Number of words: 146 Communal politics in sind, as elsewhere in the subcontinent, came into play only after the collapse of the non-cooperation movement in 1921-22 Mahatma Gandhi had launched the movement in 1919, with the restoration of the Islamic Khilafat of the major objective to bring Muslim on to the bandwagon of the all-India … Read more
Number of words: 292 The origins of our secularism lie in the encounter between the Aryans and the Dravidians at the commencement of our recorded history as a civilization. It is well illustrated in the contrast between the treatment meted out to Eklavya at the expressed later in the same epic over Siva teaching the … Read more
Number of words: 89 Savarkar thesis of Hindutva so inspired Dr. K.B. Hedgewar that before syarring the volunteer organization known as that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Dr. Hedgewar had a long discussion with Savarkar over the faith, form and future of the organization thus from the beginning the RSS philosophy got interwoven with Savarkar Hindutva – … Read more
Number of words: 229 If however, the Indian experience was unique for Islam so was the encounter with islam unique for Hinduism, other religions had been assimilated or marginalized; Islam alone could neither be swallowed whole nor be swept into a corner. The Hindus were shaken out of their insular mould and faced a phenomenon … Read more
Number of words: 779 There was a no further Islamicincursion from outsideover the next 285 years. But Islam spread through the gentle Sufi seints, which gave Islam in Sind its defenetive eclectic stamp. It was not till AD 997-nearly three centuries after Quassim – that Subutgin forced his passage through the Khyber Pass. This opened … Read more
Number of words: 57 “Peter Lynch, the legendary and highly successful manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund for many years, once remarked that he calculated that more than half of the investors in his fund lost money. This happened because money would pour in after a couple of good quarters and exit after a couple … Read more
Number of words: 2,162 I have a simple philosophy in life I’ve learned from people much smarter than me. That is, watch the people you don’t want to be like, and do the opposite of what they do. I’m not trying to be a dick, but I have more than enough examples to last a … Read more
Number of words: 2,130 Harish Chandra Verma wasn’t an excellent student at school. Studies didn’t interest him as he struggled to pass all his subjects. For the Darbhanga native, whose family had endured hard times, adapting to an education system in Bihar that emphasised rote learning, was difficult. His father, who ran a school up … Read more
Number of words: 3,246 When Pete Buttigieg accepted a position at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company, he already had sterling credentials: high-school valedictorian, a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a Rhodes Scholarship. He could have taken any number of jobs and, moreover, had no obvious interest in business. Nevertheless, he joined the firm. Each weekday … Read more
Number of words: 473 President Trump’s relationship with Russia has factored a good bit into the impeachment trial that’s captivated Washington DC and the national press in recent days. But for everyone loudly decrying the perception that the leader of the free world may be cozying up to Russia — and the effect that may … Read more
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