Missionaries and the debate on Sati in Colonial India

[contextly_sidebar id=”eBWL193jr1eqjRNrR0EnysLd8SB4ovcL”] In the popular mind, sati was one of the ills of Hindu society that was abolished by the colonial Government on persistent pressure from British More...

Sati: Re-examining the Historical Evidence from 1900BCE to 1900CE

[contextly_sidebar id=”GnN0AGXJ2EVZMovhWu4XYV84TjQvXvBe”] Sati is a practice of self-immolation of a widow either on her husband’s pyre or separately after her husband’s death. Polemics against Hinduism More...

Historical Hindu Responses to Abrahamism

The Hindu encounter with Abrahamism began with the initial expansions of the second (Christ cult) and third (Mohammedanism) versions. Hindus were among the early victims of the second Abrahamism in the holy war More...