Birth of “New Year”
Did you know that original Roman calendar had only ten named months? That the year before the addition of two months – the ‘new year’ began in March? Did you know months ‘July’ and ‘August’ are named More...
Darlymple joins Karnad’s ‘Hate Naipaul Campaign’
Girish Karnad cannot hold a candle to V.S. Naipaul as a writer. His attacking Naipaul at a major literary event is an attempt to step out of obscurity and gain some limelight that his talent does not merit. Dalrymple More...
Unity of India is of untold antiquity
Column by Virendra Parekh - India’s cultural unity goes back to Vedic times. Even when politically divided, the goal was always to unite it under a single chatra. There is no basis to the claim that India was More...
Christianity according to Judas: New light on Christian Origins
Recently discovered manuscripts at Qumran and Nag Hammadi give a radically different picture of early Christianity. In particular they show that Church leaders have suppressed the truth about Christianity to project 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 novels like AAVARANA. Dan Brown 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 and Krishna Menon led to national humiliation More...
Alexander’s Indian Misadventure
Like the Aryan invasion, Alexander’s ‘victorious campaign’ is a colonial era myth created to demonstrate European superiority. It was used to claim that all Indian achievements in science were borrowed from More...
Japan’s PM replaces five ministers in cabinet reshuffle
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in a cabinet reshuffle Friday replaced five of his 17 ministers in a bid to win more opposition support for his tax reforms proposals and rein in the bulging 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 – The vast majority of today’s More...
More than just Sushi
Osaka, Japan There is more than one reason why Osaka is dubbed as Japan’s kitchen or the Mecca of Gourmet Food. For long, it has been called kuidaore (literally meaning “bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance More...
