Masters of Manipulation: Christianity’s Perception Manipulation vis-à-vis Hindus-1
“Déjà vu Feeling Once Again!” wrote a user on microblogging social media platform while posting a photograph of Catholic Christian leaders meeting UP CM Yogi Adityanath at his office in Lucknow. The media More...
The cow that saved the world
The Apocalypse of John or The Book of Revelation in The Bible is a veritable repository of the prophecies surrounding the Apocalypse and the Second Coming of Jesus and the ensuing thousand year old reign. It begins More...
Why the notion of ‘Hindu Nation’ alone is chosen for criticism?
I sometimes wonder who influences whom: the Indian mainstream journalists influence the foreign correspondents or the other way round, as they always hold the same view. Or is there even a directive from the top More...
History, Textbooks and Distortion
Vedic era and Vedic society The most ancient literary evidence in Indian history is the Veda. The ancient archaeological sites are that of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Unanimously all history textbooks tell that both More...
Ridiculing Hindu gods and deities is easier and safer
The recent comments by Prashant Bhushan about Lord Krishna have enraged, I would say rightly, many devout Hindus. Surprisingly, when it comes to Lord Krishna, I saw that even those who often sit at the fence on More...
Nature in Indian and Western Traditions
This excerpt has been taken from Indian Culture and India’s Future, DK Printworld, New Delhi, 2011 I lived in the Nilgiri hills of western Tamil Nadu for over two decades, and as a beautiful tropical rainforest—a More...
Winter Solstice and Christmas – A Journey into pre-Christian Traditions
December 21st is the Winter Solstice, when we have the shortest day and the longest night. It is the day of great significance to the ancient traditions of the world, in ancient Bharata and in the rest of the world. More...
Understanding Animal cruelty: Why compassion to animals is not a cultural universal
Given that more than 10 billion animals get slaughtered every year, it should make us wonder what kind of an outlook, what worldview enables so much cruelty. Towards that end, I will herein be attempting a comparative More...
The Human Soul: A Dialogue Between East And West
This column developed from private correspondence between Lawrence David Moon and myself during the first quarter of 2016. He suggested that readers might enjoy seeing an actual dialogue between two representatives 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...