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| Tricolour at Lal Chowk a Must |
Tricolour at Lal Chowk a Must
 Meenakshi Rao
Sometimes, being wise may not be appropriate. One glaring example of that is J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's decision to not hoist the Tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on R-Day, and the Central Government's silent agreement to this move. True, the young Chief Minister of this sensitive State was guided by fears of spoiling the peace and apparently said that such symbolic gestures like an R-day flag hoisting can be given a go-by in the larger interest of non-violence. Our ...
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| Avatar Glistens with a Cosmic Connection |
Avatar Glistens with a Cosmic Connection
 Aneeta Chakrabarty
Beyond the soaring majesty of distant constellations, the stunning breathtaking visuals, and the 3-D trailblazing special effects, there is something else in James Cameron's epic masterpiece, "Avatar." Something as grand and great as life that pulsates with the rhythms of the sacred earth, and talks to the ancients in their own tongue - "All is one and all is interconnected." Simply put, it is a marvelous tribute to Pantheism.Set in a sci-fi universe, it is the story of...
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| Medieval Prophet To Ancient Emperor |
Medieval Prophet To Ancient Emperor
 Lt. Col. (Retd.) Mahendra Mathur
Jamia Islamia Rehmania, a sprawling five-acre complex on the eastern outskirts of Dera Ghazi Khan city of Pakistan comprises a five-storey madrassa, a beautiful mosque with a tall minaret, grand arches and opaque glass doors, playgrounds, residential buildings and a high boundary wall topped with razor-wire. Jamia is a favourite haunt for every VIP on a visit to the city including foreigners and it is the brainchild of Maulana Sattar Rehmani, a prominent local D...
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| From The Pages of History |
From The Pages of History
Vinod Kumar
When we talk of the earth going around the sun as it has always done, its globular shape, the different seasons, different lengths of day and night, mind goes back to Galileo and Copernicus, scared to death, holding the truth back lest the fury of the church falls upon them for letting the world know the reality of nature. When one thinks of gravity one thinks of Newton sitting under an apple tree watching an apple fall to the ground and Newton proclaiming "Lo! there is gravity...
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| Hating Hindus as a Fun Activity | Hating Hindus as a Fun Activity
 Vishal Agarwal
The book under review combines cartoons with text - an attractive and light-hearted style for introducing Hinduism to beginners. Unfortunately, the author succeeds in perpetuating negative stereotypes about the third largest religion of the world, and presents a non-insightful and a biased view of the faith. In the past, Lal has written apologias for Palestinian suicide bombers and for the Taliban when they destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas. He has also apparently suggested tha...
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