The recent discovery of a priceless hoard of gems and valuables in the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram raises a number of political questions. The starting point for this discovery was a legal challenge in the courts, regarding the quality of management of the trust that oversees the temple. From that successful [...]
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Itty Abraham  Tags: King Tutankhamen exhibition, Makka and Medina, Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Travancore royal family |  2 comments | 
Itty Abraham The Hindu reported (April 1, 2011) that Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment, has written to the Prime Minister expressing the following concerns. First, that India reconsider its plans to import reactors from Russia, US, and France, and instead concentrate on Indian-made reactors. The reasons for this are straightforward. Indian nuclear engineers have much more experience [...] Itty Abraham
The ongoing debate over the use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Kashmir is typically couched in terms of a choice between the potential political gains and the potential threat to law and order that may follow from its withdrawal. In fact, this law, and others like it, goes [...] Itty Abraham
Okay, I admit it. One of the compelling reasons to come and visit my parents during a brief one-week break in the middle of the semester was the possibility of watching an IPL 20-20 match in Chennai. A long way to come perhaps, but as a once avid cricket fan [...] Itty Abraham
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was in the news recently. He proceeded, again, to argue that the spate of recent attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and other places were “opportunistic” crimes. Why opportunity only strikes Indians — usually around the head — remains unclear. The Indonesians, who were deluged [...] |
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