Bharat or India – Crisis of Identity
Which of the countries are known by two different official names? Apart from Bharat, that is India, I can recall none! Ever since its independence in 1947, it has been called both Bharat and India. With…
Conflict and Confluence of Faith
This is the text of my talk at the International Conference on the Importance of Early Indian Cultural Heritage in the Making of a Better World organized jointly by the Indian Museum, Kolkata and the North…
बोया पेड़ बबूल का तो आम कहाँ से पावे?
किसी ने सही कहा है, “मुंडेरों पर खड़े होकर हवा को गालियां देना, कुछ ऐसा हो गया है आज अपने देश का मौसम”. इस देश में बद और बदनामी के चर्चे जितना जोर पकड़ते हैं, उतना…
नितीश के सब्ज़ बाग
ऐसा लगता है मानो नितीश सरकार पटना की धरा पर स्वर्ग को उतार कर ही रहेगी. सब्ज़ बाग दिखाने की कला कोई नितीश से सीखे. अब वह पटना में गंगा के किनारे पटना वर्ल्ड सिटी बनाने…
The Bhagavad Gita and the Aditya Hridyam
Perhaps it is no coincidence that both Arjuna and Rama come to the battlefield with confused minds. We know more about Arjuna’s dilemma since the Bhagavad Gita is much more embedded in the Hindu psyche. Rama’s…
Who am I?
As a young child I used to introduce myself as ‘Ranjan Kumar Singh, son of Sri Shankar Dayal Singh and a resident of Patna’. Then someone asked me about my grandfather and my other introduction became…