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Venkat Lakshminarayan Guest Columns : 1

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Hindu Self Shaming Often I hear my Hindu friends express how ashamed they are about being a Hindu when they come across some media report about Hindu religious or cultural customs which may not conform to their westernized logic. Or it may be news item of a communal incident in which Hindus are reported to have participated. Western media as well as the English media in India routinely portray Hinduism in stereotyped manner and have rarely shown objectivity in such reports. My friends do not bother to check the re...	Venkat L	blgrim: Feedback sent to Author: Hindu-Self-Shaming I want to make one last important point to the discussion. Many of us, Hindus, are Hindus only by culture with a few basic, Hindu practices, as we learned them by being around our parents, not nece.... [3 comments]
Permanent Seat for India in UNSC A buzz that has been going around in the Indian press for the last couple of years is about India gaining a permanent membership in the UN Security Council and as if it is going to happen very soon, with veto power, no less. Frequently the newspapers carry news items such as that some remote leader of a remote African country or some visiting dignitary from Europe had offered his support for Indian membership. The African leader may not even know the workings of the UN and the European dignitary...	Venkat L	Mathew David: Feedback sent to Author: Permanent-Seat-for-India-in-UN-Security-Council I agree with you sir. Yes, India lacks the guts to stand up and say something against China and Pakistan. However what do you think is the best solution for this India".... [7 comments]
Myth of India-Pakistan Peace Peace with Pakistan is a myth. It is no more than a utopian dream. An objective assessment of the situation would necessitate looking beyond the superficial and feel good reports from the likes of The Time of India and The Hindu and do a deeper study of Pakistan itself. One needs to understand its people, polity, society, army and the economical outlook. There is a need to recount the national objectives of the Indian national experiment and assess how the contemporary Pakistan fits in the pictu...	Venkat L	Add Comment
Brown Sahib"s Burden	Venkat L	Add Comment
Misguided Hindu Secularism	Venkat L	Add Comment

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