Sati: Reversing and reframing the colonial gaze
The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. –George Orwell (1903-1950) Knowledge and power are two sides of the…
Colonial Crimes
पश्चिम से आई डायन कुप्रथा से ग्रस्त है झारखंड
झारखंड में डायन के शक के आरोप में 5 लोगों की हत्या कर दी गयी है, जिसमें एक पांच साल का बच्चा भी शामिल है। गाँव में पशुओं की मौतें…
When E.V. Ramasamy aka ‘Periyar’ called for Nazi-style genocide of Brahmin Hindus
One of the most controversial figures of 20th century Bharat is E.V. Ramasamy (EVR), founder of the ‘Dravidian Movement’ who is also known by his followers as ‘Periyar’ meaning ‘respected…
Colonizers were monsters in their own time
The nine-year-olds taken as sex slaves by Christopher Columbus were not like ‘this is a great guy’. While they were being raped or beaten and thrown overboard, they certainly knew that these men were…
Why did Englishmen and British Royalty wear powdered wigs?
One of the most intriguing questions about colonial era Britain was the practise of wearing golden wigs, a tradition that the British judiciary still follows! Like most things British, this…
Venereal Disease and the Prostitution Policy of the British Raj
The first known references to syphilis and its treatment in India are found in the Bhavaprakasa, a mid-sixteenth-century text, written by Bhavamisra, an ayurvedic physician at Benares. At that time,…
Hinduphobic reality of a celebrated British missionary
In present-day Bharat the Church is appropriating every cultural aspect of Hindu Dharma to lure Hindus to Christianity; their outright hatred for Dharma is kept hidden and cloaked. But in…
Thoughts on The Idol Thief
Colonialism and imperialism, as the leftists would often argue, continues to manifest itself in many ways, even as the colonies are long gone. A fundamental manifestation in today’s times are…
When a U.S. Historian Called British Rule In Bharat ‘The Greatest Crime In All History’
I was a school boy in Karachi when I first heard the name of Katherine Mayo, notorious author of a viciously anti-Bharat book…
American Colonisation Killed So Many People It Triggered Climate Change, Study Suggests
The arrival of Europeans in the Americas left a trail of death in their wake that also triggered a period of climate change, according to a new theory proposed by British scientists,…