Foundations of Hinduism
Link to the first part. In its original and purest form, Hinduism is sanātana dharma, loosely translated as ‘eternal truth’ or ‘timeless religion’ or ‘eternal way of life’ or ‘timeless ethic.’ It More...
The Hindu Matha: A Introduction
In the 21st century, India is touted as the land of ‘spiritual tourism’. One cannot go a few kilometres without finding a temple or other dharmic structure. Indians have been called as relentless temple builders More...
Misrepresentations of Hinduism in the Media
Hindus do not have a history of invading other countries. They have not sent missionaries to other countries preaching to them that their own religions are evil and trying to persuade or intimidate them to adopt More...
True Hindu greatness
Hindus make bold to be the inheritors of a great and exceptional civilization. And they are.Indeed, a wider recognition of this ancestral greatness would solve a number of contemporary problems Hinduism faces. Separatism, More...
Sagarika Ghose must go to school
On 17 September, 2014 in an op-ed on Times of India titled ‘Rename secularism. Call it ‘dharma’ or righteous administration,’ senior columnist and former news anchor Sagarika Ghose claimed among other things: Secularism More...
Countering the West’s bias about Sanatana Dharma
When Shivani Desai invited me to speak here in Chapel Hill, she explained that the objective of today’s gathering was to “Create awareness about Hindu culture and heritage…” and to “Motivate More...
Tracing India’s Constitutional History: Part 1
Introduction Most people, including many law students in India are under the impression that modern constitutional jurisprudence evolved in India only with the advent of the British. While most of our textbooks More...