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What can one say about India? Whatever is true of India, the exact reverse is equally true. That is what India is. It has every hue, every element of diversity that mankind has ever come face to face with. Whatever has ever been thought of was also, if not originally, thought of in India. It is the only living ancient civilization that merges into the future. We bring the necessary sensitivity and depth in our analysis of India.

Was Ishrat Jahan Case an Assassination Attempt by Congress on Modi’s Life?

Was Ishrat Jahan Case an Assassination Attempt by Congress on Modi’s Life?

Very rarely has it happened that so many in a country have hounded one man with so much tenacity and hatred only for that man to walk amongst them like a giant unharmed. From 2002 onwards, Narendra Modi has been singularly targeted by opposition led by Congress, Media and the

Why Gen Bakshi’s tears reflect the onslaught of Anti-India Forces

Why Gen Bakshi’s tears reflect the onslaught of Anti-India Forces

When Retd General GD Bakshi broke down in a debate about pride and flying of the Indian Tricolor – many, including the author, weeped with him. The onslaught on him was relentless for defending the primacy and pride of the Indian Flag. Why Gen Bakshi's tears reflect the onslaught

What is Idea of India and Why is it Critically Important?

What is Idea of India and Why is it Critically Important?

During his speech after the death of Justice Scalia, US President Obama described the late judge among other things as a “devout Catholic”. Religion of a Supreme Court judge – ostensibly in a country where there is supposed to be a clear separation between “Church and State” – was so important that

Why I Mix Rice with Everything Else on my Plate – and Make Others Want it Too!

How you eat anything is dictated by many things. The taste you are used to, or fancy; the time you want to take to eat and ingredients in certain dishes that you like. I have seen that how people eat rice with Indian entrees is very different from person to

Delhi: A City That Connects the Diverse

Delhi: A City That Connects the Diverse

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 and the most violent call it their home. Over the last many centuries the city has expanded beyond what was

How the Historically Intolerant forces are now Preaching India and the Govt On the Virtues of Tolerance

How the Historically Intolerant forces are now Preaching India and the Govt On the Virtues of Tolerance

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 an uneasy truce, the only way of living in the societies powered by beliefs and ideologies is constant death and

Live This Diwali with your loved ones via Sony LIV

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 is a devastating thing. When I first came to US way back in 1997, it was in August as the