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China’s Hidden Hindu Shrines: Maritime Silk Roads, Shared Gods, and a Living Memory
A quiet village shrine in Chedian, Fujian, preserves a living link to Hindu worship in China and opens a window onto the Maritime Silk Road. Archaeological finds in Quanzhou—reused temple columns at Kaiyuan Temple and sculptures in maritime collections—reveal the depth of Hindu presence during the Song–Yuan era. This long-form analysis traces how Indian Ocean…
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When the Bower Manuscript Unlocked the Portals to a Vast Hindu Civilisational Imprint in China
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When a Turkish Muslim Treasure-Hunter Sold an Ancient Sanskrit Manuscript to a Colonial British Colonel in China
At Kucha, now in Xinjiang, Colonel Hamilton Bower buys an ancient Sanskrit Manuscript from a Turkic Muslim treasure-hunter for a paltry sum and then brings it back to India. The British Government had chosen Hamilton Bower for a forthright reason. When we read between the lines, we can’t help but marvel at the intricacy and…
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Meet In Goa – Substance Or Cosmetics?
By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali (Retd). In September last year, when India assumed the rotational chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, it formally invited all the members to the Foreign Ministers’ confabulations. Inevitably, the list of invitees included China and Pakistan, two countries with which India shares geography and, unfortunately, intractable acrimony.
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Revealed: China Bolstering Its Military Might In South China Sea
By Gp Capt Arvind Pandey (Retd). The South China Sea is considered to be one of the busiest waterways in the world and is a significant gateway for trade and merchant shipping. The South China Sea disputes are maritime and island claims between different sovereign states in the region. The reason why these areas are…
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Nehru’s Tibetan Blunder
Jawaharlal Nehru had the power to oppose the Chinese invasion of Tibet, instead he turned a blind eye and became a Chamberlain. On August 20, 1950 Chou En-Lai was of the opinion that the liberation of Tibet was a sacred Chinese duty, but that would be done only via negotiations. On October 7, 1950, the…