The World of Wendy Doniger’s Translations
“Aldous Huxley once said that an intellectual was someone who had found something more interesting than sex; in Indology, an intellectual need not make that choice at all.” – Wendy Doniger, When the Lingam More...
Killing the feminine: Misogyny in Christianity
“She can show you the world we come from. There’s no green there. They killed their Mother, and they’re gonna do the same thing here.” From the movie, Avatar. “The Father, the Son, and the Holy More...
A Missionary deception named Veil of Tears
This is a guest article by IndiaFacts reader Shiva Kumaran, an IT professional from Bangalore. Recently, I came across the announcement for an upcoming documentary movie entitled Veil of Tears: http://veiloftearsmovie.com/ The More...
Wendy Doniger’s incestuous children
At the outset I must admit I am a Hindu, and apologize for the same. To improve my credibility I also admit that the holocaust happened; that Muslims are persecuted everywhere and that the way forward for More...
Wendy Doniger’s Hindus
Note: This is a republication of a 2010 essay is authored by Shyam N. Shukla. Dr. Wendy Doniger has impressive credentials with two doctorates, in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, from Harvard and Oxford universities. More...
Decoding Wendy Doniger’s Hinduism book: 2
Read part 1 here. Bridge of discourse between ‘This Hindu’ and ‘That Hindu’ Hindus need to be wary of the intractable opposition between “This Hindu and “That Hindu” that is falsely posited and perpetrated More...
Sagarika Ghose wants to Rewrite the Purusha Sukta
Noted Indian journalist and TV news anchor Sagarika Ghose in her blog, Bloody Mary, asserts that caste-system in India is not just a social arrangement, but a hierarchical system that is sanctified by Hinduism itself. More...
U R Ananthamurthy's Serial Distortions
Introduction In the past few days, the Kannada media has seen a lot of discussion pertaining to the remarks made by Dr. U R Ananthamurthy (URA) about Narendra Modi. Many columnists have penned scathing rebuttals More...