Babas in white robes: ‘God’ men and their misdeeds
The controversy and violence surrounding the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious movement has raised questions about the nature of Indic faith leaders and the gullibility More...
An Interview with Pope Francis on Twitter
On 3 Dec 2012, the Pope joined Twitter and ever since, @pontifex has been tweeting pretty regularly, May the Lord Bless Him. Based on a curation of some of his tweets in which he weighs on weighty matters like God, More...
Academic Hinduphobia in America
The study of Hinduism in the West is currently undergoing a metamorphosis. Second and third generation Hindu-Americans, who since the 1960’s were educated in American high schools, have been personally impacted More...
Christian missionaries target every single component of Hindu society
Scheming Sadhus, Shastris, Maamis and Iyers The Church, which focused on harvesting Scheduled Castes and Most Backward Classes in the beginning, has also started concentrating on the upper echelons of the Hindu More...
A caution to Hindus who think Jesus is dharmic or a saint
Normally, several well-known or otherwise Hindu gurus make some common claims about Jesus which typically go along these lines:: 1. The most significant aspect of Jesus’ teaching was “living without prejudice, More...
Christian inculturation in Tamil Nadu blasphemes Thirukkural
Christians who had the temerity to lay their hands on Thirukkural then, attempted to baptise Thiruvalluvar recently. Taking a cue from G.U. Pope’s atrocious introduction to Thirukkural, a fanatical evangelist More...
Proselytisation in India: A critique from a Dharmic perspective
1) Background A correspondent recently sent me a print-copy of Mr C.Alex Alexander’s “Proselytisation in India: An Indian Christian’s Perspective” describing it as “a fair and reasonable More...
Open Letter to Pope Francis
Respected Holy Father, Great hope for a positive change in the Catholic Church is pinned on the Pontificate of your Holiness and recent statements indicate that this hope may not be misplaced. The future, your Holiness More...