When the British replaced Persian with English as the administrative language in 1837, they uprooted a seven-century tradition that had become, in every sense, Indian.
The relationship between Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent was built over five centuries by people who were entrepreneurial, mobile, literate, and commercially connected.
From the inception of Indian statecraft, political theorists were aware of the dangers of corruption. Arthashastra recommends that all senior officials be tested by secret agents.
Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.
As early states developed in the Iranian plateau and northern India, ideas continued to circulate between the steppe and the settlements of the Iranian plateau and the Punjab plains.
Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
The Indian Right and Liberals all accepted the British conception of Hindu, Muslim and British India and the country's eventual decline. What they disagreed on was its cause.
From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
What Kanisetti Got Wrong: The article romanticizes a civilization while whitewashing a regime. These are not the same thing.
Khamenei’s Islamic Republic has nothing in common with the Persian culture the author celebrates. That composite world was largely destroyed by the ideology the IRI represents.
The gaping holes: Iran never supported India on Kashmir. Not once. The author doesn’t mention this.
Khamenei publicly interfered in India’s internal affairs, amplifying anti-India narratives that serve Pakistan’s agenda. Silence on this too.
Iranian agents allegedly plotted on Indian soil against Israeli diplomats. Unmentioned.
Iran backs Hamas. Hamas coordinated with Pakistani networks linked to the Pahalgam Hindu killings. The author wants India to mourn Iran while ignoring this chain entirely.
The Nawabs he glorifies continuously sent funds back to Karbala and Najaf. Their loyalty was never exclusively Indian.
The entire article places the emotional burden on India alone. It never asks what Iran owes Bharat.
When the Indians replaced English with Hindi, Indians lost the ability to participate in British freedom struggle from Brussels. Persian was a shitty language for low IQ sycophants. That’s why smart Iranians run away from that shithole.
Very biased reporting..go and search the news..Iran has granted access only to India for ships to pass through strait of Hormuz.had India not supported Iran this would not be allowed .India maintains diplomatic relations behind the curtains and sometimes it doesn’t need to be loud.Only thing whether things are functioning smoothly is needed to assured
What Kanisetti Got Wrong: The article romanticizes a civilization while whitewashing a regime. These are not the same thing.
Khamenei’s Islamic Republic has nothing in common with the Persian culture the author celebrates. That composite world was largely destroyed by the ideology the IRI represents.
The gaping holes: Iran never supported India on Kashmir. Not once. The author doesn’t mention this.
Khamenei publicly interfered in India’s internal affairs, amplifying anti-India narratives that serve Pakistan’s agenda. Silence on this too.
Iranian agents allegedly plotted on Indian soil against Israeli diplomats. Unmentioned.
Iran backs Hamas. Hamas coordinated with Pakistani networks linked to the Pahalgam Hindu killings. The author wants India to mourn Iran while ignoring this chain entirely.
The Nawabs he glorifies continuously sent funds back to Karbala and Najaf. Their loyalty was never exclusively Indian.
The entire article places the emotional burden on India alone. It never asks what Iran owes Bharat.
Nostalgia is not foreign policy. Reciprocity is.
When the Indians replaced English with Hindi, Indians lost the ability to participate in British freedom struggle from Brussels. Persian was a shitty language for low IQ sycophants. That’s why smart Iranians run away from that shithole.
Diplomacy should be pragmatic and practical. Emotions don’t pay for progress.
Very biased reporting..go and search the news..Iran has granted access only to India for ships to pass through strait of Hormuz.had India not supported Iran this would not be allowed .India maintains diplomatic relations behind the curtains and sometimes it doesn’t need to be loud.Only thing whether things are functioning smoothly is needed to assured