We in India know that we have a great history. I am not sure how we know this for a fact but we know. The Chinese hold a very similar opinion. Maybe the concept of the great past is something that our forefathers passed on to us as we pass on to our future generations. [...]
Some of the questions that I am asked most by readers of this blog and by a few of my friends are whether I am nationalistic and whether I see anything wrong with nationalistic thought. My first reaction normally is to ask for clarification on what they mean by nationalistic thought. In most cases the [...]
I am from Kerala but I lived in Tamil Nadu (mostly in Madurai and Coimbatore) for a couple of decades. Due to state government policies then I was forced to learn Tamil during my school days. I did not like being pressured to learn a new language but I am now glad that I did [...]
I was talking to a colleague of mine and within a few minutes the subject turned to corruption in general and the corrupt Indian politicians. Corruption is one of the most popular topics of conversation in India today and rightly so. Corruption is rampant in India compared to Western Europe and North America. Indians love [...]
Swami Nityananda is the founder of Dhyanapeetam. According to their website the goal of Paramahamsa Nithyananda is to “spread the inner science of enlightenment by delivering physical health, mental wellness and spiritual awakening to all beings irrespective of their race, gender or nationality”. Fair enough. After a gap of over thirty years Eastern spirituality and [...]
In an attempt to embarrass India, a Canadian Indian politician with Sikh origins has introduced a motion in the Canadian parliament asking the Canadian government to declare the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 as a genocide. This motion comes a few weeks before the Prime Minster of India Manmohan Singh’s visit to Canada to attend the [...]
Lord Venkateswara Temple located in Tirumala (Chittor district in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh) has become one of the most visited places of worship in the world. It is estimated that over 50,000 people visit the temple every day. It is one of the most important temples in the Hindu pantheon. The presiding [...]
I am an Indian who has lived half of my life in the United States. Adjusting to live in America is very difficult for a person from a developing nation like India but I would not have it any other way. It has been a fun, humbling and a learning experience. Indians in the United [...]
In a ruling that will have a major impact on the lives of millions of children in India, the Indian Supreme Court has ruled that a child born out of a live-in relationship can only claim a share of the parents acquired property and not ancestral property. This is because the child born out of [...]
Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) General Secretary J.B. Kadian informed journalists that “at the intervention of the Chief Labor Commissioner (CLC) and in the interest of the traveling public, we are calling off our spontaneous, flash strike with immediate effect. We are communicating to our rank and file to join duty immediately”. What a kind [...]
For the first time in over 70 years the Indian government is very likely to include the question of a person’s caste in the Census. This should not come as a surprise to many Indians. The Congress Party led UPA government has done its best to slice and dice the Indian population in whichever way [...]
A day before Pakistani citizen Ajmal Amir Kasab was sentenced to death by the Indian courts another terrorist with Pakistani connections, Faisal Shahzad, was arrested by the American government for trying to set off a bomb in Times Square New York. Pakistan has quickly distanced itself from both these individuals. So far Pakistan has not [...]
All of us know what the Germans did to the Jewish people under Adolf Hitler. About six million Jews from Europe were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany in what is known as the Holocaust. But the Jews were not the only victims of Nazi Germany. The Nazis also targeted the Polish, Soviet prisoners of wars, [...]
There are approximately 2 million Indians who live and work in Saudi Arabia (in all Saudi Arabia has about 6 million foreign workers). This is a large number considering the total population of the country is only about 28 million. Saudi Arabia like many other nations in the Persian Gulf and the larger Middle-East are [...]
A few years ago in walked a person by the name of Shashi Tharoor. He was young (by Indian political standards) and came from a storied family. He was western educated, sophisticated and opinionated. The Indian middle-class loved him. He was one of them. He brought a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stinking [...]
The government of Delhi has informed the Supreme Court that it is considering setting up a control room specifically for tacking the “menace of begging” in India’s capital city. Certain areas of the city of have been declared as “zero tolerance zones” by the city. Toll free numbers will be made available to the public [...]
