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It is interesting that Dr Ambedkar wanted Sanskrit to be India's official language, which was opposed by the Nehruvians - ‘Ambedkar wanted Sanskrit as official language’ See also Geopolitics and Sanskrit Phobia | Sulekha Creative by Rajiv Malhotra.

That could be taken up with the editors of the Indian Express, I myself tend to prefer using the term "Indic history".

It could be that records and social memories were lost with the invasions. Who can say what treasures may have been in the library of Nalanda, say, when it was burned by Khilji in the 12th century?

Actually American toleration for Terry Jones' free speech rights is a good thing. Holocaust denial is also not illegal in the US (distasteful though it may be) and it's not as if the sky is falling on their heads.

Just an old article I happened to stumble across. Unfortunately not much historical information seems to have survived from the Hindu / Buddhist period of Afghanistan. The article talks about relatively recent events - 959 AD, which is about 150 years after Emperor Charlemagne of Europe, to...

Inscription throws new light to Hindu rule in Afghanistan PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Kolkata, Jan 4: A stone inscription in Sanskrit, recovered from the city of Mazar-i-Sharif of northern Afghanistan a few years ago, has thrown new light on the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler `Veka' in that...

Holocaust deniers can be condemned and ridiculed, but should not be criminalized. Same applies to the Muhammad film folks.

If she had been Muslim, she would have been put to death in accordance with Sharia law.

Still waiting for the bear hug VLADIMIR RADYUHIN What was billed as a ground-breaking first ever visit by a Russian President to Islamabad next week has ended in disappointment for Pakistan with Vladimir Putin’s decision not to go. President Putin was to attend a summit of the...

Nah, India is not much concerned about Putin's visit to Pak.

Sorry to hear about that. RIP.

The allegations regarding the said instructions are wholly unproved, and have been made by an individual who himself is charged with torture, fabrication of false evidence and many other serious crimes. The politics of the mobs is certainly relevant, since the accusation is being made by some...

umm ... what slander? But the point is that it is not clear that the Congress mobs were under Modi's control. Staines was a Baptist missionary, a breed that tends to be interested in converts. He should have been lawfully deported.

That regrettable incident is the consequence of the failure of the Government to follow the rule of law. Staines had no business to be going around tribal areas trying to soften up the tribal societies for conversion. The correct course of action would have been to deport him.

It is not clear that the mobs were under his control, many of the rioters from both sides are actually members of the Congress party. Yet I do not see you spitting venom against Maino as is your wont against Modi, nor do I see you wax eloquent on the 1984 Holocaust.

But India has no problems with nations in the Middle East, North Africa or Central Asia. Religion per se is not the issue. The problem is the rivalry across the fault-line created within a society when some of its members succumbed to conversion by marauding fanatics. This rivalry was...

It is your right defend yourself intellectually, or even attack your opponents intellectually.

Let us consider the merits of the ideas. It would be interesting to have a high quality, authentic and frank movie about the Prophet.

From personal experience - for groceries, in my neighbourhood there is an outlet of a big retail chain and there is also a vegetable Mandi with 7 or 8 vegetable and fruit stalls. I prefer to shop at the Mandi because the goods are more fresh and the price is pretty much the same. Also, parking...