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India’s Rich History: Myth vs. Reality

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.  [...]

Nationalism in India Equals Hindu Fundamentalism

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 [...]

Tamil is Part of Indian Heritage

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 [...]

Corruption in India: Excuse for Uncaring Middle Class

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: Tantric Yoga to Tantric Sex

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 [...]

Canada Supporting Anti-Indian Sikh Movement

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: Discrimination on the basis of Clothing

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 [...]

India-US Strategic Dialogue is a Waste of Time

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 [...]

All Indian Children are not Equal

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 [...]

Welcome to Air India. We Hate to Fly and It Shows.

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 [...]

My Caste is Human

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 [...]

Ravi Zacharias: Christian Missionary From India

“The only reason I came here tonight was because that man (Ravi Zacharias) was an Indian”.  This statement was reportedly made by a new convert to Christianity after listening to a speech by Ravi Zacharias.  Ravi Zacharias is an Indian born evangelical Christian minister who has his own television and radio shows.  I try to [...]

Ajmal Amir Kasab & Faisal Shahzad

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 [...]

India Governed By Rule of Law

Pakistani citizen Ajmal Kasab has been found guilty of committing terrorist acts by the Mumbai court.  There is no question that the Indian judicial system worked this time.  He is clearly guilty.  Testimony provided by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during the trial also clearly shows that all the gunmen came from [...]

Indian Government Wiretapping Opposition Leaders?

Outlook India has published an article that indicates that the Indian government was listening to phone conversations of prominent opposition leaders and also an air defense commander.  According to the report an intelligence agency called the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) used GSM monitoring devices to tap the phone conversations. The Indian government has strongly [...]

Incredible India – Romani People

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, [...]

Corroborating Evidence Not Required For Victims of Rape

In a ruling that will have a major impact on Indian men the Supreme Court of India said that in the case of rape cases corroboration (supporting evidence) is not required if the victim is illiterate or uneducated.  Justices P Sathasivam and R M Lodha said in a judgment that “In a case of rape, [...]

Indian Workers Exploited in Saudi Arabia

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 [...]

New India but Same Old India

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 [...]

Control Room in Delhi to Tackle Beggars

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 [...]