It shows that the older spiritual idea of India is still strong and is undergoing a resurgence. Today two different ideas of India are struggling with each other in a cultural war that is likely to continue for some time. The first can be called the “Nehruvian idea” of a modern post-independence India as a [...]
June 20, 2016
Vamadev Shastri
Analysis/Insights, Archives
At long last, shortly before he would turn 100, Khushwant Singh has gone. India loses a pleasant writer and frequently humorous political and social commentator. He was a forthright spokesman of the Nehruvian English-speaking elite, at one time even the direct press chief of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. He also served as an assistant to Sikh [...]
March 21, 2014
Dr Koenraad Elst
Analysis/Insights