How to bluff and look scholar – an Aakar Patel case study
December 20th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
Answer to an opinion piece by Mr. Aakar Patel in TOI about Peshwa Bajirao - First and his ideas about Maratha History
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Being Indian
December 6th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
We did not mix relief and religion in case of earlier floods, tsunamis or earthquakes. Then why now? #ChennaiFloods
विषण्ण
November 22nd, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
कै कर्नल संतोष महाडिक आणि त्यांच्या सारख्या सीमेवर शहीद झालेल्या असंख्य जवानांसाठी
लक्तरे आणि तोरणे
November 21st, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
पावसाळ्यात ज्याप्रमाणे आपोआप कुत्र्याच्या छत्र्या (पक्षी मशरुम्स) उगवतात , तद्वतच संभाव्य वादाची कुणकुण लागली की बुद्धीजीवी, तत्वचिंतक, सुजाण नागरिक वगैरे
Minissha Lamba – 3 Golden Moments
November 8th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
Actresses like Vidya Balan and Kangana Ranawat have made their ways against all adversities; but I would have certainly liked to see Amrita Rao and Minissha Lamba in the same league
A brief history of “intellectual dishonesty”
October 20th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
To me all the acts that have helped mankind in elevating or maturing their thought is "Intellectualism"... no matter where it comes from!
Meat ban – a few simple questions
September 14th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
The most painful sight in today's India is that the basic idea behind this holy period is forgotten and people are indulging themselves in exactly the same activities from which they were rather supposed to abstain!
“महाराष्ट्रभूषण”च्या निमित्ताने
August 27th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
पुरंदरे प्रकरणाला पार्श्वभूमी आहे ती महाराष्ट्रात पूर्वापार चालत आलेल्या ब्राह्मण-ब्राह्मणेतर वादाची. हा वाद काही फार मोठा कडवा वाद म्हणून ओळखला जात नाही , यातून काही जन्माची वैरे वगैरे तयार झालेली नाहीत. काहीसा कडूगोड, बराचसा निरुपद्रवी असे वर्षानुवर्षे या वादाचे सर्वंकष स्वरूप राहिले आहे.
Bajirao, Mastani, Bhansali and Disappointment
July 17th, 2015 | by Sandeep Patil
To date I haven't come across any good book that does justice to Mastani's character. It is indeed a Shakespearean task. The contemporary historians have never gone beyond her beauty and her modest origins
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