Controversial Kannada writer K.S. Bhagwan has kicked up a fresh row with his claim in a recently released book that Lord Rama drank “alcohol” and ate “meat”. Bhagwan, 74, a …
Like many liberal commentators, the former editor of The Times of India, Dileep Padgaonkar, questions the wisdom of the judges in the Ayodhya case in placing the “faith and belief …
Using the “faith and belief of Hindus” as a key barometer, two of the judges of the three-judge Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court have ruled that the “area …
PRITAM SENGUPTA in New Delhi and SHARANYA KANVILKAR in Bombay write: The stunning defeat of the BJP in the general elections has been dissected so many times and by so …
He was 11 years old when he ascended the throne. Mahatma Gandhi called him a “Raja Rishi” (saintly king). Historians have compared him to emperor Ashoka. He is seen to …
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Around 2 in the afternoon yesterday, god in his high heavens, in his most infinite and unfathomable wisdom, took the final decision to allow an old man …
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: There are still a few days left for the year 2007 to end, but do we already have a clear winner in the Mythological …
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