How the NRA conquered America’s gun debate
NRA is a powerful lobby and despite so many deaths and carnages around the country, a 300 year old culture of deviant and violent people is promoted as being the hallmark of the soul of the most...
View ArticleWhat is Rashtra Dharma or Duty to Nation: Chanakya-speak
What is Rashtra Dharma (or Duty to your Nation)? Is it sucking up to the dynasties? Or is it Unity, integrity, security and prosperity of your mother-land? Chanakya deals with these questions very...
View ArticlePakistan Govt paid $1.8 mn to journalists from Secret Government Fund
As much as the Pakistani journalists keep asserting their freedom, and keep accusing Indian Journalists of toeing the Indian Government line, the truth was that Pakistan media people would stand right...
View ArticleHow Republicans (America’s “Poor man’s Pakistan Army”) can bring down...
Flexible and just systems and societies always have two types of social contract – Laws (that you have to abide by as per the letter) and Traditional Guidelines (that aren’t set in letter but abided by...
View ArticleYearly Socio-Economic Predictions for India, Pakistan and US
Every year, at Drishtikone, we analyze the coming year for three nations – Indian, US, and Pakistan. In my view, for our purposes, these three nations are very important. One, because it is the...
View ArticleLove Jihad in India and Europe – Its Historical and Empirical context and...
In the recent months, Yogi Adityanath has become the target of many in India, who value political correctness over facts. With his no more than less than half a dozen speeches, he has ruffled the...
View ArticleHow Delhi’s heart mocks Secular ideals in India
Bodhan was a Hindu Saint. A renunciate. He lived in the kingdom of Sikander Lodhi. In his great Secular moment, the renunciate said - Islam and Hindu Dharma are both equally acceptable to God if...
View ArticleDelhi Elections: Is Self Righteous Anti-Hindu Bigotry the new normal for...
On December 6, 2010, a book titled “26/11 : RSS ki Sazish” (26/11: Conspiracy by RSS) written by Aziz Burney, who is the Editor-in-Chief of Urdu Sahara newspaper was released by Congress General...
View ArticleLights Camera Action: Enter PM Modi in his Infamous Personalised Suit
This article is by Archana Kapoor. She is the Founder and Chief Blogger at drishti.co Date: January 25th, 2015 at Hyderabad House, Delhi Scene 1: Chai Pe Charcha Take 1. Action! Enter President Obama...
View ArticleChristian Anti-Hindu Bigot Nandy’s new rant: India should not win the Cricket...
Some weeks back we had discussed how political opposition to the ruling Government in India has metamorphosed into Anti-Hindu bigotry in India. (Delhi Elections: Is Self Righteous Anti-Hindu Bigotry...
View ArticleLessons from Indian Caste System and the US Presidential Race
Everyone has got India’s Caste System completely wrong. Castes – the four: Brahman (teacher/intellectual), Kshatriya (fighter/Law Enforcement), Vaishya (Businessman/Trader) and Shudra (Blue-collar...
View ArticleRepublican Conundrum: The Only Benchmark of Belief is Fanaticism
If belief in one and only ideal and ideology is the sine qua non of one’s identity, then how does one evaluate one’s progress or worth versus others? If you have heard or read anything you will...
View ArticleDetailed Historical Context to India-Pakistan Kashmir Issue, Recent NSA Talks...
The recent NSA talks have – as the author had predicted – been called off by Pakistan. Numerous analysts and commentators in India and the opposition parties – apart from the various intriguing folks...
View ArticleToupee or Not Toupee
Most of the World’s leaders have some extremely complex issues to tackle with. How to fight poverty, get the economy on track, hackers starting a national security crisis. But there is one...
View ArticleHow the Historically Intolerant forces are now Preaching India and the Govt...
When belief is paramount in your sense of being, then imposing it on others and resisting others’ is a natural consequence. Short of a dishonest act of resisting violence of an uneasy truce, the...
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