North Indians being beaten up in Bombay Kerala and Tamil Nadu fighting over Mulla Periyar Dam Tamil Nadu and Karnataka fighting over Kaveri River Hindus and Muslims fighting Hindus and Christians fighting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam Maoist Terrorists demanding freedom Kashmir will vote against India if given a chance. How can we still teach our young ones that India is a country where there is unity in diversity. Why are...

A friend of mine sent me this forward a while back.. It had a few pictures of the Gateway Peace March that was held on Dec 3rd.. Seeing the people and the banners, the hate that was being directed at the politicians was obvious… I can’t help echoing the sentiment.. The fact that those dogs are using the Mumbai tragedy as an election pitch is enraging, to say the least… But, there are a few things I still don’t...

We have this hullabaloo over the civilian nuclear cooperation treaty between India and the United States. Both the Left Front and the NDA have been vociferously against the agreement for a long time. We have to talk about the politics behind the opposition to the agreement. Let us analyze the agreement and see where the people who oppose it stand. But before starting this discussion, let us have a look at the text of the 123 Agreement...

So, from the first post, it is clear that the constitution unambiguously calls for a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. But why do we have all these different laws, even though we are an independent nation whose laws are guided by the constitution? The key to the answer lies in the history of these laws. These laws were created and enacted, mostly during the early periods of the British rule in India and when...

This is an email forward that I got and its kind of funny. The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. Indian Version: The Ant works hard in the withering heat...

What you are seeing is an offical church training session on how to stage a demonstration. It was a long queue and they were shouting slogans. I had to post this here cos someone questioned my credibitlity in an orkut forum discussing “Church and Politics”.

In our history text books we give a lot of importance to the freedom struggle and the patriots who fought against the British. And many a times most of the descriptions are emotional in nature. Does this present a problem ? Should history and emotions be mixed ? History should be taught like mathematics. Provide simple facts are figures to the students. If there is a something thats is a controversy then let it remain a controversy....