Articles [General Reference]

  At the start I must draw a parallel with Nazi Germany to bring out the point that the silent majority is often coerced into submisssion and a stage comes when it becomes irrelavent. This happened in Germany when Adolf Hitler rode to...

Buddhism is one of the peaceful religion and a belief system which provides not only moral teachings but also teaches us the importance and purpose of our life. A word 'Buddhism' originates from the word 'buddhi' which means 'to awaken', 'to...

The two important words If I remember right I learned saying the two wonderful words from my parents and I did not learn it in an easy way but they never tolerated bad manners. So, they made me say ‘Thank you’ and ‘Sorry’ every time I missed them...

India is passing through a baptism by fire as the Muslims, other minorities and large sections of Hindus castigate the present government for bring in 'intolerence' in the Indian state. The situation turned turtle when the Bharatiya Janta Party(...

The " Fifth Column" is not an ancient word and was coined in the last century  during the Spanish Civil War.  This war took place between the Republicans and the monarchists and ultimately brought General Franco to power in Spain. General...

Tippu was the Muslim ruler of the state of Mysore. He is referred to as the tiger of Mysore, but this is mainly because he kept 6 tigers in his palace as pets. In terms of military acumen, he was a poor general and perhaps had never heard of the...

On 10th Novemeber the Karnataka Government is to celebrate the birthday of Tippu Sultan and highlight his secular nature. To my mind this is a political ploy by the ruling Congress government and this action can be summed  up in one word...

ManMohan Singh was prime minister of India for 10 years. This is a pretty long period in the history of a nation and ManMohan Singh held fort as the "leader" of the Indian people for a decade from 2004-1014. Unfortunately the only legacy he seems...

Many people have asked me whether there is a Muslim secular state in existence. My answer is "yes". I know of two of them namely Albania( I have never visited) and Turkey, which I have visited twice. As I roamed the streets of Istanbul, I was...

Farmer suicides …. These lines we are reading and hearing in our daily newspaper, news channel and internet. What are their problems? Why they are doing all these?   Instead of looking in these matters the ministers of India are going to...