Category archive for ‘N S Rajaram’ 
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Decolonizing Education
“While India is politically free, it remains spiritually colonized. To attain spiritual freedom education must follow the vision of sages like Swami Vivekananda.” says Dr. N.S. Rajaram
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Nothing Vedic about ‘Vedic Mathematics’?
“India has made a significant contribution to mathematics including the place value system, and algebra and geometry. We should learn this history and not create myths like ‘Vedic Mathematics’.” Says distinguished historian, linguist and author Dr. N.S. Rajaram.
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The History of Jihadi Terror
“Concept of Jihad, carried forward by those Islamic terrorists, is an integral part of Islamic scripture.” says Dr. N S Rajaram while quoting from the very Islamic scriptures.
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When Cricket Threatened The British Empire
“This is a strange story of a storm in the teacup called the ‘Bodyline Crisis’ that started with a bang but ended in whimper. The whole thing now looks ridiculous— an imperial folly.” writes Dr. N S Rajaram in his piece that make look “stranger than fiction”.
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THE EVIDENCE AT AYODHYA
“Literary and archaeological evidence leave no doubt that temples existed at the site on which Babri Masjid was built.” says Dr. N S Rajaram as he explores the history only to unravel it. Truly an interesting read.
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The Sacred & Paganism
The distinguishing feature of pagan beliefs and cultures is their sense of the sacred— of sacredness as something that pervades the universe, its every nook and cranny, its every creation. Krishna in the Bhagavadgita (4.11) says: “All creatures great and small— I am equal to all; I hate none nor have I any favorites.” And this, as we shall soon see, extends to all creation, animate and inanimate.
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St. Thomas In India: Myth or Truth?
The story of St. Thomas founding Christianity in India in 52 AD and being martyred in Chennai was concocted by the Portuguese in the 16th century and has no historical basis. Recent discoveries cast doubt on the historicity of Thomas. Proves Dr. N S Rajaram.
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A History Stranger Than Fiction
Readers of Sherlock Holmes stories have long enjoyed tales about the great detective’s deadly tussles with the mathematics professor and master criminal James Moriarty. Two hundred years before Arthur Conan Doyle created them, a real life drama was played out along similar lines, but with an interesting role reversal. The master criminal was a self-taught genius, while his pursuer was a famous mathematics professor, the greatest that ever lived. His name was Isaac Newton, then Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University.Dr. N S Rajaram writes more.
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Guernica’s Indian Connection
“The writer who inspired Picasso to create the great anti-war painting Guernica was a friend of India’s Freedom Movement.” says Dr. N.S. Rajaram in his yet another intriguing piece to Folks.
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Surviving in the 21st Century
‘James Martin is no prophet of doom. He presents two scenarios: what we would like to see happen and what is likely to happen if we do nothing. He also provides policy alternatives to make the planet livable.’ says Dr. N S Rajarm in his review of book ‘The Meaning of the 21st Century: A vital blueprint for ensuring our future’.