Six Habits Of The Chakravarti Adarsh Lieberal
The Chakravarti Adarsh Lieberal rules over the circle of a dharma where it is but child’s play for to step in and step out of any of the seven steps below. It is what characterizes his or her greatness, and More...
The Maratha Military Genius: The Battle of Palkhed
Among the notable battles fought in India, the Battle of Palkhed, between Peswha Baji Rao I and the Nizam-ul-Mulk, would not readily spring to mind for many. Which is a pity, for several reasons. While the three More...
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory And Practice
Christopher Hitchens’ iconoclastic polemic against Mother Teresa makes for riveting reading. Uncomfortable questions are raised that beget even more uncomfortable answers. An icon suffers from the harsh gaze of More...
Book Review -Being Hindu : Old Faith, New World and You
A thought-provoking and breezy account. Hindol hits the right points and notes. Informs and provokes in equal measure. Add this one to your year-end holiday reading list. Being Hindu can be an amalgamation of many More...
Mahabharata and Charity
When trying to opine on an epic like the Mahabharata, perhaps the most appropriate way to keep one’s ego in check to be reminded of a verse from Ch 279 of the Shanti Parva, Moksha Dharma, which describes among More...
Book Review:- India: A Sacred Geography—A Disturbing New Front
Diana L. Eck “is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University and is Master of Lowell House and Director of the Pluralism Project.” She has written an atlas of sorts of More...
Good Start but Loses Steam — Heretic: Book Review
Summary That Islam needs a reformation, and urgently, is not in debate. The unfolding tragedy of the civil war Syria, where an estimated forty per cent of its population (yes, two of every five people) has been More...
Rearming Hinduism: Book Review
Rearming Hinduism: Nature, Hinduphobia and the Return of Indian Intelligence Paperback, by Vamsee Juluri He who controls the history of a people controls the people. Colonization of the land is easier to More...