INDO-EUROPEANS 2: NATURAL HISTORY OF LANGUAGES
All non-African humans and their languages can be traced to about a thousand individuals in South Asia 60,000 years ago. Two events during the Ice Age, a gene mutation and a major natural catastrophe played a pivotal More...
Goodbye yesterday, welcome tomorrow
Column by M.J. Akbar One of the minor games of public life is decoding the difference between what a politician says and what he means. Bal Thackeray, who founded the cadre-based Shiv Sena in 1966, and nurtured 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...
St. Thomas In India: Myth or Truth?
According to Christian leaders in India, the Apostle Thomas came to India in 52 A.D., founded the Syrian Christian Church, and was killed by the fanatical Brahmins in 72 A.D. His followers built the St. Thomas Church More...
