November 2010
6 posts
Emperor Babur - the Great Indian
DR N S Rajaram is a noted writer, who has published several books on topics related to ancient Indian history and Indian archeology. He has always felt the presence of Eurocentric biased undercurrents in mainstream Indology and the way history is taken in Independent India. According to him, “Its creators were driven mainly by European colonial and Christian missionary interests.”...
Tuzkoy - the Cancer village of Turkey
TURKEY IS located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia which makes it a country of significant geo-strategic importance. Modern Turkey has a rich past. Today, it encompasses bustling cosmopolitan centers, pastoral farming villages, barren wastelands, peaceful Aegean coastlines and steep mountain regions. Its landscape is dotted with battlegrounds, ruined castles and the palaces of great...
Freedom of Expression
LET US look at some simple facts about Kashmir history and thus will emerge some unanswered questions. Before August 15, 1947, the Republic of India did not exist. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the instrument of accession on Oct 26, 1947. Why it took so long for the Maharaja to sign it? What was cooking in his mind? Was there no war of independence going against his dynastic rule in Kashmir when...
What a fall IIT Roorkee
IIT ROORKEE is acknowledged as one of the best technological institutions across the globe. The need for a technological institution in the country was initiated by Sir James Thomason in 1847 as Roorkee College. Earlier in 1854, it was christened as Thomason College of Engineering until it was granted a University status by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru vide [Act No. IX of 1948 of the United Province...
Don't stop dreaming
THE RENOWNED Urdu poet Parveen Shakir has said: “Neend jab khwabon se pyaari ho to aaise waqt mein, Khwab dekhe koun aur khwabon ko de tabeer koun? (in times when we love to sleep, who would care to dream and give the sound interpretations). I couldn’t agree less with her as I also believe that our gigantic and insurmountable problems of today are the product of our inability to dream. We...
President Obama Yes you can !
“Yes, we can !” ‘No, you can’t !” It’s a reminder of pathos we face every day. People love to abandon when we are in adversity. It doesn’t matter if it is of our own making or circumstances have heaped upon us. The difference between an ordinary man / woman and a statesman is the way we react. A great statesman would never allow himself to be the victim of circumstances for too long. He...