What Are We? A Contemplation on the Hindu Identity – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”JiBQWtx2sPNQgFWTJ0yv8NKIVN9EiPUU”] In the previous article we have stated that the express goal of the entire corpus of Hindu darśana and that of every Hindu sampradāya is to discover the core of one’s being. This same objective can be expressed in several other ways: arriving at the innermost, true nature of one’s More...
Evidence for Brahmanical Patriarchy; Cherry-Picked, Force-fitted; Missing?- II
In Part I of this article the methodological lacunae in the application of Marxist Feminist theories were set out very briefly. Given the extensive nature of the task, sustained scholarly efforts are needed for More...
Being a Hindu in India: The Agony and the Ecstasy
Blatant and continuous persecution over centuries defines the Hindus of India. The imperialisms created havoc to Hinduism; the colonials projected Hindus as primitive; and the missionaries tried to get the Hindu More...
Lessons from India’s wars: Hindus need a new Dharma Yuddha
One of the earliest recorded attacks on India was by queen Semiramis, (1) who ruled the Assyrian Empire during the years 811-806 BCE – or nearly 500 years before the invasion of Alexander of Macedon. According More...
Brahmanical Patriarchy: Does it exist?- I
Brahmanical Patriarchy has been in the news, with an endorsement from a coterie of women journalists and no less than the ignorant Jack Dorsey of Twitter. The supporters of this concept have referred repetitively More...
What Are We? A Contemplation on the Hindu Identity – 1
What makes us Hindu? What makes us different from, say, a Christian or a Jewish community? Are we even a single monolithic community, capable of being identified by one or more unique traits? These are questions More...
Population Control Law: How wrong premises lead to wrong conclusions
Is earth overpopulated? Are we going to run out of resources to feed and clothe everyone? Since the end of the 18th century, this topic has been hotly debated by scholars all around the globe. The doom scenario More...
No country for dead men: World War I and India’s collective amnesia
World War I ended a hundred years ago. The four-year global conflict ended on November 11, 2018 after more than 10 million soldiers died – exactly 74,187 of these were Indians. (1) Thrown into a meat grinder by More...
Battle of Longewala: Every man was a hero
The place: Longewala, Rajasthan, 16 km from the Pakistan border. The time: The night of December 4, 1971. A reconnaissance platoon led by Lt. Dharamveer Singh of the 23rd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment detects More...
Towering resentment: Why the British are sulking over the Statue of Unity
It is peculiar that when something good comes out of India, sections of British society start carping about India’s poverty. No other country is as obsessed with India’s poor as Britain (although it is a notable More...