Baramulla film employs the supernatural not as typical horror, but as a device to showcase unresolved Hindu Pandit erasure and continued violence in Kashmir. Some call it political drama, some Sanghi cinema, but regardless, the supernatural is present, patient, and willing to impart justice. Set in the town of Baramulla,Continue Reading
The celebrations of the joyous festival of the birth of Bhagwan Ram revered by Hindus was attacked brazenly by Islamist mobs across six states in India from Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh leaving several Hindu devotees severely injured and two dead. It has now become a regularContinue Reading
Bhārat has been the land of wars for Dharma that was always based on Dharmic regulations. The sena / bala or the army was one of the most essential constituents of any state. Shukryacharya defined the sena/bala as an organized group of men well provided with offensive and defensive weapons.Continue Reading
Though there is no real evidence that a Na-Pak neighbor might be responsible for infecting thousands of cattle within India, the question surely does arise in one’s mind given the geography and pattern of spread. The virus spreads by blood-feeding insects; therefore flies, mosquitos, ticks, and other arthropod vectors serveContinue Reading
A Personal Tryst With Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.When I was 10-11 something, my elder brother who is a Netaji enthusiast used to tell me stories about Gumnami baba who was Netaji in disguise. I didn’t understand all that much but later in high school when I was taught that NetajiContinue Reading