr. NS Rajaram in the year 2010, this story is relevant even to this day. Enumerating several contributions of Netaji – as Subhas Chandra More...
Mahatma Metamorphosis
It is a little known fact that until the end of the First World War Mahatma Gandhi was a strong supporter of both the British Empire and the military. He became the Apostle More...
Amir Khusro: Neglected master of many talents
The Bahaar and Bihaag Raagaas are attributed to Amir Khusro (below) as is Qawwaalee performed at the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddeen Awlia (above) By Akhilesh Mittal – More...
Marco Polo world discovery was big con
Marco Polo travelling, is a miniature from the book The Travels of Marco Polo (Il milione), originally published during Polo’s lifetime (c. 1254-January 8, 1324). Marco More...
Remembering Shivaji
The present generation of Hindus owe much to Shivaji. Although he is famous throughout the length and breadth of India, in the West many Hindus, will not even have heard of More...
Veda Vyasa & the question of untouchability
Veda Vyas & Untouchability Veda Vyasa is a legendary Hindu sage, whose very name is synonymous to Hindus with knowledge. According to traditional Hindu accounts, he More...
Hindu and Greek civilisations A comparative
Did Hindus copy from Greeks? By MSN Menon The Hindu and Greek civilisations were the greatest among the civilisations of men. But today there is an attempt to give precedence More...
How Da Vinci painted perfect faces?
For the first time, a quantitative chemical analysis done on seven paintings from the Louvre Museum of France, without disturbing any samples, explains how did Leonardo Da More...
Temple town of Haryana
Discovered in 1974, the Bhima Devi temple complex in Pinjore town is a must-visit place for its ancient heritage and aesthetic architecture, says Rajeev Ranjan Roy If you More...
