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Sonia Gandhi Destroying Indian Religion, Culture and Traditions

“She (Sonia Gandhi) wants to destroy Indian religion, culture and traditions. We are opposing this, since we will not let this happen. She realizes that our strength is growing, and she is scared of our power. That is why she is opposing us. We are not in any way connected to extremism. Neither the VHP, [...]

Myth or Reality: India is prospering but not Indians?

Congress Party member Mani Shankar Aiyar said recently in a meeting that “India is prospering, Indians are not”.  He added “GDP growth rate is no index of what is happening in our country”.  He criticized the Indian government (which is lead by his own party) and questioned the governments economic policy. There is no debate [...]

Manmohan Singh Gets Blessings from Sai Baba!

“The statement of Christ is simple. ‘He who sent me among you will come again!’, and he pointed to a Lamb. The Lamb is merely a symbol, a sign. It stands for the Voice – Ba-Ba; the announcement was the Advent of Baba. ‘His name will be Truth,’ Christ declared. Sathya means Truth. ‘He will [...]

Should India Become a Permanent Member of the Security Council?

President Barack Obama’s long awaited trip to India has ended.  The president was gracious and said some wonderful things about India during his visit.  As expected billions of dollars worth of deals were signed.  But nothing got more media attention than the one sentence he uttered in his speech to the Indian parliament. He said [...]

Barack Obama: Inspiration From Mahatma Gandhi?

President Barack Obama addressed the Indian parliament on Monday.  In his speech he said that “Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the urban poor, I have always found inspiration in the life of Gandhiji and in his simple and profound lesson to be the change we seek in [...]

Rahul Gandhi and His Two Hindustan Myth

Today is Election Day in the United States.  The enthusiasm, exuberance and the “Yes We Can” attitude that swept President Barack Obama into office in 2008 has disappeared.  As a comedian recently said the mood now seems to be “We thought we could”.  Americans are pessimistic about their future like never before.  Many of them [...]

United States in an Education Arms Race with India

We Indians love to talk and engage in intellectual conversations.  We like individuals who are like us.  Former President George Bush did not fit this bill.  He was a very direct and he was not a big fan of the grey areas of life (Indians opinion of President Bush started changing dramatically after the initial [...]

Will India be Thrilled if GOP Wins the Midterms?

In an article published in the online magazine Slate, former Governor of New York State and a CNN talk show host Eliot Spitzer indicated that countries like Brazil, India and China will be thrilled if the Republicans win the upcoming midterm elections.  He wrote “We have three weeks to make this choice. Because if we [...]

Nobel Prize for Liu Xiaobo and Lessons For India

Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese citizen has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  He is serving an eleven year term in a Chinese prison for “subversion” (Liu Xiaobo was active in the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests).  Recently Liu Xiaobo authored a document called Chapter 08 which demanded greater freedom for Chinese citizens.  This is by [...]

Racism in India: Honest Discussion Needed

Some of my friends have told me that Indians are like “coconuts”.  They are “brown” on the outside but “white” on the inside.  I do not believe that all Indians behave this way but at the same time I think that there is some truth to these statements.  Indians in the United States for example [...]

Corruption in India Masking Real Problems

What are the reasons behind India’s inability to organize an event like the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi?  The reason is corruption.  Why is India not competitive in most sports except cricket?  It is corruption.  What are the reasons behind the crumbling infrastructure in our major cities?  The reason is corruption.  How come after 60 [...]

Benny Hinn: Hindu Gods Are False

The Lord also tells me to tell you in the mid 90′s, about ’94-’95, no later than that, God will destroy the homosexual community of America. But He will not destroy it – with what many minds have thought Him to be, He will destroy it with fire. And many will turn and be saved, [...]

India and Pakistan: War is not the Answer

Every time there is a terrorist attack on Indian soil the Indian and Pakistani governments and the people of India go through a very familiar set of rituals.  The Indian side will blame the Pakistani government for aiding these terrorist attacks and for not arresting the leaders of these militant groups who live in Pakistan.  [...]

India Using Koran Burning Pastor to Clamp Down on Freedom

I think all of us are now familiar with the story of Pastor Terry Jones and his plans to burn the Holy Koran.  Most of us see this issue from a religious viewpoint.  How can someone burn the Koran which is Holy Scripture to billions of Muslims all over the world?  Others argue that this [...]

Slum Free India is A Possibility

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja said today that the chances of a slum-free India within the next five years is “not unachievable”.  This was the goal of a program called “Rajiv Awas Yojana” (why doesn’t the government of India have names for these programs that the rest of India can understand!!).  The [...]

Indian Culture and Values Eroding

During my school days in India one of the routine rituals that we did as students was to stand up as the teacher entered the class room, say the appropriate salutations in unison and then sit down and get ready for the lecture.  This is a small way to show our respect for the teacher.  [...]

India and China: Contest or Friendship of the Century?

Earlier this month the Chinese economy became the second largest economy in the world in terms of GDP.  This news was covered and analyzed by most major media outlets in the United States.  Most analysts tried to downplay the impact by focusing on the per capita income of China rather than the GDP (the per [...]

Return of the Non Resident Indian

Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes (446 BCE) once said “A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers”.  Recently I have been thinking about my homeland a lot.  I am not alone.  Millions of Indians including many of my friends are seriously considering winding up whatever they are doing and heading back to India.  This is a tough [...]

Dreams of my Father

There is a war of words going on between the Church and the State in Kerala.  Sitaram Yechury (Senior Member of the politburo of the Communist Part of India (Marxist)) said that the Church “should not take its position in politics”.  There was an immediate response from Father Paul Thelakkat who is the spokesman of [...]

Land of the Mythmakers and Their Followers

This is election season in America.  It is the time when the modern day Shamans come out of their spells and talk to their followers about visions, wisdom and knowledge that they came across when they were in the Shamanic state in their cave dwellings.  When the Shaman speaks there is silence in the air [...]