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Sleepless in Cyberia · 2W ago

Where the Mind is Without Fear

I had written this article in 2008, it has been 4 years since then nothing much has really changed, except  in some ways. Today on Guru Dev's  birth anniversary I am again re plugging this article with slight modifications. Way back in the 70’s when i was a school going kid, we had the famous poem
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 1M ago

Revisiting Adolf Hitler

On Adolf Hitler's  birth anniversary  I want to reveal my own thoughts about him out here. Let me make it very clear, that I am not an expert on Hitler or the Nazi regime, just some one with a passionate interest in it.People often wonder how Hitler, could brainwash the Germans into his ideology, wh
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 1M ago

Bhadrachalam and Ramadasu

After  Lord Venkateswara, the next most popular God in Andhra Pradesh would have to be Lord Ram himself. The Ramalayas or the Ram temples are pretty much a common sight in almost every village in Andhra Pradesh. The chariot processions or the Ratha Yathra during the Ram Navami celebrations again a v
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 3M ago

She is the best gift

God gave me two of the most wonderful gifts, I could ever ask for. My two lovely daughters Lakshya and Disha . I would not call them princesses or angels, but they are two of the most   lovable brats, you would ever meet. Mischievous, they can drive you to exasperation at times.  The many b
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 4M ago

Netaji-The hero we lost

This post is also published by me at Centre Right India:Netaji I have said that today is the proudest day of my life. For an enslaved people, there can be no greater pride, no higher honour, than to be the first Soldier in the Army of Liberation. But this honour carries with it a corresp
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 4M ago

Netaji on Freedom and Youth

Disclaimer:  I just  could not have written this post   without the  wonderful  work  done at the  following site,  that  has  a compilation of  Netaji's  speeches. I gratefully  acknowledge  the material provided by  them. If  you are seeking  to  know  more  of  Netaji  and  his  ideology, che
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 4M ago

Was the INA a failure?

In strictly black and white terms, the Indian National Army , was a failure, and too often Bose’s authoritarian control was blamed for it. As the dictum goes History is written by the victors and not the vanquished. Leaving aside the merits of Bose’s strategies and his tactics, if we take it on a br
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 4M ago

Vizag-My sweet little hometown

Bay of Bengal from Kailashgiri    Over the past decade, have been to a lot of places in India and abroad, worked there, stayed there, visited them. And then there is my own hometown, Vishakapatnam or it’s more popular name Vizag . It’s a city in which i spent a good 30 years of my life, t
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 4M ago

2011- A year gone by

So another year will be soon passing into history,  for scholars, academicians, historians to ponder over.  They sure have a lot to think about this year though, a whole lot  of  stuff  has happened, that has just left them struck dumbfounded not  knowing what exactly to make of it. Governments
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Sleepless in Cyberia · 5M ago

Erdogan and the rise of Turkey

This  was published earlier at  CRI:Turkey Growing up as a kid, the word Turkey, meant 2 things to me, one was that fat, weird looking bird, that often ended up as a Thanksgiving delicacy, and the other one was a country, whose sobriquet was The Sick Man of Europe. Growing up later my knowledg
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