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Rajesh Kochhar

Kochhar is author of ‘The Vedic People: Their History and Geography’

Slave trader monument memorialised mindset that has no place in modern world

Mon, Jun 22, 2020

Slavery treated the enslaved as sub-human, nothing more than muscle power. Banning a practice through legislative action does not affect that mindset. Changing it requires coordinated action on legislative, executive, social, and economic fronts.

Protests in BHU against hiring of a Muslim Sanskrit professor speak of dismal times

Mon, Nov 18, 2019

The protesters know that the selection committee could not possibly have said that even though Khan was the best candidate for the position, he should not be offered the job due to communal considerations. If the selected candidate was, say, European, nobody would probably have raised any objection.

In Good Faith: Hinduisms of India

Mon, Feb 11, 2019

The harsh religion of today is based on illiteracy of texts, is divisive.

A forum for pseudo-science

Mon, Jan 14, 2019

The Science Congress has lost its way. There is a strong case for abolishing it altogether

Past perfect and a future tense

Wed, Oct 31, 2018

Legitimising suspect ‘traditional knowledge’ and passing it off as proven wisdom is perilous.

The land of soma

Fri, Sep 22, 2017

Botanical clues show the shared heritage of the Rig Veda and the Avesta.

The Aryan chromosome

Tue, Jul 25, 2017

Where did the Aryans come to India from? When did they migrate? Genetics is now beginning to affirm archaeological and literary evidence.

Reform, Despite Nay-Sayers

Fri, Jun 16, 2017

The history of the abolition of sati is instructive for the triple talaq debate

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