It is an ASYMMETRIC WAR. We hope to fight with the State – Military, Police and Courts. But they fight EVERYWHERE and with EVERYTHING. We fight one faceted war. While they are fighting TOTAL WAR. That is what we need to understand. What will the army do when it isContinue Reading
In the parts of central India where I was born, there is a marriage ritual called Khoiya. A single experience of Khoiya would tell anyone not only how open our culture was to alternate behavior, but also that how beautifully it incorporated seemingly opposite cultural mores and customs into oneContinue Reading
Rama is a hero so universal, there is seldom any other figure, in Indic culture or outside it, which can rival his popularity and universality. Why is this so? Because he is both the greatest of heroes and the commonest of men, at the same time. He is a veryContinue Reading