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December 2012

December 08, 2012

Rourkela youth arrested for Facebook post: Has India become a Totalitarian State?

Another Indian youth has been arrested for his post on Facebook. He had posted an...

December 08, 2012

Confirmed: Kareena didn’t convert on marriage

For the Bollywood crazy country like India, Saif and Kareena's wedding was a big event. ...

December 07, 2012

Embarrassed of their identity, Pakistani-Americans pass themselves off as Indian now

In a way it is sad that someone has to deny his nationality because of...

December 05, 2012

Misleading and False campaign by Zakia Jaffri against Modi on Capitol Hill

Zakia Jaffri was at Capitol Hill trying to lobby to deny Narendra Modi the US...

December 05, 2012

Woman battered to death in Muslim dominated Bihar village in Taliban style execution!

We had discussed yesterday how a Muslim dominated village in Bihar has banned use...

December 01, 2012

Asia has no Religion, its a Western construct

Came across a very interesting article on Huffington Post: Why doesn't Asia have Religion? It...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

How the Siege of Grand Mosque in Mecca gave birth to Al Qaeda

A very insightful perspective of how the siege on 20th Novermber 1979, may have contributed...

November 29, 2012

Drona and Eklavya story: Its NOT about Casteism at all!

A lot is said about how Eklavya - a tribal warrior - was deprived off...

November 28, 2012

World's Largest Family: Man with 39 wives, 94 kids, 14 daughters in law, and 33 grandkids from Mizoram (Pics Gallery)

The largest family in the world belongs to an Indian man, who seems like doing...

November 26, 2012

Abraham Lincoln was Himalayan Yogi in past life and how Thanksgiving has a Hindu link!

Richard Salva talks in his book "Soul Journey: From Lincoln to Lindbergh" about an interesting...

November 25, 2012

Truth about "Islamic" countries

In Saudi Arabia, you can be jailed for observing Moharram (Shia festival). In Pakistan, you...

November 22, 2012

Hinduism and Science: Discussion with Physicist VV Raman and my take on it

Here is a very interesting discussion on Hinduism and Science by Krista Tippett from On...

November 20, 2012

Why I have no sympathy for Palestinians

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has again fired up in Middle East and the violence is ever...

November 15, 2012

Javed Akhtar – Muslim, Atheist, Rationalist, Writer, Brain and Mind Scientist – discusses Mind and Spirituality with Sadhguru

We had covered Javed Akhtar's earlier rendezvous with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (Intellectual Nonsense, Javed Akhtar...

November 15, 2012

Muslim Youth doing "Target Practice" of slaying Hindus by hacking down stray dogs and cows in Kerala!

In Kerala a war preparation is going on and the authorities as well as media...

November 14, 2012

Sita Abandonment: No matter which way one looks, Ram was NEVER a bad husband

In today's world, it is unimaginable for anyone to value anything that is not one's...

November 13, 2012

Woman dies as Docs refuse Foetus Termination after miscarriage because it is against Christianity

Abortion and termination of foetus has been a BIG election issue with the Republicans. Some...

November 11, 2012

Girish Karnad – Ahmednijad of Indian Secularists – his Denial of Islamic Genocide of Hindus and Promotion of Negationism

Girish Karnad recently went after the author VS Naipaul at the Mumbai LitFest and argued...

November 07, 2012

Why I walked out of an Excellent Ramlila show last weekend

Last weekend, I went to see this Ramlila being enacted by the local group. They...

November 04, 2012

For Kasabs to go, the cost of even Oblique interest in Jihad by ordinary Muslims has to be made exorbitant!

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab is suffering from fever - possibly dengue - and undergoing treatment...

November 02, 2012

Do Vedas suggest eating beef? Detailed rebuttal by Agniveer

Agniveer refutes the contention by a lot of communists and anti-Hindu writers that beef was...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Geelani against Amarnath Yatra: Kashmiriyat my foot, its Islamization of the Valley!

Kashmir and the "movement" there, I have held, has nothing to do with Kashmiryat or...

October 29, 2012

Saudi Govt demolishing 3 historic mosques in Medina

Three historical and religiously important mosques - dedicated to Abu Bakr, Umar and to the...

October 28, 2012

Morality is a tool for Inter-group Conflict

Anyone who has read my blogs would know that I am no fan of the...

October 25, 2012

A Muslim first Communist later – senior CPM leader blasts secularity of Communists

The Communists in India work over time to show how they are against religion and...

October 25, 2012

Radha-Krishna "love" and the idiotic myths

In the movie "Student of the Year" Radha - of Radha-Krishna context - is called...

October 22, 2012

Joint Indian-Israel stamp commemorates Diwali and Hanukkah

India and Israel commenced full relations in 1992. It was in the time of Atal...

October 15, 2012

Characterizing BJP as State Enemy and "Being Hindu" synonymous to "Being Communal" will be disastrous

The Jangipur Lok Sabha seat became vacant as Pranab Mukherjee became the President. So his...

October 12, 2012

Please stop eulogizing Malala while the system rots!

On Tuesday (Oct 9), in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, a 14 year old girl from the...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Vulgarity of Devotees and the state of Pashupatinath, Mansarovar and Rivers

"Aaja Maa tainu dil ne pukara..!!" These are lyrics of a bhent (song) during a...