Saying the valley of Kashmir is Kashmir, is as if you were stating that Champagne is France. The real problem with Kashmir started with my ancestors, the Doghras, mostly in…

What India needs, 'especially at this moment, is the aggressive virtues, the spirit of soaring idealism, bold creation, fearless resistance, courageous attack; of the passive tamasic spirit of inertia, we…

In 1898, French writer Emile Zola wrote an open letter to the then French President in the newspaper L’Aurore, titled “J’accuse” (‘I accuse’). In this 4000 words article, he accused…

A good impartial journalist is one who is in touch with one’s culture, while not being blind to the faults of one’s country. We find in the West that many…

At a time when Hindus and Muslims have again started killing each other, when mistrust, misunderstanding and hate stalk the two communities, it is imperative that Islam and Hinduism learn…

Did you know that Tibetan medicine is one of the greatest surviving natural medical systems of the world, along with Ayurveda ? Tibetan medicine strives to keep in balance within…

Most of the political comments about the victory of the Samajwadi Party in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections, miss some very important points. Shekhar Gupta, for instance, wrote that “our…

Today, there is a sense of deep satisfaction, of gloating even, in India: the economy is booming, there are more and more cars on the roads, shares are soaring, a…

Since the late eighties, a radicalism seems to grip some of the Muslim youth. Yet, nowhere but in India, they have had so much freedom to practice their faith. Try…

There is sadness today in India, after the terrible earthquake, which took so many lives. It is said that when so many people die a violent, sudden death at the…