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A proud Indian with interests in Indian History and Contemporary Politics.

The Story of Maharadia Lawana

Every culture in the Indic Sphere of Influence had it's own variant of Ramayana, heavily influenced by the local traditions. Here, we have a Filipoino Muslim version of Ramayana where Hanuman, Lava and Kusa are fused into a single person and Ravana does Tapas to Allah.

Opinions

The Holocaust Deniers of Rutgers University and the Need for anti-Hindu Ratings Scale

Rutgers University's statement on the recent Audrey Truschke controversy clearly establishes that the anti-Hindu bigotry is not a one-off exception but is an institutionalised hatred. All this makes one question why shouldn't these people be graded according to their anti-Hinduness and attempts be made to use it as a funding parameter.

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Alluri Sita Rama Raju’s Rampa Fituri

Alluri Sita Rama Raju's Rampa Fituri is one of the last major tribal rebellion against the British Rule in India. Spread all over the tribal belt of North Andhra Pradesh corresponding to the current Araku Lok Sabha Constituency of Andhra Pradesh, the story of the rebellion is a saga of sticking to a stand even if it means on one side and on the other side, the opportunism of those who saw some use in this rebellion to further their own selfish ends.

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Curzon Doctrine: India’s Position in the global power games

What should be India's sphere of influence? Should there be a region inside which nothing should happen without India consenting? George Curzon, limited by the borders of Czarist Russia and Ottoman Empire defines the borders of Indian Influence.

Literature

How Should a Ruler Behave – An Exposition from Amuktamalyada

In his Amuktamalyada, Sri Krishna Deva Raya gives his views over how a king should be, and how a king should rule. It is interesting to note that a majority of these rules are still applicable to modern day India and touches upon many of the contentious issues India is facing today.

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Caldwell’s Sudra Invasion Theory

Caldwell, who is considered as the founder of Dravidian Linguistic Theory had another fantastic idea in his quiver - Sudra Invasion Theory. Using that, he explains why South Indians are not that much suffering as compared to the North Indian Sudras - because they represented different invasion waves.

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The Parallels Between Akali and Khalistan Movements And their Applicability in the current Farmer movement

A closer look at Akali Movement of 1919-1925 reveals a close parallel with the Khalistani Movement and even the current Farmer Protests.

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Indian Government Derides Foreign Backers of Farmer Protests as…Trolls

The Farm Protests have got some international backers now - backers who don't know what the protests are all about and backers who refuse to equate desecration of US Capitol and Delhi's Red Fort. In an aptly befitting move, India derided them as trolls and asked them to be more responsible and knowledged.

History History History History History

The Dethroning of Traditional Sikhism and the sikh Adoption of a Non-Hindu Identity

There is a word used in Sikhism - Sanatani Sikhism - those who practice a syncretism of Hinduism and Sikhism. But, there is another word used for them - conservative. If those practicing syncretism are traditionalist Sikhs, who are the new crop of Sikhs who declared they are not Hindu?

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The Paradox of Orthodox Sikhism – sikh quest for identity means rejection of sikhism of the gurus

The collapse of Sikh Empire meant that the old order will have to bow down to the new Government and this despairing situation meant that the Sikhs will have to reinvent themselves. The Sikhs became more orthodox and drifted away from the Hindu whole to carve out a separate identity which led to much violence further down. The biggest casualty, ironically, is the Sikhism which the Sikh Gurus and Maharaja Ranjit Singh practiced - a sort of syncretic Sikhism which treated Hindu gods as their equals and the sort of Sikhism which considered itself as a part of Hindu whole. What we have today is an ultra-orthodox Sikhism which was never accepted by the society as a mainstream phenomenon leading to devastating consequences from it's inception.