India

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.

Land Acquisition Bill IS the Solution – not a contributor – to Farmers’ Suicides in India!

When Palagummi Sainath, an Indian journalist, went to Vidarbha, the cotton-growing region of Maharashtra he found a strange phenomenon. He found that the farmers committing suicide were leaving suicide notes. And these suicide notes were not addressed to their family members but to India’s Finance Minister and Prime Minister.

Spiritual Destinations: Hemkund Sahib, where Guru Gobind Singh Attained Enlightenment

I have started a five set series of posts on being tagged by my beautiful and very talented wife, Archana, to write picture posts. This series is about the 5 spiritual places that I would like to visit with Archana [http://drishti.co/author/archana/]. This is the fourth one

Christian Anti-Hindu Bigot Nandy’s new rant: India should not win the Cricket World Cup!

Some weeks back we had discussed how political opposition to the ruling Government in India has metamorphosed into Anti-Hindu bigotry in India. (Delhi Elections: Is Self Righteous Anti-Hindu Bigotry the new normal for Indian Secularism? [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2015/02/delhi-elections-is-self-righteous-anti-hindu-bigotry-the-new-normal-for-indian-secularism/] ) Of course, all in the name