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A great example of how realpolitik trumps ideology – and on the other hand, shallowness of communism. Summarizing The bad news is, this is exactly how Mao treated Indian communists. But, did they change? To comrade Pishevari, It seems to me that you misjudge the existing situation, inside Iran as well as in the international … Continue reading Joseph V. Stalin to Ja’far Pishevari, Leader of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, 8 May 1946 →

My dear Prime MinisterIt is with a heavy heart and a sense of utter frustration at the failure of my lifelong mission to uplift the backward Hindu masses of East Bengal that I feel compelled to tender resignation of my membership of your cabinet. It is proper that I should set forth in detail the … Continue reading Jogendranath Mandal’s Resignation Letter →

There are two kinds of products sold in Indian consumer economy – stuff which is sold in rupees and stuff which is sold in dollars. Take for example, a laptop. In UK, the cost of a laptop is 500 GBP and I earn 3000 GBP. Here in India, the cost of the laptop is the … Continue reading Cost as a Percentage of Per Capita Income – Where India is heavily losing out →

Jayapida of Kashmir is shown as a valiant but a stupid king in Rajatarangini – at least twice, he was captured because of his foolishness outside the kingdom and the third time, he escaped capture because the local king in gratitude for killing a lion married his daughter to him. In fact, when on his … Continue reading The Death of Jayapida →

Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and  Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73.See also: 1 (washington.edu) 1.      Abolition of gods2.      Abolition of rights3.      Absence of character4.      Absolutism5.      Agrarian question6.      Agrarian slavery7.      Anarchy8.      Anti-Germanism9.      Apathy10.  Aristocracy11.  Asceticism12.  Attack of the Germans13.  Attack of the Huns14.  Attack of riding nomads15.  Backwardness in science16.  Bankruptcy17....

Respected President of the Indian Republic, Shri V.V. Giri! And the elite of this gathering!! Hail Rama Jain! Hail other members of Jnanpith! Hail Dr. Gopala Reddi! Hail Dr. KaranSingh, the Chairman, and the other members of the Selection Board! You always seek to glorify us poets. And we always glorify you, as is most … Continue reading Speech delivered by Sri Viswanatha Satyanarayana, at the award Presentation Function, Bharatiya Jnana Pith, New Delhi on 16th November, 1971 →

Another round of chaos was unleased in the so-called Aryan Studies when David Reich came up with a new set of observations. The below is a part of the abstract handed over for his new lecture. We present an integrative genetic history of the Southern Arc, an area divided geographically between West Asia and Europe, … Continue reading The Aryan Urheimat Circus →

Suddenly, interest rose over a certain Baba Bharati and his take on the west. A famous article of his, the White Peril became the centre of discussion. Presenting here in full, the article which he wrote and comes from the second version of the 1906 November edition of Light of India. The article is still … Continue reading The White Peril –  By Baba Bharati →

There is a prevalent theory – India stopped every invader because it’s politically fragmented and it’s culture and religion are that tuned that they are ready to accept every kind of thought into it’s socio-religious structure. And when India was invaded, because of it’s political disunity, the invader had to fight for every inch of … Continue reading Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth – A Failed Concept →

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