August 28th, 2002 Stanley Lane Poole, the most popular historian of the British period bestowed individual titles upon each one of the Mughal rulers considered ‘Great Mughal’. Babur was called ‘the Brave’. His son Humayun was given the title ‘the Kind’. Akbar could not be given a –limited- to- a- specific area title and therefore… Continue reading Time to proclaim Shah Jahan A Versatile Genius
[Note: incomplete] April 2nd, 2002 With the death of Queen Mother Elizabeth, half a century after that of her husband George VI, the last person to use the ‘Imperial’ title for India has passed on. Her husband ceased to be Emperor in 1947 when India and Pakistan became independent of Britain. The inscript ‘Ind. Imp.’… Continue reading Death of the Last British Empress of India
Itihaas How the British Broke Savarkar April 29, 2002 V.D.Savarkar is a hero of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. Their coming to power has seen a Postage Stamp issued to make his visage familiar to his countrymen. There is also a film about his life and his exploits. All this was not done earlier as the… Continue reading How the British Broke Savarkar
April 29th, 2002 Jinnah sold the idea of a homeland for Muslims by conjuring up the spectre of Hindus forming a brute majority. The Hindus claimed that tolerance was a way of life with them. 2002 developments from 27th February onwards in Gujarat appear to be Jinnahs nightmare come alive. The assiduously cultivated myth that… Continue reading Are There Tolerant Religions?
April 9, 2002 Are we in for a repeat of the Age in History called Later Mughal? Is Atal Behari poet and Hindi orator a reincarnation of Muhammad ShahRungeelaa? We think like this because both (Atal Behari Vajpeyi RSS prachaarak and Muhammad Shah Prince of the House of Taimour (Timur or Tamerlane) share a passion… Continue reading Communalism, Corruption and Incompetence
Was there Hindu-Muslim conflict in the reign of Awrungzeyb Alamgir (1658-1707)? Was the Emperor anti Hindu? Did the Empire break up because of Awrungzeyb’s communal policies? Perhaps we can examine these questions from the life of a premier noble of the Empire, Maharaja Jaswantsimha of Jodhpur. Three hundred and twenty two years ago, on 28th… Continue reading Awrungzeyb and the Rajputs
August 28th, 2002 Stanley Lane Poole, the most popular historian of the British period bestowed individual titles upon each one of the Mughal rulers considered ‘Great Mughal’. Perhaps he should have refered to Shah Jahan as “the Versatile Genius”
August 28th, 2002 Stanley Lane Poole, the most popular historian of the British period bestowed individual titles upon each one of the Mughal rulers considered ‘Great Mughal’. Thus Babur was called ‘the Brave’. His son Humayun was given the title ‘the Kind’. Akbar could not be given a –limited- to- a- specific area title and… Continue reading Another Feather for Shah Jahan
August 8th, 2002 The primary job of a ruler is to work for the safety and prosperity of the people he rules. The rulers of India today, MLAs and MPs as well as the Ministers and their cohorts should remember this when they are voting themselves more pay, allowances and perquisites. Also when they deny… Continue reading A Story from Iran
July 22nd, 2002 When cult figures made out to be above temptation and beyond reproach are found to have feet of clay how should the followers react?We have two examples from here and now. Some priests of the Catholic Church, the oldest established corporation in the world and a trans or multinational one at that… Continue reading How to React to a Letdown
