It’s back to that time again when we have the general feel of the festivities around the air, or something that we bengalees like to call ‘Pujo Pujo gondho‘ (aroma of the festivities in the air). Currently, as I sit to write this, we are celebrating Diwali, which usually marks the end of this period… Continue reading
Category: People
Netaji, Bhagwanji and midnight musings
Lately I have started to take an active interest in Indian History, and have started reading some books and watching some online videos that are available by subject matter experts. For some reason, I have an aversion towards writers who have been loyal to the Congress Party of India. At least on the matter of… Continue reading
Indian Mathematics | Taking a Dig at Western Fanatics
For some time now, I’ve been taking some interest in Indian History, Ancient Indian History. And in the same vein, I had written about My India a year back. Fact is fact, no matter how harsh it may sound. And indeed bad, that post hasn’t been able to make it to the ‘Most Read’ Posts in… Continue reading
Ascertaining Gandhi II
I came across this article today. And it did not from one angle contradict whatever I’ve been saying so long about Gandhi. Gandhi was a miserable failure as a politician. This is not just my view. I’ve given umpteen proofs of the same about his political philosophies not working. Read ‘Breaking free of Gandhian Myths… Continue reading
Family Relationships
The other day I was going through this post in one of the blogs listed in my blogroll. The concept of a ‘fatherly figure’ never really appealed to me. One of the most classic examples was portrayed out in the post itself, where a fatherly figure turned out to be one giving a lot of… Continue reading