Latest postings by Shantanu Satyameva Jayate
Last month, the Liberty Institute in New Delhi launched Empowering India - a website dedicated to “Making democracy meaningful”
The goa ...more>>
Excerpts from a superb post by Sarvesh Tiwari on how a handful of “gAzIs” paralysed a medieval city:
…That band of gAzI-s was not unl ...more>>
In conversation after conversation following the attacks in Mumbai, the one thing that invariably comes up at some point is the need for ...more>>
Continuing the promised series of articles by Sanjeev Sabhlok, here is Sanjeev on Freedom. Please note that the emphasis is mine.
Freedom ...more>>
I am grateful to Sh Krishen Kak for allowing me to publish this essay by him (in full), first published as THE IDEA OF INDIA
by India First ...more>>
From “The Leader We Deserve” by Michael Kinsley…Although the article is about Obama, McCain and the US, it could have easily been wri ...more>>
Dear Friends, Thanks to all of you for an overwhelming response to my two posts: Who is B Shantanu? and Changing India - One Step at a Ti ...more>>
I am very happy to post this appeal from ADR re. the forthcoming elections (courtesy Nitin).
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We all dream of an India in which our pol ...more>>
…are the “nonviolent” Hindus taking recourse to violence? Do Hindus indulge in unprovoked violence? Even if provoked, is “Hindu” v ...more>>
Jaago Re!’s focus is to get India’s one billion voters to register and participate in the electoral process.
Its uniqueness lies in ex ...more>>
A few weeks ago, I requested you to take part in a poll on “What is stopping you from joining active politics?“.
I am very pleased with ...more>>
This is a dark story* in many ways befitting tonight’s ”Amavasya”
(eve before the new moon). It comes from Bengaluru which - one
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A few hours ago, ISRO put “Chandrayaan-I” into transfer orbit around the earth, heralding its “Mission to Moon”.
This is a prou ...more>>
I first heard of “Jago Party” a few months ago during some meetings I had in Delhi. Earlier this month, I finally got ar ...more>>
First this weekend, a post by Sandeep in which he explains why Aravind Adiga’s ”White Tiger” is award-winning India-bashing. ...more>>
