Will Zakir Naik Be Served His Due “Dessert”?
Zakir Naik, 50, the MBBS doctor, is right now in the midst of a tsunami created largely by the media- social and mainstream. They are all baying for the blood of the erudite and garrulous fanatic of the Quran and the Hadith, who slams non-Islamic religions on his widespread Peace TV channel and public conferences. And one of the most popular TV channels More...
Can we afford ‘Udta-Rajasthan’?
Punjab is the most famous name in the field of Drug addiction and drug menace. But now after “Udta Punjab”, the competition appears to have emerged in the neighboring state “Udta Rajasthan”. The state of More...
Dialectics of Islamic terror
The recent Dhaka terror outrage is an illustration of the dangers, civilians face everywhere. No one is safe from terrorists prepared to commit suicide in carrying out attacks. Unfortunately, terrorism is proving More...
Denying Yoga Its Roots- Classic Case Of Hinduphobia
“Admiration of a foreign culture or a foreign aesthetic system can connote broad-mindedness and at the same time flatter the aesthetic or political pretensions of the connoisseur. The regard for difference can More...
Book Review: Abhaya by Saiswaroopa Iyer
“Our home isn’t just Anagha,” the wise and fearless Abhaya says in Saiswaroopa’s thrilling debut, “our home is everywhere that civilization stands by dharma.” Abhaya has seen More...
What Hinduism Is Lacking
There seems to be some defect in Hinduism, because it is clearly not as respected as Christianity and Islam worldwide. Hindus struggle to get a fair representation for Hinduism in the media or in the textbooks, More...
Resurgent imperial conquests
US victory in the Cold War has been followed by an unabashed attempt to consolidate its triumph rather than create a more harmonious international order to overcome the fear of nuclear war. All undertakings given More...
The Orlando Carnage: Terrorism or Hate Crime?
The Orlando terrorist attack was a terrible tragedy. Innocent gay people were slaughtered by a bisexual Muslim male in America’s biggest shooting massacre in history, and now the blame game is well underway, both More...
Political Humbuggery, The New York Times, and Indian Shills
Is this possible too – that cow urine can tantalize the taste-buds of the readers of the venerable New York Times? It seems so, especially if it is garnished with generous doses of phrases like the “Hindu More...
Church In India And The Politics Of Religion
Being born in a Catholic Christian family of Mangalore, I had to undergo all the religious dogma resulting from teachings and preachings. I was a fanatic Christian till my youthful days and hence had religiously More...