No Comments The smallest ethnic and Dharmic community in Pakistan is fighting for the survival of its culture and religious identity, in the face of religious extremism, forced conversion, migration, and climate change. Are we going to allow this rich culture to vanish from the pluralistic land of Akhand Bharat? Who are the Kalash? The term ‘Kalash’ […]
No Comments Varanasi has been nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital during 2022-2023. The decision was taken at the 22nd Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the Summit. The MEA in its press release […]
No Comments Attacks on Hindus and Hindu Dharma, both in Bharat and overseas, are frequent and unrelenting. In many regions of the world, this persecution is like a genocide slowly unfolding before our eyes. For decades, the world has ignored the actual depth and breadth of these attacks, driven by disturbing anti-Hindu bigotry. From murders, forced conversions, […]
No Comments India has a diverse culture, which creates snags. Since the existence of diversity is to such a grave extent in our country, the occurrence of conflicts cannot be a matter of surprise when it comes to laws other than the basic difference between statutory and procedural laws. When we think of what is “constitutional,” we […]
2 Comments (This is the concluding part in the 2-part series on Dr BR Ambedkar and Veer Savarkar. First part can be read here) Over one hundred years ago Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had dreamt of creating a naval fortress to protect India. The analysis by one of the greatest strategic thinkers of modern India has never been […]
No Comments As India marches towards 100 years of our Independence, there is a compelling need for India to recognize and reinvigorate its civilizational values and heritage Growing strategic gaps in the Indian subcontinent and dynamic changes in the Asian and Global Geopolitics compel India to address the concerns of strategic ambiguity India has become the hope […]
No Comments Sri Aurobindo, originally known as Aurobindo Ghose (1872 – 1950 ), is regarded as the prophet and father of Indian nationalism. From his early years he was an ardent nationalist. In his view, nationalism was not only a mission, a goal of life, but an end to the pursuit, as vigorously as a religion. With […]
No Comments As India completes 75 years of independence, the first-ever documentary chronicling the stories and experiences of veterans of the Indian National Army and its Rani of Jhansi regiment who joined in the fight for India’s independence from the distant lands of Southeast Asia is now available on YouTube. The documentary film documents a significant part […]
1 Comment (This is the first article in a 2-part series on Dr BR Ambedkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar) When India got its independence in 1947 in terms of diplomacy, national security, and the economy, India was in dire straits. And to further compound this problem, the new leader of India was to be the mercurial and […]
No Comments Shinzo Abe – an outstanding leader of Japan, a towering global statesman, and a great champion of India-Japan friendship – is not among us anymore. Japan and the world have lost a great visionary. And, I have lost a dear friend. I first met him in 2007, during my visit to Japan as the Chief […]
