July 1st, 2001 In today’s or 21st Century India “politician” means “crook”. A hundred years ago when political life was just beginning for Indians after the lull following the massacres of 1857/1858 getting involved meant great idealism, suffering and sacrifice. Today talk of martyrs and patriots is likely to be ignored. Or dismissed a la… Continue reading The heroic end of Susil Kumar Sen
June 29th, 2001 The story of the conversion of Susil Kumar Sen from a meek and mild bhadralog boy into a gun and bomb terrorist shows how a brutal ruler drives the subject peoples to violence.
Juse 17th, 2001 Talking or writing about a poet who wrote in Urdu for an audience who do not use the language for their reading writing and talking in everyday life is a daunting task. Perhaps an incident from his life recounted by an eyewitness will help make the poet come alive for those who… Continue reading Raghupati Sahay “Firaq”
June 11th, 2001 Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab (only the area across the Sutlej river) died in the afternoon of 27th June 1839. A stroke he suffered on the night of 17th August 1835 left him with a substantially diminished frame and half his face paralysed.
June 11th, 2001 The Crown Prince of Nepal has, allegedly, slaughtered his parents and siblings because the path of his desire was being obstructed. It is said that, besides Love, he was also under the influence of alcohol cocaine and marihuana. When the news of the slaughter broke, Hindu friends and relatives, mostly of the… Continue reading Violence, Love and Lordship
June 2nd, 2001 PYAAR SEY AANKH BHUR AATEE HEY, KANWAL KHILTEY HEIYN JUBB KUBHEE LUBB PEY TEYRAA NAAMEY WAFAA AATAA HEY
May 29th, 2001 Shri K.V. Bhoopala Rao Hyderabad Dear Shri Bhoopala Rao Saheb, I cannot find words to express my profound sense of gratitude to you for your generous response to my letter asking for help with information on the Qutub Shahis of Golconda.
Chapter II : What Was There Before Hyderabad Came Into Being? My 24, 2001 To Marco Polo who visited India in the 13th Century Telingana was known as “The Kingdom Of Mutfili”. Marco Polo says:-
May 30th, 2011 The story of Golconda and of Bhagyanagar/Hyderabad is a tale of Love and and of War. The city of Hyderabad was founded out of Love ; the love of a Prince for a village girl while Golconda [ gol=Gwaala or shepherd = konda = stone] started as a pastoral feature and became… Continue reading GOLCONDA : BHAGYANAGAR: HYDERABAD (draft chapter for book)
May 12th, 2001 One of the conditioned reflexes of the Hindu mind in respect of the History of India is that forced conversions were a regular feature of Muslim rule. This idea was aired and emphasised by the British writing Indian history and has now lodged so firmly in the mind that it is common… Continue reading Forcible Conversions by Muslim Rulers
