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By Chuppala Nagesh Bhushan India and Britain both want their legislators accountable when they travel. They disagree on what to ask, and when. On November 5th, Union Home Minister Amit Shah sought details of Gandhi’s foreign visits, saying, “You’re the leader of opposition (in Lok Sabha), people have the right to know.”. He made the remark while addressing a rally in Karnal. When he stood in the Lok Sabha on March 11th, he did not offer the House a policy. He read out the attendance record of Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition, from the 15th to the 17th Lok Sabha, and questioned his frequent foreign visits. The charge was that Mr Gandhi travels abroad during crucial parliamentary sessions, then complains that he is not allowed to speak. The opposition benches protested. It was an old fight in a new venue. The quarrel is hardly new. In 2019 Mr Shah told the same House that Mr Gandhi had made at least 247 foreign trips since 2015, a figure that came from the government. In 2023, ...
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Telangana Socio-Demographic Review: A Granular Analysis of SC, ST, and BC Populations for Targeted Governance

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Beyond Luck and Myth: 10 Counter-Intuitive Wealth Principles Hidden in Plain Sight

Introduction: The Disproportionate Engine of Wealth Consider a statistical anomaly that demands closer inspection: Jewish people represent approximately 0.2% of the global population—roughly 15 million out of nearly 8 billion human beings. In the United States, they account for around 2% of the population. Yet this tiny demographic accounts for more than 20% of all Nobel Prize winners in history and nearly one-third of American multi-millionaires. Beyond these figures, this population has consistently built enduring financial institutions and produced a disproportionate number of transformative business leaders, scientists, and scholars. When confronted with these numbers, popular discourse often drifts into lazy assumptions or outright malice. To evaluate this phenomenon accurately, one must explicitly reject false narratives: this is not the result of genetics, secret clubs, backroom deals, or shadowy conspiracies. The truth is far more practical, intellectually compelling, and u...
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The Rise of the Caste System: Bhram Ka Pulinda (A Bundle of Delusions)

  The Rise of the Caste System:    Bhram Ka Pulinda     Bhram Ka Pulinda (भ्रम का पुलिंदा, roughly “A Bundle of Delusions”) is a Hindi-language polemic on ancient Indian history, published by Samyak Prakashan, New Delhi . The first edition appeared in 2021 (Buddhist Era 2565) and a second edition followed the same year. It runs to roughly 175 pages and was priced at ₹250 (ISBN 978-93-91503-14-7). The book argues that India’s original culture was a Buddhist-centered “Samyak culture,” and that a later priestly class rewrote history, language and religious vocabulary to make Brahmanical and Vedic tradition appear ancient. It moves through the Stone Age, the Indus Valley, the Mauryan, Shunga, Satavahana, Kushan, Gupta and Pala periods, and then the Mughal era, using photographs of inscriptions, coins and sculptures as its main evidence. Its recurring demand is that claimed ancient texts and authors be shown on stone or metal inscriptions. Its tone is combative, w...
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Words Without Their Meanings: The Corruption of Terms

  The Book Bhram Ka Pulinda (भ्रम का पुलिंदा, roughly “A Bundle of Delusions”) is a Hindi-language polemic on ancient Indian history, published by Samyak Prakashan, New Delhi . The first edition appeared in 2021 (Buddhist Era 2565) and a second edition followed the same year. It runs to roughly 175 pages and was priced at ₹250 (ISBN 978-93-91503-14-7). The book argues that India’s original culture was a Buddhist-centered “Samyak culture,” and that a later priestly class rewrote history, language and religious vocabulary to make Brahmanical and Vedic tradition appear ancient. It moves through the Stone Age, the Indus Valley, the Mauryan, Shunga, Satavahana, Kushan, Gupta and Pala periods, and then the Mughal era, using photographs of inscriptions, coins and sculptures as its main evidence. Its recurring demand is that claimed ancient texts and authors be shown on stone or metal inscriptions. Its tone is combative, with frequent insults aimed at its opponents, and it is better read ...
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