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| Editorial: India at 62 – Moving Ahead? |
Editorial: India at 62 – Moving Ahead?
The Editorial Team
Some in the country may be seeing India moving ahead pleading to ignore negative trends and see the positive picture - but are we really moving ahead is a question which still perturbs many. The fact is that if we see ourselves in comparison to other countries around us most of these positive indicators turn negative. While China has surged much ahead of us, we are content with competing with Pakistan and Bangladesh. We may be moving ahead but in reality we are moving back when we compare ourselves with the developmental indicators of other countries. The only solace is tha...
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| Bande Mataram – Radiant Spark of Nature’s Fire |
Bande Mataram – Radiant Spark of Nature’s Fire
Aneeta Chakrabarty
Eighteenth century Bengal was like a famished beauty of a doomed regime. The conquering sword of the British was everywhere. On barren landscapes and withering fields the Imperial boots trod relentlessly. Like the grim reaper it harvested misery, destruction and tears all over the countryside. Everywhere there was desolation, everywhere there was need and everywhere there was the tragic smell of death
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| Aurobindo on Obliteration of Hinduism in Assam |
Aurobindo on Obliteration of Hinduism in Assam
 Lt. Col.(Retd.) Mahendra Mathur
Sri Aurobindo was born Aurobindo Ghose in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, on 15 August, 1872 to Dr. K. D. Ghose and Swarnalata Dev. In 1879, Aurobindo and his two elder brothers Manmohan and Benoybhusan were taken to Manchester, England for a European education. Aurobindo secured a scholarship by passing the scholarship examinations of King's College, Cambridge University. He stood first at the examination.. He also passed the written examination of ICS after a few months, where he was ranked 11th out of 250 competitors. He spent the next two years at the King's Col...
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| We Are All Hindus Now |
We Are All Hindus Now
Lisa Miller
America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that's the lowest percentage in American history). Of course, we are not a Hindu-or Muslim, or Jewish, or Wiccan-nation, either. A million-plus Hindus live in ...
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| Distortion of Indian History for Muslim Appeasement: Part 5C | Distortion of Indian History for Muslim Appeasement: Part 5C
Dr. Radhasyam Brahmachari
When the Part 5A of the current series of articles DISTORTION OF INDIAN HISTORY FOR MUSLIM APPEASEMENT, was posted on the FFI, a reader commented, "Historians site two historic rulers of India as ‘the great'. One is Buddhist Asoka. The next is Muslim Akbar. The subcontinent has been the abode of Hindus througho...
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