Pratinav Anil

the Babri Masjid, Ayodhya, c.1867.

Treason of the Clerics

For 600 years Muslims held sway over the Indian subcontinent. Then democracy and a desultory leadership did them in.

Swami Vivekananda, September, 1893, Chicago, On the left Vivekananda wrote in his own handwriting: "One infinite pure and holy – beyond thought beyond qualities I bow down to thee."

Kalifornia Dreaming

Praying with Vivekananda.

Winston Churchill with a Tommy Gun, Hartlepool, 1940.

War Orgasms

Assessing the Churchill balance sheet.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, early 1900s.

Billiard Balls

What were Indian nationalists thinking?

Tata Stamp

Zoroastrian Zeligs

Questioning the powerful Tata dynasty’s claims for a ‘different kind of capitalism’.