Peter Navarro’s recent comments are not just arrogant and culturally insensitive; they are a vicious, venomous assault, dripping with hypocrisy. By slandering India as a “laundromat for the Kremlin,” helping bankroll Russia’s war in Ukraine, Navarro unleashes a toxic blend of geopolitical arrogance and outright disdain for Hindu culture andContinue Reading
Are you a Dhimmi? Who is a Dhimmi? Has there been anything remotely resembling a Dhimmi or Zimmi anytime or in any place in world history before the arrival of Islam? Dhimmi Identity and Historical Context The concept of the Dhimmi, or ahl aḏ-ḏimmah/dhimmah, referred to as “the people ofContinue Reading
First of all, one needs to question how a non-dharmic person becomes a scholar in Indology. Stemming from a non-dharmic, Abrahamic background it is surprising that an a-dharmic practitioner climbs the height of academic success as an expert on India. Many will counter-argue that this is common in area studiesContinue Reading