Yantra , Tantra, Mantra

Aamir Khan has become a target for Hindutvadis after his diatribe against the current administration with regard to its record on Muslims. While it was a tad hysterical (he is after all a Bollywood actor), I suppose the Modi's record of dealing with minorities isnt exactly sparkling. But then we have this situation going on in China One million Muslims are being held right now in Chinese internment camps, according to estimates cited by the UN and U.S. officials. Former inmates—most of whom are Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic minority—have told reporters that over the course of an indoctrination process lasting several months, they were forced to renounce Islam, criticize their own Islamic beliefs and those of fellow inmates, and recite Communist Party propaganda songs for hours each day. There are media reports of inmates being forced to eat pork and drink alcohol, which are forbidden to Muslims, as well as reports of torture and death. It is hard to believe that one...

To be fair, the captain looks pretty strong for his age and seems to move around with ease. That said his claims about ease in lifting weights is bullshit Just look at his awful form in the link(the videos are after the two cancelled Youtube videos embedded links) Any weaklings can move around heavy weights in a jerky uncontrolled motion depending on momentum to do the actual work. The tough part is to remain steady and have a controlled, mindful and smooth form and motion. The captain fails in all fronts. The very fact that his devotees cant see this and admires him for these videos proves that they even more physically useless than him

I find it amazing that the pundit class dont care for their namesake ethnic group Kashmiri Pandits but are shedding copious amount of tears for some people they have barely heard a minute ago. Kashmiri Pundits are displaced from their own land and are internal refugees in their own country. How about rehabilitating them first? But then that would not earn Girish Karnad and company applause of the smart set abroad. Amazing things about Indian leftists - for all their anti American /anti imperialist chanting they are quite eager for a pat on the head from the whites But then Hindutvadis are the same. Perhaps the country may unite around this sentiment of degrading ourselves in front of foreigners. Hari Om Vande Mataram

Rajeev Srinivasan is a noted and accomplished writer on Innovation and technology given his impressive background from IIT Madras and Silicon Valley. He is also quite anti American, a heavy breathing hyper patriot with overflowing love for Bharatmata and has been spewing venom against any thing American since the mid 1990s. Also he has been residing in San Francisco since then and shows no sign of leaving. But that is too easy , lets leave that for now. What is interesting was defense of Lakireddy Balireddy in early 2000. A respected entrepreneur in Berkeley(a restauranteur and the largest land owner in the area apart from the University of California) who was convicted of raping and killing an underage girl who kept under lock and chain in an apartment where she suffered untold number of horrors. Mr. Srinivasans first and immediate response was to chastise those Indian Americans who condemned Balireddy as sellouts who wish to grovel to the white man. Even as Lakiredd...

Russia's war on religious minorities While the Russian Orthodox church has a great old world charm because unlike Catholicism which has surrendered much of its mystique to modernity, it keeps alive ancient customs such as  its rich tradition of choirs which formed the basis of the Red Army choir These inspired many a Russian patriot to smash the Nazis and later stare down NATO for sake of mother Russia. It would seem odd that during the Cold War , Russian Orthodoxy wouldnt have much to say on atheistic mores of the Soviets. Indeed Lenin and Stalin systematically obliterated much of Russian Orthodox structures and culture. But in the post war years, it was regarded as neccesary evil as too many were attached to the old ways. It was indeed not the Russian Orthodox church but Protestants and the Catholics represented by NATO who fought the battle of ideas in defense of religion and liberty and ultimately brought down the Soviet Union. The Russian Orthodox church was notoriously c...

Firstly there is no evidence that President Trump ever mentioned that specific word with reference to citizens of less than desirable countries wishing to move to U.S. It was actually recounted by Senator Dick Durbin who has a rich history of attributing false quotes to his political adversaries. Even so, it is worth discussing why some countries are indeed shitholes. Let us start with the literal take on that word. Yes, India I am looking at you.  India leads the world in public defecation. We are #1 at #2 in the open. If only that was an Olympic sport, atleast here Indian would ahem clean up on the medal tally. Not far behind is Haiti which was also on the agenda. Haiti has been a hellhole since it had its own French Revolution where its idea of which was rid itself of the French in the most barbaric way possible. And it has headed downhill ever since. For those racist cranks who think it is because they are predominantly of African heritage, let me stop you right there. Hai...