“It is no secret that conquering cultures peg themselves as ‘superior’ and
denounce everything that came before them as an ‘age of darkness’. Equally true
is the African proverb, “As
Media and larger social narrative thrives on the negative and the gory. Very
few stories survive without a villain. Hardly any epic can be worthy without a
war or battles.
Pathankot and Mazar-i-Sharif Consulate attacks came soon after the Indian PM
Modi’s visit to Pakistan, where he met Nawaz Sharif for a tea session, wished
him on his birthday,
India’s capital New Delhi has seen it all. Kings born, killed and thriving,
traitors selling away the nation, poets of incredible eminence write and share
their best works, pacifists
When belief is paramount in your sense of being, then imposing it on others and
resisting others’ is a natural consequence. Short of a dishonest act of
resisting violence of
Diwali celebrations in India start with Dhanteras, followed by Naraka Chaturdasi
and then Deepavali on the third day. Diwali is followed by Diwali Padva and then
Bhai dooj which celebrates
Diwali is the time for rejuvenation. Of relations, space and our very energies.
For someone who has grown up spending every Diwali with the family, being alone
on that day
Bihar elections are done and gone and BJP’s NDA has lost heavily. While the
combine of Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Congress won a 2/3rds. In this combine
This is the season of Award Wapasi. Everyone is returning whatever award they
can dust off from their closet to return to someone. Doesn’t matter who they
return to
Given how things are as dice is cast against one religious group by the media, the “Secularists” and the foreign forces, it is imperative that Hindus also find their expression.
Last week, on October 26th, a bunch of upstarts from Hanuman Sena got together
and organized a Pork festival
[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Pork-Fest-Organisers-Booked/2015/10/26/article3097402.
