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Civil society in slumber, governance at its nadir
Much cacophony is being raised on electoral and economic reforms. But there is deafening silence about delivering basic, honest and democratic governance to the parched millions of this country for which a massive government apparatus is being maintained and paid for by the sweat and toil of the common man.
Witzel's philology
Witzel has removed the Rigvedic Aryans from all but the corner of north India according to his philological conclusions. Though the Rigveda mentions samudra, the common Sanskrit term for ocean over 150 times, as the goal of all rivers, as ...



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