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Chennai: Amidst growing diplomatic anxiety between India and China over the latest incursion by the Communist army into Indian territory of Ladakh particularly at a time when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was serving dinner to visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, two retired Army colonels in Chennai say that at Ladakh both countries operate on imaginary [...]

The Hindu tradition emphasises Dharma and Rta; to live in harmony with cosmic order by being aware of one’s karma. It is ideas like this which the western mind cannot grasp, denouncing it as nebulous and illusory. One of the common criticisms is that Indian spiritual traditions denounce this world as Maya or illusion. But [...]

India is like Europe. The European Union has 24 official languages. All 24 are used for outbound communication. All laws are released in 24 languages. Each state has engineering, medicine, business in their own language. India’s languages serve a larger number of people than many European states. There is no reason why we cannot adopt [...]

Large parts of India’s economy were destroyed by British technology in the 1800s, and by deals that favoured British shareholders. Today, it’s China that holds that kind of power According to an editorial published in China‘s Global Times to coincide with this week’s London visit of premier Li Keqiang, the British live in “an old, [...]

‘We are told (inaccurately) that the Maoists principally dominate tribal areas because these populations are among the poorest of the poor. What is ignored here is the sheer and demonstrative brutality of the Maoists — cold-blooded killings; the cutting off of limbs for the smallest of infractions; harsh and humiliating punishments for “co-operating” with the [...]