On The Structure of Certain Belief Systems and its Implications
This article studies the (logical) structure of certain belief systems on the basis of their own claims and core beliefs. The implications and consequences of such fundamentals are discussed. Consider the statement: More...
Heroic Pagan Resistance to Monotheist Aggression
The Pope was recently embroiled in controversy when five icons of Pachamama, the traditional deity of the Andean people of South America, were included in a prayer service in the Vatican.[1] This episode should More...
Letting falsehood spread is no virtue
“Why Indians had to suffer so much for the last 1000 years when they were generally good-natured and did not attack others?” someone asked Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It was a question which troubled me too. He More...
Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- I
Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India: Visions of Horror, Allegories of Enlightenment By Swagato Ganguly is available for purchase on Amazon. Swagato Ganguly is a reputed journalist on the editorial More...
Eastern Religions: Deluded Constructions of the European World- II
[contextly_sidebar id=”ivF2z95KoBClMpdUdSC8PF1DnOF5VU0K”] In the first part, we saw the nature of encounters of Christianity first with the Romans and later with the Indians. Indians, in turn, had an More...
The Darkening Age: A Book by Catherine Nixey – 2
In the first part, we saw how the conversion of Constantine became a key event in the conversion of the Greco-Roman world. After the initial difficulties and persecutions, highly exaggerated by later writers, Christianity More...
The Darkening Age: A Book by Catherine Nixey – 1
This is a powerful book which is surely going to set the cat amongst the pigeons. The author questions Christianity as an organised religion sharply; and the readers would want a scholarly counterview by Christian More...
Pagan revival: Why it is a nightmare for Christianity
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, seems to be on a crusade against paganism – the original and vibrant indigenous religions across the planet that Christians destroyed in the centuries past. In a 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...
Who is the real minority in India?
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes More...