Islamic reformers and apologists
In the years since 9/11, the Islamic reform movement has advanced sufficiently that two distinct camps have emerged: reformers and bridge-builders. Genuine reformers seek to transform how Islam is practiced,…
Academia
Clean up or close down JNU, now
Never before in its checkered 50-year history has there been a more pressing need to clean up or close down an institution of apparent academic excellence than the government funded…
Deluded Liberals Celebrate the Second Coming of Amartya Sen in Abhijit Banerjee
So, liberals, basically anti-Bharat, anti-Hindu, and most importantly the anti-Modi brigade, has found a new goofball to cheer for, kneel in front of, hail and take as their guiding light…
Kashmir University HOD Calls for ‘God’s sword to destroy India’ after Encounter Death of 5 Terrorists
5 Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir on Sunday, and 5 civilians died during clashes between ‘protesters’ and security forces near the…
Truschke’s supporters are also going round in circles
In the context of the controversy that Audrey Truschke, Assistant Professor of South Asian history at Rutgers University in the USA, created by her abuse of Shri Ram and Laxman,…
The ‘Intellectuals’ and not the Politicians are the Problem
Around 1995, in a meeting of Hindutvavadis, one member observed that those occupying the intellectual space often authenticated the electoral programmes, particularly the minority assessment and casteism, of the political…
Lawrence Liang, Founder of Alternative Law Forum, Found Guilty of Sexual Harassment
The Dean of Ambedkar University Delhi’s (AUD) law school, Lawrence Liang has been found guilty of sexually harassing a PhD student by the university’s Committee for Protection from Sexual Harassment…
JNU Hooliganism – Professors and Staff Heckled, Attacked Over Basic Attendance Norms
In a circular dated 10 January, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has made a minimum of 75 per cent attendance compulsory for all students to avail of scholarships and fellowships, based on the recommendations…
Bharat’s Dire Contemporary Challenges
It seems difficult for observers to abstract from the immediate hurly burly of daily political life and the fascination it evokes to focus on complex long-term processes of historic significance…
Distorting Tamil Culture and Ethos – a Certainty with the Harvard Tamil Chair
In the last week of October 2017, the Tamilnadu government headed by Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced ₹10 crore towards the plan initiated by two US-based Tamil enthusiasts, cardiologist Dr. Vijay Janakiraman and oncologist…