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
Cost as a Percentage of Per Capita Income – Where India is heavily losing out
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
The Death of Jayapida
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
210 Reasons for decline of Roman Empire
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. Barbarization18. Bastardization19. Blockage of land by large landholders20. Blood poisoning21. Bolshevization22. Bread and circuses23. Bureaucracy 24. Byzantinism25. Capillarite sociale26. Capitals, change of27. Caste system28. Celibacy29. Centralization30. Childlessness31. Christianity32. Citizenship, granting of33. Civil war34. Climatic deterioration35. Communism36. Complacency37. Concatenation of misfortunes38. Conservatism39. Capitalism40. Corruption41. Cosmopolitanism42. Crisis … Continue reading 210 Reasons for decline of Roman Empire
Speech delivered by Sri Viswanatha Satyanarayana, at the award Presentation Function, Bharatiya Jnana Pith, New Delhi on 16th November, 1971
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
The Aryan Urheimat Circus
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
The White Peril – By Baba Bharati
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
Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth – A Failed Concept
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
Hindoos in Armenia
The chapter in full from Armenians In India by Mesrovb Jacob Seth It may not be generally known that the Armenians whose love of commerce has been proverbial, have, from time immemorial, traded with India, whither they were allured from their distant homes in the snow-clad mountains of Armenia, by the glamour of the lucrative … Continue reading Hindoos in Armenia
So what are you? – Ivan Vazov
"So what are you?" - such a question is askedin your home by a brazen stranger."So what are you?" - with such a curse astranger disturbs your soul; "So what are you?" - this question everywhere -at Drin, at Shar, at Vardar, Prespa dearoh, Bulgarino, a Serb puts youand waits with a frowning answer. But beware, don't give a straight … Continue reading So what are you? – Ivan Vazov