Pity none of the well-behaved guests attempted India’s favourite 'Nagin dance' when Italian brand Bvlgari 'saap' slithered through The Art House in Mumbai.
With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.
In July, India & UK had announced a defence industrial roadmap that mentioned Jet Engine Advanced Core Technologies Innovation and co-development as a key priority.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
“Self-professed nationalist”, “intellectual deficiency”, the choice of words make this article look more like vendetta rather than one designed to stimulate scholarly debates.
I always thought Irfan Habib to be a third-rated JIHADI scholar peddling lies about the virtues of Islamic rule in India, while simultaneously discrediting and demonising the ancient Hindu and Buddhist heritage of the land.
A hippie and then an admirer of the RSS. What a contradict. Frawley missed the trolley and is lost. He wants to remind Indians about their heritage at home. Please if you want to imerse your self in the Ganges – please do the diaspora a favor and leave us alone. We are professionals seeking a better life for ourselves and our children. There are the most of us wanting a secular life in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and other places. There are many Indian people who absolutely detest what you, Mohan Bagwat, and the other saffron cladded jokers is turning into.
Who is habib to say about hindu religion. I bet you are a communist it is not bad to fight against injustice i ask to habib is he a hindu. No he is not. Stalin is second dreadful leader after hitler please accept. If left wing will fight for dignity of every individual rather than minority they will. Please reply that any of the muslims in our country so far supported the hindus when some students muslim students made derogatory statement against hindus. Minority is marginalising themselves. Why i will learn from brahmins i have my brain. The print i remind you that please do not try to judge hindu religion with your view it has its own philosophy
Such a useless article, I wasted my time in reading this. What is your problem if he writes against Nehru, and communists of kerala of course both of them never followed gandhian principles and his values. Right wing don’t have small number of intellectuals in the mean they don’t argue with fools who don’t know anything about India, that’s it.
I had the misfortune of sharing the platform with him in a Yoga conference in Philadelphia long ago. If you need a blockhead this is the man. His best contact in India was the astrologer Sri. B.V. Raman. If one is genuinely interested in knowing India’s past she should read Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya’s “Science and Society in Ancient India” and not the bullshit that vamadevacharya dishes out. Dr. Rao has hit the nail on the head and also on some heads which don’t receive sense to enter in!
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So much of hatred for Hinduism and Hindus in the name of your secularism, liberalism and free speech.. You one book wonder are a hired so called intellectual goon who has nothing constructive to contribute..there is no depth, originality or truth in what people like you say..people like you are wasting your energy.. Believe with time your hypocrisy will be out and you alone will be reading your articles.. Shame on you..
Wtf is “multisyllabic English” supposed to mean? As opposed to what? Your writing makes my head hurt.
Very disappointing article by a senior journalist. Equating Hinduism, only religion in the world as rest are ideologies, with a organization! Nobody can save Indian journalism. It has hit abyss.
I’m appsuled by the ignorance and arrogance of you. Being born in India you have yet to internalise the core ethos of the land.
You sling mud on flimsy constructs that RSS is culturing these influencers.
It’s sad that when one forgets his/her own heritage and even after getting reminded of it tries to making folks doing it. Why ?
Stop dpitting venom and get some peace for yourself first before you pen another silly piece.
Nice try! The man has a mission and it’s a unique with gifted talent. Arguing hos-pos is just not going to cut, if you study history 101. Sure it will attract a few of his followers to your sloppy writing but remember but that’s what you expect from India today editor. Again Nice try! My best, keep digging more but try to make it interesting by veryfying some facts otherwise it’s a beautiful cunning job. His score is bit bigger than what you have been able to deceive in words. But hay! Who am I to comment??? A way to go
Church created mnc with church literature control iver all history and culture degradation of native by spreading lies hatred presenting confluct history of guilt english empire as muskim tried to rule india but they could not convert and demolish hindu indic tradition which were more developed and more democractic with freedom still existed all church islam totally brought destruction and hatred anI’mmosity with utopian muslim they created new class of secular beast who alway feel gulity of hindu cukture and become s4thooges of western left hidden slAvery and colonisation still supported by congtess
The Supremacy of Ancient Indian Civilization does not requires the certificates of either Left or Right. The irony is that whoever is doing research on Ancient Indian History or Knowledge is just able to touch upon a pond of Knowledge out of whole Ocean and starts giving expert opinion without understanding its effect on the Reality or Truth. The whole modern Science is based on research on Ancient Indian Knowledge & Scriptures which so many western Scholars acknowledge but our own researcher fail to notice. The Great Ancient Monuments throughout India clearly states the advancement of our forefathers whose legacy we failed to carry over to this age. But still whatever remains and we have is enough to display the riches of our ancient past. Anyone who has a doubt can contact me.
In fact Irfan Habib is a pretender. He is a fanatic posing as a left hostorian, and is at the root of all the trouble on Ram Mandir and the avoidable friction between the two major communities on that issue according to a truly authentic K.K. Mohammed, an archaeologist of repute and who is sceintific in his approach. Habib is the one inventing and misinterpreting history.
Hinduism has survived Mughal invasion, British invasion and Vatican’s hostile takeover attempts. Why Hinduism still survives is a mystery. A couple of clans which call themselves religion but are more like multilevel marketing scams are constantly trying to convert Hindus into their folds but Hinduism keeps going strong.
Drawid frawley books have great scholarly values! His reference to every sentence he writes becomes a challenge to leftist cabal who call themselves as scholars and still cannot quote or translate single sanskrit verse! His depth on subsject is so deep with yogic interpretations to commonly translated literaral meanings! He is not just a western hippie with vedic interests, he is a rishi in white skin!
This article is nothing but an example of two very common fallacy types – Ad Hominem and Strawman.
The journalist, and that too a ‘senior’ one, would have made a great contribution to ‘critical reasoning’ if she had countered what David Frawley has been propounding with her own set of logical and well informed arguments. Alas but she is indulging in same kind of ‘put other down’ rhetoric that she accuses David of. Suggests where the intellectual bankruptcy is pervasive.
This article could only have been written by a deracinated idiot who can get taken in by the flaky pamphlets written by this fool called Vamadeva. There is no discussion of this guy’s views on Hinduism in this article. This is not surprising given that the writer is a journalist who has, perhaps, never read a half-decent translation of any Hindu epic or scriptures. Frawley has a visceral hatred for Nehru and socialism. He understands neither. This guy is like the other ‘poster boy’ of Hindutvavadis: Konraad Elst. No one in the academic world anywhere takes him seriously. He just spews Hindutva rhetoric. For utterly rootless Indians, any white person spouting what they claim to be Hindu scriptures is enough to rhapsodize about them. Next time, the writer must make a conscious effort to understand what this guy has to say about India/Hinduism/Nehru/Communism and so on before giving him free publicity. As for Vajpayee and Modi meeting this guy, well, who else can they meet?? If it is a white guy who supports them, that’s good enough. Please, for heaven’s sake, don’t be taken in by such nonsense.
The Editor of ‘The Print’ has to be mindful about not giving space to hatemongers. I’m not sure that you care.
@Rao-First engage at intellectual level with Frawley if u know a bit of sanatana dharma.That’s were self prided desis get lost.Let’s not be sadak ka gundaand shoot the messenger always.
Why is being an Hindu scholar is such a bad thing? Why are educated Indians hate them but so acceptable of Islamic Scholors? At least Hinduism did not grow through violence, Islam has well documented history of violence and anyone who mermorises Koran and Hadith is a scholar, but someone who slogged away his young life learning and researching on a subject nothing to do with his life with no obvious gains to be had from it. Just pure mind seeing truth, which Hinduism encourages.
Anyone who talks about Vedas and Indian civilization is ‘RSS’ for mainstream leftist media. They see RSS everywhere. I would take David Frawley anyday over anti-Hindu bigots like Audrey Truschke which Indian psudo-leftists patronize . In fact Indian marxist historians completely lost in India. They completely depend on American leftist Hindu phobic historians to push their case.
Like many “pseudo-intellectuals” in the Left wing, David Frawley is also a pseudo-intellectual of the Right wing. R. C. Majumdar’s book “History of the Hindus”, though it has a Rightist tilt, is based on rigorous research. It glorifies ancient Indian proto-history, history and traditions without vilifying the other cultures. David Frawley, on the other hand is full of hyperbole, fantasy and occasionally hatred.
Kaveree ji , these mofussil Maharashtrian Brahmins had/have only one and simple thought of Making Hindu religion & people and of course Bharatvarsh glorious ! Looking at the condition of thoughts & thought leaders of other hues , it was/is good for RSS not to have of those kinds . Its surprising still energy is rather wasted in using innovative English & constructing fancy analogies to denigrate RSS personnel than analysing why RSS thought has occupied mind of Indians . With warm regards , Abhay Kher a mofussil Maharashtrian Brahmin
Hahaha. These mofussil Maharashtrian Brahmins are just trying to make how are you, while the Hindutwa sun shines. They are revivalist patriarchs, who will make very good bedmates with the predatory bishops and the regressive imams of the Abtahamic religions.
A very biased article, to say the least!
“Self-professed nationalist”, “intellectual deficiency”, the choice of words make this article look more like vendetta rather than one designed to stimulate scholarly debates.
I always thought Irfan Habib to be a third-rated JIHADI scholar peddling lies about the virtues of Islamic rule in India, while simultaneously discrediting and demonising the ancient Hindu and Buddhist heritage of the land.
A hippie and then an admirer of the RSS. What a contradict. Frawley missed the trolley and is lost. He wants to remind Indians about their heritage at home. Please if you want to imerse your self in the Ganges – please do the diaspora a favor and leave us alone. We are professionals seeking a better life for ourselves and our children. There are the most of us wanting a secular life in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and other places. There are many Indian people who absolutely detest what you, Mohan Bagwat, and the other saffron cladded jokers is turning into.
Who is habib to say about hindu religion. I bet you are a communist it is not bad to fight against injustice i ask to habib is he a hindu. No he is not. Stalin is second dreadful leader after hitler please accept. If left wing will fight for dignity of every individual rather than minority they will. Please reply that any of the muslims in our country so far supported the hindus when some students muslim students made derogatory statement against hindus. Minority is marginalising themselves. Why i will learn from brahmins i have my brain. The print i remind you that please do not try to judge hindu religion with your view it has its own philosophy
Lies articulated as expected. This website is looks shit
and who is Mona Bhan?
The Print, The WIRE you never disappoint me, because the only thing I expect from you guys is flotsam and jetsam kind of NEWS.
Hate Hindus , destroy hindu culture. That is your agenda. But you will not succeed. Proud to be hindu.
David Frawley in fact few of the fortunate westerners who succeeded to get out of the gang of hippys.
we will beat you all anti national naxals. you do not have right to talk about such a great foreign born son of mother inda.
Such a useless article, I wasted my time in reading this. What is your problem if he writes against Nehru, and communists of kerala of course both of them never followed gandhian principles and his values. Right wing don’t have small number of intellectuals in the mean they don’t argue with fools who don’t know anything about India, that’s it.
I had the misfortune of sharing the platform with him in a Yoga conference in Philadelphia long ago. If you need a blockhead this is the man. His best contact in India was the astrologer Sri. B.V. Raman. If one is genuinely interested in knowing India’s past she should read Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya’s “Science and Society in Ancient India” and not the bullshit that vamadevacharya dishes out. Dr. Rao has hit the nail on the head and also on some heads which don’t receive sense to enter in!
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So much of hatred for Hinduism and Hindus in the name of your secularism, liberalism and free speech.. You one book wonder are a hired so called intellectual goon who has nothing constructive to contribute..there is no depth, originality or truth in what people like you say..people like you are wasting your energy.. Believe with time your hypocrisy will be out and you alone will be reading your articles.. Shame on you..
Wtf is “multisyllabic English” supposed to mean? As opposed to what? Your writing makes my head hurt.
Very disappointing article by a senior journalist. Equating Hinduism, only religion in the world as rest are ideologies, with a organization! Nobody can save Indian journalism. It has hit abyss.
I’m appsuled by the ignorance and arrogance of you. Being born in India you have yet to internalise the core ethos of the land.
You sling mud on flimsy constructs that RSS is culturing these influencers.
It’s sad that when one forgets his/her own heritage and even after getting reminded of it tries to making folks doing it. Why ?
Stop dpitting venom and get some peace for yourself first before you pen another silly piece.
Nice try! The man has a mission and it’s a unique with gifted talent. Arguing hos-pos is just not going to cut, if you study history 101. Sure it will attract a few of his followers to your sloppy writing but remember but that’s what you expect from India today editor. Again Nice try! My best, keep digging more but try to make it interesting by veryfying some facts otherwise it’s a beautiful cunning job. His score is bit bigger than what you have been able to deceive in words. But hay! Who am I to comment??? A way to go
Very bad teste write uo
Church created mnc with church literature control iver all history and culture degradation of native by spreading lies hatred presenting confluct history of guilt english empire as muskim tried to rule india but they could not convert and demolish hindu indic tradition which were more developed and more democractic with freedom still existed all church islam totally brought destruction and hatred anI’mmosity with utopian muslim they created new class of secular beast who alway feel gulity of hindu cukture and become s4thooges of western left hidden slAvery and colonisation still supported by congtess
The Supremacy of Ancient Indian Civilization does not requires the certificates of either Left or Right. The irony is that whoever is doing research on Ancient Indian History or Knowledge is just able to touch upon a pond of Knowledge out of whole Ocean and starts giving expert opinion without understanding its effect on the Reality or Truth. The whole modern Science is based on research on Ancient Indian Knowledge & Scriptures which so many western Scholars acknowledge but our own researcher fail to notice. The Great Ancient Monuments throughout India clearly states the advancement of our forefathers whose legacy we failed to carry over to this age. But still whatever remains and we have is enough to display the riches of our ancient past. Anyone who has a doubt can contact me.
In fact Irfan Habib is a pretender. He is a fanatic posing as a left hostorian, and is at the root of all the trouble on Ram Mandir and the avoidable friction between the two major communities on that issue according to a truly authentic K.K. Mohammed, an archaeologist of repute and who is sceintific in his approach. Habib is the one inventing and misinterpreting history.
this article must have written by urban naxalite!
Hinduism has survived Mughal invasion, British invasion and Vatican’s hostile takeover attempts. Why Hinduism still survives is a mystery. A couple of clans which call themselves religion but are more like multilevel marketing scams are constantly trying to convert Hindus into their folds but Hinduism keeps going strong.
Drawid frawley books have great scholarly values! His reference to every sentence he writes becomes a challenge to leftist cabal who call themselves as scholars and still cannot quote or translate single sanskrit verse! His depth on subsject is so deep with yogic interpretations to commonly translated literaral meanings! He is not just a western hippie with vedic interests, he is a rishi in white skin!
This article is nothing but an example of two very common fallacy types – Ad Hominem and Strawman.
The journalist, and that too a ‘senior’ one, would have made a great contribution to ‘critical reasoning’ if she had countered what David Frawley has been propounding with her own set of logical and well informed arguments. Alas but she is indulging in same kind of ‘put other down’ rhetoric that she accuses David of. Suggests where the intellectual bankruptcy is pervasive.
This article could only have been written by a deracinated idiot who can get taken in by the flaky pamphlets written by this fool called Vamadeva. There is no discussion of this guy’s views on Hinduism in this article. This is not surprising given that the writer is a journalist who has, perhaps, never read a half-decent translation of any Hindu epic or scriptures. Frawley has a visceral hatred for Nehru and socialism. He understands neither. This guy is like the other ‘poster boy’ of Hindutvavadis: Konraad Elst. No one in the academic world anywhere takes him seriously. He just spews Hindutva rhetoric. For utterly rootless Indians, any white person spouting what they claim to be Hindu scriptures is enough to rhapsodize about them. Next time, the writer must make a conscious effort to understand what this guy has to say about India/Hinduism/Nehru/Communism and so on before giving him free publicity. As for Vajpayee and Modi meeting this guy, well, who else can they meet?? If it is a white guy who supports them, that’s good enough. Please, for heaven’s sake, don’t be taken in by such nonsense.
The Editor of ‘The Print’ has to be mindful about not giving space to hatemongers. I’m not sure that you care.
@Rao- Well said.
@Rao-First engage at intellectual level with Frawley if u know a bit of sanatana dharma.That’s were self prided desis get lost.Let’s not be sadak ka gundaand shoot the messenger always.
Why is being an Hindu scholar is such a bad thing? Why are educated Indians hate them but so acceptable of Islamic Scholors? At least Hinduism did not grow through violence, Islam has well documented history of violence and anyone who mermorises Koran and Hadith is a scholar, but someone who slogged away his young life learning and researching on a subject nothing to do with his life with no obvious gains to be had from it. Just pure mind seeing truth, which Hinduism encourages.
Anyone who talks about Vedas and Indian civilization is ‘RSS’ for mainstream leftist media. They see RSS everywhere. I would take David Frawley anyday over anti-Hindu bigots like Audrey Truschke which Indian psudo-leftists patronize . In fact Indian marxist historians completely lost in India. They completely depend on American leftist Hindu phobic historians to push their case.
Like many “pseudo-intellectuals” in the Left wing, David Frawley is also a pseudo-intellectual of the Right wing. R. C. Majumdar’s book “History of the Hindus”, though it has a Rightist tilt, is based on rigorous research. It glorifies ancient Indian proto-history, history and traditions without vilifying the other cultures. David Frawley, on the other hand is full of hyperbole, fantasy and occasionally hatred.
Kaveree ji , these mofussil Maharashtrian Brahmins had/have only one and simple thought of Making Hindu religion & people and of course Bharatvarsh glorious ! Looking at the condition of thoughts & thought leaders of other hues , it was/is good for RSS not to have of those kinds . Its surprising still energy is rather wasted in using innovative English & constructing fancy analogies to denigrate RSS personnel than analysing why RSS thought has occupied mind of Indians . With warm regards , Abhay Kher a mofussil Maharashtrian Brahmin
Hahaha. These mofussil Maharashtrian Brahmins are just trying to make how are you, while the Hindutwa sun shines. They are revivalist patriarchs, who will make very good bedmates with the predatory bishops and the regressive imams of the Abtahamic religions.
Truth will prevail. Satyamev Jayate.
Yeah !!! Let’s shoot the messenger now.