The many dimensions of history will be explored this month during a two-day course by veteran philosophers in history at Mythic Society, Bengaluru. Organised by Indic Academy, ‘Itihasa and Various…
The relevance of Chanakya to today’s world has only recently received the kind of attention it deserves. The author’s 2014 book, “Chanakya’s 7 Secrets of Leadership“, co-authored with D Sivanandhan,…
In many ways this book documents the birth of atrocity literature and its first application in India on Hindus. The successful template of manufacturing atrocities, hyping them, and then using…
If history is to be written to make it accessible to the lay reader, the student, and make it interesting, Sanjeev Sanyal is one author I would pick. I say…
In her 2013 book, “Rama and Ayodhya“, Meenakshi Jain had presented perhaps the most accessible, authoritative, and comprehensive account of the literary, sculptural, epigraphic, and historical evidence to support the antiquity and…
Who controls the history of a people controls the people. Colonization of the land is easier to fight than colonization of the mind. Who gets to define Hinduism today? Should…
Being Hindu: Old Faith, New World and You, by Hindol Sengupta A thought-provoking and breezy account. Hindol hits the right points and notes. Informs and provokes in equal measure. Add…
Dr Vineet Aggarwal is a doctor by qualification, manager by profession and artist by temperament. Born in a family of doctors, he successfully completed an initial stint with the family…
