This blog is an amendment to another that I wrote and published on 13 February 2026. One of my readers complained that he had found the article incoherent. Since the gentleman concerned is cultured and because his good opinion is worth having I am doing what he suggested; i.e rewriting the concerned blog. I’ll start […]
Category Archives: Politics
In Favour of the Caste System
Actually this blog – not me necessarily – is in favour of Manu Smriti. And that includes caste. Basically I am saying that the system we inherited for the British – with a westernised Constitution and equality for all – is not in tune with Indian culture. Actually what I am saying should be obvious […]
Am I Dangerous
I will start this article with an unrelated and provocative couple of statements. The British – the Victorian British that is – kept their women in their place, stayed off sex for most part and conquered half the world. Then they gave their women the vote and promptly lost all their colonial possessions after that. […]
The Importance of Humility
Google gave me the following meaning of the word Humility: the quality of not thinking that you are better than other people But I think humility in the Indian context has another meaning. It means (I think): the denial or abasement of oneself. The above is the meaning of self abnegation. Forget the abasement bit. […]
Malice and Indian Society
I was of a very malicious and envious temperament when I was young. With the result that I am still suffering to this day. Indian society is scarred by the memory of the rioting and loss of life that took place at the time of partition. There are also politicians who are willing to bend […]
Helping POTUS get Defence Sales
Recently I met a cousin of mine who has settled in the USA since the 1980s. We got talking about (what else) Donald Trump and she mentioned that Trump has a transactional approach to his presidency. What does a transactional approach mean? I did a Google search and this is what I got (For the […]
I should have left India
I am writing this blog in a wretched mood right now. It is because I have only now found out that I behaved like a fool not for weeks or months or years but for decades. I have figured out the reason why I was victimized as I keep complaining. The reason was that society […]
Antidote to Fanaticism – Religious or Otherwise
Bertand Russell has – in many of his books – written about the dangers of fanaticism. Both religious fanaticism and those involving non religious beliefs. Two relevant quotes by him are as under: It always has been and has done untold harm. I think fanaticism is the greatest danger there is. I might almost say […]
How the British ruled half the World
How did the British – a small island nation with a limited population – conquer half the world? This article will attempt to explain one of the psychological factors underlying their success. It is a continuation of my previous blog below: There were other factors of course. The scientific inventions in the west that gave […]
Downside of being United
I’ll start with a quote from Bertrand Russell: The power of the State may be brought to bear, as it often is in England, through public opinion rather than through the laws. By oratory and the influence of the Press, public opinion is largely created by the State, and a tyrannous public opinion is as […]