Time to Hold India’s Media Legally Accountable

This is an excerpt from one of my books titled, ‘Orissa in the Crossfire – Kandhamal Burning.’ This is the same book that the Indian Parliamentarian and Congress Party leader Digvijaya Singh demanded be More...

Hindus and the Restoration of Cultural Diversity

If we turn back the clock 2000 years we would see a world full of diverse societies and cultures. Though there were indeed clearly identifiable markers that represented distinct civilizations, be they Chinese, Indian, More...

Rape narrative undermines India as a source of wisdom and healing

Recently  the Indian Government’s Minister M Venkaiah Naidu labeled the BBC’s documentary as part of a conspiracy against India. Some responded by saying if there is any conspiracy it is against women. There More...

The forgotten Hindus of Vietnam’s Champa Kingdom

This was first published in the June edition of Hinduism Today. The Cham Hindus of Vietnam are an almost forgotten people, remnants of the Cham dynasty which endured in the region now known as central Vietnam from More...