Myth of Hindu Pacifism
Since historic times, being known to be intolerant of adharma was a mark of the greatest honor among the Hindus. In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna declares the reason for his manifestation on this Earth: to destroy More...
What Are We? A Contemplation on the Hindu Identity – 3
[contextly_sidebar id=”CcLd9tw4L5ODcRsU78rtyA429cUckx3N”] In any discussion on the Hindu identity, it is important to note that the word ‘Hindu’ has been used by pre-modern foreigners as a blanket More...
Book Review: Becoming Hindu and Muslims-Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal 1342-1905
Becoming Hindu and Muslims-Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal 1342-1905 by Saumya Dey has been published by Munshiram Manoharial Publishers Pvt.Ltd and is available on Amazon. Introduction Bengal records More...
What Are We? A Contemplation on the Hindu Identity – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”JiBQWtx2sPNQgFWTJ0yv8NKIVN9EiPUU”] In the previous article we have stated that the express goal of the entire corpus of Hindu darśana and that of every Hindu sampradāya is to More...
Dharma: An Intellectual History
Dharma is arguably the one word most commonly associated with Indic civilization. Few other Indian words are as readily associated with India as Dharma. Yoga and Karma probably come close to it. But what is Dharma? More...
On the idea of United Bengal under Islam: The panic stricken past
Dedicated to those who are still drowned in the nostalgic and romantic idea of a common Bengali nation. When India and consequently Bengal was on the eve of partition in 1947, the now infamous riot architect Shuhrawardy More...
हिंदुत्वात कोणताही दोष नाही
The article has been translated into Marathi by Professor Manohar Railkar हिंदु असण्यात काहीही चुकीचं नाही. पण, हिंदुत्व अनुचित More...
Srishti & Beyond: Hindu accounts of Creation, Evolution and Non-Origination
“Which is the beginning of life? When did creation start? Of the waves in the ocean, which is the first? What is the boundary for the wind’s constant blowing? Such is the story of the universe.” – More...
धर्म और रिलीजन
धर्म क्या है? धर्म अपने मूल रूप में बहुत व्यापक अर्थ वाला है | एक सामान्य पारम्परिक More...
Understanding Contemporary Hindu Failures
It is commonly “understood” that Hindus are systematically disadvantaged in India, through constitution and state policy. It is usually conceded that the early anti-Hindu legislations after independence were More...