‘Historian Romila Thapar’s Dogmas’
Column by Dr. Vijaya Rajiva Romila Thapar has entered her 80s and the favourite historian of Indian Marxist circles and as well the feted and decorated icon of certain sections of the international scholarly jet More...
Islamic Fundamentalists in North America
Column by Stephen Suleyman Schwartz and Irfan Al-Alawi In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt and its Wahhabi fundamentalist allies – who use the term “Salafi,” indicating Islamic virtue, to hide More...
Owaisi’s rant: Provocative Politics or Everlasting Hatred?
Its politics and provocation are rooted in the delusion that Muslims were the original rulers of India and the British stole the country from them and handed it to the infidel Hindus. The complete silence of Sonia More...
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...
Modi phenomenon and the two Indias
Modi is seen as the leader by doers and achievers while he is hated by hangers on with colonial values who depend on patronage from the ruling family calling itself the Congress. They fear having to live in a world More...
Analysis: Next Bank of England chief Carney is more bark than bite
Analysis by Louise Egan, OTTAWA | Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:21pm EST (Reuters) – Musings on unorthodox monetary policies are giving incoming Bank of England Governor Mark Carney a “radical” image before More...
India, Pakistan seal accord to ease visa restrictions
Report by Annie Banerji, NEW DELHI | Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:15am IST (Reuters) – India and Pakistan sealed an agreement to ease tough visa restrictions for travellers on Friday as the nuclear-armed neighbours More...
INDO-EUROPEANS ORIGINS 1: THE 200 YEAR-OLD QUESTION
Science has finally answered the 200 year-old question of why people from India to Iceland speak languages clearly related to one another. Natural history, not linguistics unlocks the puzzle of Indo-European origins. First More...
Mick Jagger love letters fetch $300,000 at auction
LONDON | Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:41pm EST (Reuters) – A collection of love letters written by Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to American singer Marsha Hunt, believed to be the inspiration for the band’s More...
Legendary Indian sitarist, composer Ravi Shankar dead at 92
Report by Jill Serjeant and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES | Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:03am EST (Reuters) – Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations More...
