On February 22 the Oscar awards were announced with the British film - Slumdog Millionaire - bagging a majority of them including two for its Indian music director. On February 24, the 'Deccan Chronicle' of Hyderabad had two prominent features: its first lead in large type described the Indian music director as

In the 24x7 cable news age where political correctness and distortion of facts thrive, there's no dearth of glib-tongued self appointed spokespersons trying to earn a some name and fame in face of tragedy.

Many individuals with average awareness of ancient indian literature and knowledge argue that – Nirayana astrology having sign names Mesha, Vrishabha etc was imported from

I have not been commenting on political matters in India, though I happened to live and breathe politics from my childhood, when my father used to express his political faith through revolutionary activities like the members of the Anushilan Samiti (a pro-independence secret society against British) and Bengal Volunteer Force of Netaji Subhas Bose. I had been briefly associated with the Congress. I left it after realising that all

It was a Red Letter Day at the California Institute of Integral Studies. The Annual Convention of the Indian Muslim Council has awarded the Tipu Sultan Genocide Award to their most visible faculty member, Associate Professor Dr. Angana Chatterji. She received the award to the applause of distinguished guests representing the world

As is their wont the secular exponents found in the recent Hindu-Christian violence in Orissa and Karnataka grist to their anti-Hindu mill. The violence in Orissa followed the brutal murder of a revered Hindu pontiff Swami Lakshmananda Saraswathi who happened to be the state vice president of the Viswa Hindu Parishat. He was murdered along with four other inmates of his Ashram including a woman devotee. The happenings in Mangalore Karnataka were again true to form: a neo-convert pastor in Andhra Pradesh wanted to be lauded for being more loyal than the King. His pamphlet, the product of a prostituted, putrefied and suppurating mind portrayed Hindu gods and goddesses in the most obnoxious manner possible accusing them of incest, debauchery and worse.

The debate on ''art and freedom of expression'' triggered by protests against M. F. Hussein

It is time to critique the state of the polity in India after 60 years of Swarajyam. The focus is naturally on the Congress Party which has dominated the political scene and has been the prime instrument in creating an environment of criminalized polity in the country.

The deal is not a panacea for energy security as the government makes us believe. However it is desirable as a part of long range planning to develop alternative sources of energy in view of the finite nature of resources like coal and gas. The left

What happens when the artistic freedom of an individual (or a famous painter) militates against the collective human rights of a multitude? This article raises certain pertinent questions about the observations of Indian courts which have been generally liberal in preserving individual freedoms vis-