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The Galwan Valley face-off marks the end of Sino-Indian relations as we knew it. There can be no going back to the status quo after the recent provocations. But to defeat an enemy that is militarily and economically superior to us, requires a cool head and a coherent strategy. The age of total war is over, modern conflict requires a multifaceted understanding of the situation. Chinese belligerence must be reciprocated in kind, but only while keeping in mind our strategic interests.Continue Reading

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The practice of celebrating Christmas at the Ramakrishna Missions has been repeatedly questioned by many people for its conscpicuous incongruity. The curious spectacle enacted each year by the monks of the order follows from a fanciful decision by the second head abbot of the order, Swami Brahmananda, which however lacks the sanction of the Master, the Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda. Apart from being supererogatory to the mission’s aims, it is a perversion of Hindu philosophy of worship, both in worldly and monastic realms, and injurious to the interests of Hindu dharma as a whole. The author in a series of letters with Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi endeavoured to impress on the monk from the order these concerns, which regrettably remain unappreciated…Continue Reading

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