India’s reservation system was created with a clear purpose: to help communities that had been historically pushed to the margins. It was meant to be a temporary bridge to equality, not a permanent political weapon. Yet today, that bridge has become a bottleneck-one that quietly shrinks opportunities for students andContinue Reading
Pakistan was created in 1947 during the horrific Partition of the then British‑ruled India, when the British divided the region along religious lines. Areas with Muslim majorities were grouped into Pakistan. These Muslim regions were not connected geographically. One part became West Pakistan in the northwest of India, and theContinue Reading
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