What is strange, for someone who spent a lifetime in seva, is that St Teresa’s own personal journals and communication with the Church hierarchy reveal someone in “spiritual desolation”, says Sankrant Sanu….
The Edict of Thessalonica and attack on Hindu traditions
After Jallikattu, Sabarimala, Shani Shignapur, Kerala Temple elephant ban and Ganesh Chaturthi, Dahi Handi is the latest Hindu tradition to be attacked by an NGO-PIL system in conjunction with the able help…
Media, lies and searches on Sindhu’s caste
With PV Sindhu’s silver medal in the Olympics, trust the media to be searching for an “idea of India” angle. Nothing gets the idea-of-India wallahs going as much as caste. So, The…
Bihar’s Nirbhaya needs our help
When rape and molestation are supported by the family, it can no longer be considered merely a criminal act.’ ‘What kind of morality makes rape a family act?’ asks Sankrant Sanu.Illustration: Uttam…
The Science of Tradition
For years the mystery of how homing pigeons found their way home confounded scientists. Accurate navigation in adverse weather over long distance flight is a skill that human technology is only now…
India’ out, ‘South Asia’ in. How academics ill serve us
‘South Asian studies’ academics in the US would do well to introspect how they wittingly or unwittingly become part of Pakistan’s proxy war in wielding influence over academics and policy, says Sankrant…
Why the World Culture Festival matters
There will remain those who will remain in opposition to this massive endeavour for world peace with an aim not to improve, but to scuttle the project.But for the rest of us,…
Just The Facts, Prof. Chomsky
Dear Prof. Chomsky, I first heard your name when, as a Computer Science student at IIT Kanpur, I studied the Chomsky-Normal Form for specifying formal languages. Many years later, I came across…
Whose New Year? Return to a Better Calendar
In India we increasingly celebrate the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory, who instituted it. A Calendar has scientific, social and cultural significance. Other than synchronizing activity…
Moral Outrage of EyeStar Seagull
EyeStar Seagull gloomily stared at the television as she flipped channels. “What is this country coming to,” she said to her naukarani Rasika, the only one around who listened to her any more, “I…