Yantra , Tantra, Mantra

Anthony Daniels who usually writes in his nom de plume Theodore Dalrymple paid a visit to North Korea in the late 1980s as the usually discriminating North Koreans mistakenly assumed he was friendly to the regime as he had once with Julius Nyere of Tanzania who was a friend of the despot Kim Song. He had made several remarkable observations. None more than what was a implicitly a tribute to capitalist society but it end up as an indavertent satire. Source I went several times during the festival to Pyongyang Department Store Number 1. This is in the very centre of the city. Its shelves and counters were groaning with locally produced goods, piled into impressive pyramids or in fan-like displays, perfectly arranged, throughout the several floors of the building. On the ground floor was a wide variety of tinned foods, hardware and alcoholic drinks, including a strong Korean liqueur with a whole snake pickled or marinated in the bottle, presumably as an aphrodisiac. Ever...

(Note: I actually started this a few months ago but didnt get around to adding the finishing touches today. However it is even more relevant since Trump won) From nearly deifying Hitler to applying a tilak on Che Guevara, dimwitted Hindus have now found a new way to show the world their intellectual bankruptcy and powerlessness. Only Donald Trump can save humanity "Save humanity". On what basis is this fantastic claim made? Because he said some unflattering things about Muslims? And what basis do you believe he will follow through by putting his words in action? Where is any record of him doing that? Have you forgotten somewhat that one of your ideological kinsmen is in charge of a country which is the seventh largest in the world with a population of over a billion and the fourth largest army with a respected air force and a navy capable of considerable force projection? I didnt even mention nuclear weapons ,delivery systems and our very own satellites. India is qui...

The supremacy clause in the United States states that whatever the various kooky laws that each state or jurisdiction can impose on its constituents ,if it goes against the spirit and the letter of the U.S Constitution then the Constitution takes precedent. Similarly I have to wonder what takes precedence for Hindu nationalists- Hinduism or the nation. And no they are not synonymous. If they were ,we would have seen atleast something analogous to joint Christian efforts such as the Crusades, Lepanto or Vienna in combating Islamic extremism. There are none ,so therefore Hindus have not constituted a nation. Of course that doesnt mean they cant start. However in order to do that, we have start rethinking about our countries and its border. For example -why are Muslim Kashmir and Christian and tribal northeast in India while Nepal and Sri Lanka are not? This of course involved boldness ,strategic thinking and far reaching vision that no one expects of Hindutvadis and who can blame them...

At the risk of sounding like a   broken record Sabhlok on Modi who seems to have some odd personal vendetta against the PM, in this case he is proven right. For long subsidized crops at fixed prices were the bane of Indian farming which led to stagnation of small farmers and large farmers corruptly colluding with the central government where they will find a ready buyer and thwart competition from foreign markets regardless.U.S pretty much has the same story Farm Subsidies Put India in a Bind (Wall Street Journal story which I wont link for reasons given in comments below) “The market support…encourages farmers to produce much more of the subsidized commodities than they would have otherwise, exacerbating the global glut.” In other words subsidized crops led to over supply which in turn led to low prices and this put a farmer in an uncomfortable quandry. What is the solution, well subsidize them some more of course as per Modi thus perpetuating poverty f...

I had been participating on historum on and off for last 8 months or so. In the process of quarelling with some Paki propagandists I had been suspended. Recently I came across a Rajput apologist called "Bhrigu" talking trash about south Indians so I decided to give him the treatment. You can find the full exchange here. This lily livered coward at first claimed that he would not engage me anymore but after my response to him, he reported me , had me banned for multi accounting(guilty is charged) and then went ahead with incoherent rubbish below. His text is italics, my response in normal. ................ You make many bizarre allegations and insuniations here which I want to address before I go further. I am by no means a Maratha basher and no , not even a Rajput basher. I simply want to point that each community has a mixed record with its own pluses and minuses. None of the south Indian posters implied Rajputs were anyhow inferior but YOU were the one who br...