The Arthashastra of Chanakya—the coldest manual of statecraft the Sanskritic tradition ever produced—issues a warning that the BJP’s Chanakyas might wish to heed.
As India begins its first Census in 16 years, Censusnama traces how counting people shaped representation, welfare, caste politics, language debates and the making of modern India.
At the discussion, Amarjeet Sinha, former adviser to PM Modi, explained how the district administration played a crucial role in establishing a new independent India.
Kapil Sibal, DY Chandrachud, and Tushar Mehta attended the launch of Rakesh Dwivedi’s ‘Colonisation Crusade and Freedom of India’ at the India International Centre in New Delhi.
Macaulay's intent was quite different from what has been propagated by Indian leaders and public intellectuals, who love to live in their own sectarian mental chambers.
During the lecture, architect Rajesh Luthra said the British built cantonments, hill stations, and clubs that did not reflect Indian sensibilities. But that changed after the 1857 revolt.
If the latest cohort of writers is anything to go by, it seems like colonisation continues to have an existential hold, particularly over British-Indian authors.
I have absolutely no doubt that the Nandan Nilekani-led NEET committee will come up with a very relevant and useful set of recommendations. But will it help?
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
The British were foreign occupiers, and we obtained “Azaadi” in 1947 only. There were people both then and now who think otherwise, but they form a fringe minority. The excesses committed by law enforcement authorities are condemnable, and accountability must be demanded from the govt regarding that. Countless lawyers in this country fight for the rights of dissenters and bring justice to those who suffered those police excesses.
What troubles me is that people, whom I thought sane-minded, are now openly supporting the violent actions of the protesters, including the obscene slogans, and fully ignoring the audacity of an act like marching to the parliament, disregarding security concerns. Things like these cannot be justified as dissent in a nation like ours. Excesses do happen in protests, and the citizens enjoy the fruit of the outcomes brought through such protests. But the outcomes do not justify the excesses, whichever side they may come from, and the participants must be held accountable for that.
The British were foreign occupiers, and we obtained “Azaadi” in 1947 only. There were people both then and now who think otherwise, but they form a fringe minority. The excesses committed by law enforcement authorities are condemnable, and accountability must be demanded from the govt regarding that. Countless lawyers in this country fight for the rights of dissenters and bring justice to those who suffered those police excesses.
What troubles me is that people, whom I thought sane-minded, are now openly supporting the violent actions of the protesters, including the obscene slogans, and fully ignoring the audacity of an act like marching to the parliament, disregarding security concerns. Things like these cannot be justified as dissent in a nation like ours. Excesses do happen in protests, and the citizens enjoy the fruit of the outcomes brought through such protests. But the outcomes do not justify the excesses, whichever side they may come from, and the participants must be held accountable for that.
There was no foreign interference in mediaeval India.
These so-called cockroaches are not genuine. They are political party workers.