Violence in Indian Universities: Apocalyptic or secessionist?
Anyone familiar with India’s political scene can easily discern that Pratap Bhanu Mehta has been ‘’creative’’ in his latest article on Modi. The article is written against the backdrop of mayhem More...
The TIME needs to know that times have changed
When one reads the article titled ‘Can the World’s Largest Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?’ published in the American weekly magazine TIME (9 May 2019)[1], one is reminded of More...
The Economist Or the Pulp Fiction?
In its issue dated 4th May 2019, the Economist, London has published an editorial[1] by Anonymous which makes various baseless allegations against Indian Prime Minister Modi. It is obvious that the editor has written More...
A response to the politics of Hindu nationalism
The Conversation is running a series on the background of elections in India. Episode 2 of the podcast is about the politics of Hindu nationalism[1]. Like the Podcast 1, the podcast 2 lacks depth. In the name of More...
हिंदू धर्म में जन्म अनुष्ठान और तीर्थयात्रा
ऑस्ट्रेलिया मे 11वीं कक्षा में अध्ययनरत छात्रा एबोनी द्वारा भेजे गये हिंदू धर्म More...
Birth Rituals and Pilgrimage in Hinduism
The Hindu Council of Australia forwarded to me questions that were asked by Eboni, a Year 11 student from a Catholic educational institution for her Study of Religion assessment. She was asked to do ethnographic More...
A conversation with a Christian Missionary
Hindus living overseas occasionally come across non-Hindus who ask questions about Hinduism. Of course, there is voluminous literature on Hinduism on the web, but how do we distil the essential ingredients to tackle More...
Ayurveda promotes fundamentalism, fascism!
“Ayurveda invokes and provokes nationalism through a politics of cultural heritage and in terms of both neo-orientalism and fundamentalism’ ‘Nature cure’s visceral cosmopolitanism provides a significant More...
Wendy, Hinduism and Cow
Recently, I chanced to read an article authored by Wendy Doniger, distinguished Professor at the University of Chicago, USA, about Hinduism and its cow history[1]. Wendy is known for her controversial position about More...
The Vedas and the Principal Upanishads – III
[contextly_sidebar id=”YxnmR9yH1b5qkYykVqP4I6ML39v6sbAG”] Relevance of the Shrutis for modern society What relevance do these ancient scriptures of the Hindus hold for the present society? I examine More...