Blessed to receive an audience with 12th Tai Situpa, Pema Tonyo Nyinje at the Sherabling monastery, near Baijnath, HP. Besides being the Karmapa’s guru, he is one of the most venerable Rinpoches of the Karma Kagyu lineage.

It is not about "Centre," "Right" or "Left," but about some measure of independence, where critical thinking is possible & one is "heard"--not herd.

‘Thesis XVIII’ by Walter Benjamin is so true of India during its darkest days of colonialism out of which both Mahatma Gandhi and Veer Savarkar tried to redeem us. But which of them, if at all, vanquished the ‘anti-Christ?’, writes Makarand R Paranjape, Ph.D. (Illinois) t.ly/-uA8C

Anyone who knows even a little bit about India or has the slightest knowledge of Indian villages will immediately falsify this claim.

BJP doesn’t stand by its own MP ⁦Kangana Ranaut⁩ with BJP-leaning Prasoon Joshi of censor board sitting on #Emergency certificate because of Haryana poll. It didn’t stand by its cadre in WB in May 2021. Nor by Nupur Sharma. It’s a pattern. A losing one ndtv.com/india-news/sti…

Indian Ink Makarand R Paranjape, Ph.D. (Illinois) on #India & #Singapore--Special & Growing Ties news18.com/opinion/indian… Randhir Jaiswal Dr. S. Jaishankar Singapore Government PMO India Narendra Modi narendramodi_in Lawrence Wong leehsienloong Singapore in India MyGovIndia Tharman India in Singapore Dhruva Jaishankar · ध्रुव जयशंकर

Appeasement by another name...?

Great to catch up with Utpal Kumar editor Firstpost, whom I've known for a long time & receive a copy of his acclaimed, best-selling book "Bharat Rising." I read it in manuscript & wrote an endorsement. Very readable, full of good ideas & very well-researched.

#Opinion | From Nehru to Modi: India’s rising influence in the Indian Ocean — Prof ⁦Makarand R Paranjape, Ph.D. (Illinois)⁩ writes in ⁦Gulf News⁩ gn24.ae/11c9f89afe8970…

From Nehru to Modi: India’s rising influence in the Indian Ocean gn24.ae/11c9f89afe8970… Gulf News Opinion Singapore in India

Shri Uday Mahurkar Ji: will you look into this? They have President Radhakrishnan's photo at the back too! Sexualizing such young children, that too in a school, is a matter of grave concern, besides being abhorrent to most.

Why do you hesitate to use the "H" word, Sir? Attack on #Hindus in #Bangladesh. Instead of ensuring their safety, you seem to be more interested in downplaying the attacks. Why?

Why accurate naming is such a big deal newindianexpress.com/opinions/2024/… We misname everything to cover up the worst atrocities, to whitewash what is unconscionable. Let us say #Hindus when we mean Hindus. Covering up spilled blood with whitewash will only cause it to spill again.

#OPINION | The common target of Islamists, Leftists, and seculars alike is what used to be called “Hindu communalism” and is today known as Hindutva, writes Makarand R Paranjape, Ph.D. (Illinois). santwanabhattacharya newindianexpress.com/opinions/2024/…