Till 1775, India and China possessed 50% of the world’s total wealth (today they possess about 50% of world population). Anyways, for thousands of years, we never clashed. There was only educational and cultural exchange between us. Then, in the year 1962, it all changed. On the 50th anniversary of the Sino-Indian war, it is important we recall the past mistakes, learn from them and fix them. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Crouching dragon, sleeping tiger
Where is India’s Iron lady?
While Indian political leaders are busy erecting statues deifying them, can a film ever be made which humanizes them? Despite my political differences, the Iron Lady was a treat to watch, I wonder how far is India from producing one of its own. Read my latest article on the NRI.
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Politics
The Indian Machiavelli?
While Machiavelli remains one of the brightest names in the field of political science, Chanakya, the Indian Machiavelli- as Wikipedia introduces him, in spite of the fact that his works predate Machiavelli’s by about 1,800 years- the founding father of the Mauryan Empire after defeating the Nanda and Alexander’s forces, remains underrated. Continue reading
The hand that failed to wave
After failures in numerous other states, the Congress General Secretary has clearly failed to work wonders for the party again. Not that he was expected to, but a respectable show in UP would have strengthened his credentials as a leader. Despite multiple shows by him and his sister Mrs Vadra in Amethi and Rae Bareilly, two of the Congress strongholds, they lost 8 of the 10 seats there. Why has the party, as a whole failed to nourish new leadership? Continue reading
Godhra!
Today is a special day in the history of contemporary India. Today is the day when a train was burnt. Today is the day, 58 people were systematically killed. In the riots that followed, more than 1000 others died, 200 went missing, more than 500 places of worship were burnt down. Today is the day, some of us choose to remember Godhra. Continue reading
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सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 