Politics & Society
Saswat Pattanayak

Hindu Terrorism: Killing in the name of…

Once a communal outburst, Hindu nationalism today has gained not only a cultural admissibility in the form of RSS, but also a wide-scale political platform in the form of BJP. The ancient religion has metamorphosed into a sophisticated, philosophical tool

Politics & Society
Saswat Pattanayak

The Russian Question

Where is Russia headed? – That seems to be the question baffling people outside and inside, and it’s leaders – even more so. The new president is impatiently looking for salvation, sadly not in the people and history within, but

Politics & Society
Saswat Pattanayak

The Counsel for the Defence

Join us now and share the software; You’ll be free, hackers, you’ll be free. Hoarders may get piles of money, That is true, hackers, that is true. But they cannot help their neighbors; That’s not good, hackers, that’s not good.

Politics & Society
Saswat Pattanayak

One Year of Obama

Obama’s first year has been chequered with ambitious oratory, attempts at restoring the shape of things and a general sense of grandiloquent propaganda rather than any real and lasting change. Despite his constant denial of race dynamics necessary to dissect

Politics & Society
Saswat Pattanayak

The Liberhan Commission Report – Are we Debating the Right Issues?

Contrary to popular beliefs, Report of the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry is not an indictment of senior BJP leaders; it is an indictment of the entire Indian society – guilty of harboring and perpetuating criminal intents, owing to carefully preserved