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Teaching about Mughals is important not just because they were the last dynasty to rule more or less entire India. Most of the laws in India, which are added to British Government Act are based on Mughal law. For example, taxation of agriculture in India is based on Mughal administration...

I called religious nutjobs parasites because India is a secular country and government is supposed to be separated from religion. That is an accurate characterization whether you are right or left in India. When did I ever condemn criticism of any religion? Don't attack a strawman. I don't...

I thought the situation is back to normal now. Kejriwal thanked the Centre for making Army control the canals.

Do you know what he wants to do with muslims who want to immigrate to USA? The Republicans are all talk. If Obama were not such a p*ssy, any other President of USA would have easily named a new Judge. It is a slam dunk.

Trump will increase the legal immigration limits. He might build a wall or whatever contraptions he wants. But he has to increase legal immigration numbers if US has to discourage illegals, by plain logic.

Kashmir's illegal occupation by India justifies calls for Azadi: JNU Professor. | Page 11 Rohit was a coward, no doubt. But his death was not without precursors. Even I think Vivekananda did not contribute much by way of knowledge to this country. That is a plain fact. He was an inspirational...

May be it is a shock for you because you don't know her. People like her don't even conform to mainstream Left in India, that is why they don't find place in Leftist parties. They are ideological perfectionists to the point of being loons. But they have an academic and humanitarian point when...

They did. At least that is what history tells us. Most names around Hyderabad are either Turkish or based on local tribal naming which does not conform to Sanskrit naming like Bhagyanagar. The Bhagmati story might be a fake. But so might me the theory that it was named after a goddess. Whatever...

Useless law. There should be a way to strip people of rights without stripping them of citizenship. Death penalty is already an example. It will only help people who want to take advantage of citizenship while being terrorists. Except the due process of law, citizenship offers nothing...

Yes Golla Konda fits with the local naming style. Bhagyanagar does not. There was not much of a city other than the fort at that time. Here is my assessment of both theories: Kakatiyas might have named it Bhagyanagar with a remote chance, I am not denying it. I am just saying the name is not...

The temple is of Goddess Lakshmi, that everyone knows. But it is at most a couple of decades old. I am sceptical to the notion that the city was called Bhagyanagar before the Islamic invaders came. Sample the names of the city and the places around. A name like Bhagyanagar does not fit in at all.

Not all Hindu nationalists are emotional about calling Bombay Mumbai. IIT Bombay is still IIT Bombay, Bombay House is still Bombay House. Only Shiv Sena is crazy about the name. Otherwise who cares. Most people in Chennai still call the city Madras. Bangalore is still Bangalore for almost...

What is this being in the middle cr*p? Ab tak kya fayda hua? A war in Afghanistan, Terrorism in Chinese provinces, import of Shia-Sunni fight and a useless counter-weight against India.

First of India will be abandoning Jammu and Kashmir if it does so. J&K is a sacred trust. There should be no letting up to the yahoos.

Nothing new here. The offset clauses in defence procurements are only helping scams to thrive.

If mainstream historians believed in something, history textbooks would have changed. At least within a delay of a decade. Our textbooks no longer talk about Aryan invasion theory. But they also do not tell us the saffronist theory of India-origin.

I was talking about @Joe Shearer's stance on the matter. We see 'new' accounts of history everyday these days. Indifference seems to be the logical reaction one should have until academics vet the evidence for or against a theory. Despite what you are saying, mainstream historians tell us that...

Perfect articulation of the madness :)

All these shcoked people are killing the messenger. The poll is interesting. The ethnicities/religion in question are supposed to learn from the poll. Look at muslims saying there are too many Jews in France. Having a religion or ethnicity is not what decides a person's beliefs, but there is a...