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My Op-Ed in Mail Today: Obama Presidency
(An edited version of this article appeared in Nov 8, 2008 Mail Today) Two books I read recently — John Adams by David McCullough and Blasphemy by Douglas Preston — have relevance to election of Sen....
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Bible’s Buried Secrets (1/2)
(An 11th century Bible) There is no evidence for Exodus as suggested by the Bible. That is one of the conclusions of the two hour NOVA documentary, Bible’s Buried Secrets, which aired on PBS on Nov...
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Bible’s Buried Secrets (2/2)
(Abraham by József Molnár) Read Part 1 3. Monotheism did not happen instantly. (contd.) Still the Israelites practiced polytheism,worshiping not just Yahweh, but also the fertility goddess Asherah...
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Chinese Power in Indian Ocean (1/2)
Chinese treasure ship (via Wikipedia) In 1498, three ships — Sao Gabriel, Sao Rafael, and Sao Miguel — appeared in Calicut heralding a new era in geopolitics and world trade. Vasco da Gama would...
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Chinese Power in Indian Ocean (2/2)
Zheng He’s map (via Wikipedia) Read Part 1 Turning Inward After the death of Zhu Di, China turned against naval expeditions for which there are many reasons. The simplest is that the Confucians...
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The Carrots can Wait
On February 12th, more than two months after 26/11, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik acknowledged that some part of the planning for the Mumbai attacks were done in Pakistan. Pakistani...
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How did Adam reach Sri Lanka?
In this picture, taken in 1885, you will see a small ladder placed near the top-right window. In this picture, taken more than a century later, you can see the ladder exactly at the same position. The...
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Op-Ed in Pragati: Getting Objective about it
(This article appeared in the June 2009 edition of Pragati) In January 2009, US network PBS telecast a documentary titled The Story of India. Hosted by Michael Wood,this six-part series narrated a...
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The Man who came to destroy Hinduism – 1
On Jan 15, 1823, Jean-Antoine Dubois, a French-Catholic missionary, who spent time in Pondicherry, Madras Presidency and Mysore left India for Paris, never to return again. During his time in India,...
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The Man who came to destroy Hinduism – 2
The headquarters of thePropaganda fide in Rome (Read Part 1) It would be wrong to say that at that point in time Indians of the 1830s hated English. At the Hindu college, which was established by...
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