“Western Media: Narratives on India from Gandhi to Modi” — A Review
Overall, this is a good effort, but it offers an uneven account of the long arc of Western coverage of India from independence to the ... Read More
Ram Mandir: Cultural Production or Cultural Renaissance?
Image courtesy: The Economist The consecration of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya was unparalleled in that the entire nation united in welcoming it. Across ... Read More
A Critique of Amanda Lucia’s “Guru Sex”
Image courtesy: Vedanta-Red Zimbala As an embittered student who never got a scholarship to study in Britain, my academic fulminations against Western scholars of Hindu ... Read More
Finding Shiva in the Ashes: Meenakshi Jain’s Epic Reconstruction of the Timeless City
Reading Padma Shri Meenakshi Jain is an exercise in discovery and delightful insights. Her works spanning over multiple decades now can be grouped into three ... Read More
“The Majoritarian Myth” – A Review and a Summary
“The Majoritarian Myth: How Unscientific Social Theories Create Disharmony,” is a new book by Kausik Gangopadhyay, a Professor of Economics at IIM-Kozhikode. The book brilliantly ... Read More