Samanya Dharma and Spirituality
Hindu dharma speaks about four fold goals of human life termed as “chaturvidha purushArtha”. “Purusha” means human and “artha” means object or goal. This framework of life wherein each human being has More...
Srishti & Beyond: Hindu accounts of Creation, Evolution and Non-Origination
“Which is the beginning of life? When did creation start? Of the waves in the ocean, which is the first? What is the boundary for the wind’s constant blowing? Such is the story of the universe.” – More...
Ayodhya: An Ahistorical argument for Ram Temple
“All the towns and villages that lay on their way were the envy of the cities of the gods. The lakes and rivers of the gods lauded those lakes and rivers in which Rama bathed. The tree of paradise gave glory to More...
Revisiting Sati: Understanding the practice from a Dharmic perspective
[contextly_sidebar id=”acWzuURyvfuWPjeDVITpj3Oj8fUD7s0M”] Sati or “Widow-burning” as it is pejoratively called in the Colonial and Post-Colonial media and literature, has remained one of the most More...
Mahabharata as a manual of Advaita Vedanta
[contextly_sidebar id=”HNd2i4bMWNuun0iJ25Hfz2r2ltOWm0EL”]I recently attended a four-day workshop titled “The Mahabharata as Itihasa”, which was not only enlightening for its exposition of the Mahabharata, More...
हिंदू मत में मासिक-धर्म की मान्यताएँ – पहला भाग: अशौच के रूप
[contextly_sidebar id=”kQe03fXgZ3dC6O0PpK2HAUNrvxlJQoVV”] The article has been translated from English by Avatans Kumar इसके पहले वाले लेख में हमने दुनियाँ More...
Interview with Sinu Joseph: On Sindhoor, Sanitary Pads & GST
[contextly_sidebar id=”M0xWDw2j1NVy5FJGomp98ENpAKBpcADy”]With the Modi government rolling out Goods and Service Tax (GST), there has been a criticism in some quarters regarding categorization of Sanitary More...
Abortion, a Dharmic Perspective– IV: Is Abortion murder?
[contextly_sidebar id=”IMKz2msYmYxse1YzTkYBVbLN7cjtjOhH”] In Part 1 of this series looking into the issue of abortion from a Dharmic perspective, we addressed the question of who a Jiva is. Then in Part More...
What Constitutes Yoga, What Doesn’t
With another “International Yoga Day” having approached, it is good time to ponder over some fundamental questions like what constitutes Yoga and what does not. This article seeks to answer both these questions What More...
Abortion, a Dharmic Perspective- III: When does the Jiva enter fetus?
[contextly_sidebar id=”VPI5X3Vo2Oq35bbX0hv0CVvYmsJ2j3VD”] In Part 1 of this series looking into the issue of abortion from a Dharmic perspective, we addressed the question of who a Jiva is. Then in Part More...