Salvatore Babones
@ProfBabones
I'm an academic whose most recent book is "Dharma Democracy: How India Built the Third World's First Democracy" (2025, Connor Court). All tweets are personal.
"Dharma is the basis of democracy which Asia must recognize, for in this lies the distinction between the soul of Asia and the soul of Europe." - see how Sri Aurobindo's famous dictum plays out in real-world statistics in my new book, DHARMA DEMOCRACY: amazon.com/dp/1923224735/
The BJP's Bengal problem is ironic, given the outsized role of S.P. Mookerjee in the party's history and iconography. "Joy Maa Kali: How BJP’s New Bengal Chief Is Helping Bury Its ‘Outsider’ Stigma" swarajyamag.com/west-bengal/jo…
I'd love to see this in person: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahi_Bri…
And here's caste self-identification for MUSLIM Indians from the Pew (2021) "Religion in India" survey.
Some more numbers from the Pew (2021) "Religion in India" data ... self-reported caste identification by region for Hindu Indians.
India's old Nehruvian "Establishment" is giving way to a new "Bharati" Establishment ... watch Part 2 of my conversation with @PrajwalSonu12 for the @IGIPodcast98 podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=_dZzey…
The Bihar murder rate is less than one-third of the US murder rate, and roughly on a par with that in Canada. Good work, Bihar! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ashamed-…
To my Indian-American friends ... this is the book for your children who doubt the nobility of their Indian heritage: amazon.com/dp/1923224735/
And here I thought vegetarianism was about having a civilized soul.
Everybody who polices meat eaters needs to read this…
I'm looking forward to reviewing Rahul's report into large-scale voting fraud. I'm confident that it will benefit from external international expert scrutiny. hindustantimes.com/india-news/rah…
Thanks @ashwinsanghi for sharing his new book, THE AYODHYA ALLIANCE. Much appreciated.
"Only a more humane and capacious understanding of India’s Hindu civilizational inheritance can move the country forward toward greater social solidarity in a truly inclusive democracy." Find out why on page 200 of my new book DHARMA DEMOCRACY: amazon.com/dp/1923224735/
Former R&AW chief Vikram Sood (@Vikram_Sood) is the latest Indian thinker featured in our "Indian Profiles" series, edited by @VikramKMalkani for the Indian Century Roundtable: indiancentury.org/indian-profile…
Great news! After 2028 we won't have to listen to climate scientists anymore. It'll be too late to do anything. 'Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change': share.google/FaiZBoWfd2BDds…
Great! After 2028 we won't have to listen to climate scientists anymore. It'll be too late to do anything. 'Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change': share.google/FaiZBoWfd2BDds…
Gujarati brothers! Check out my interview on Indian democracy with Sushen Desai of the SBS Gujarati service: sbs.com.au/language/gujar…
This seriously looks like they photoshopped the guy's head into the photo to satisfy diversity demands.
