Varna and Caste: An Analysis-I
Varna and Caste are controversial issues today. But, this controversy is not so much because of the intrinsic concept, but instead because of what it has grown to become and how it is perceived today by many people. While More...
Honoring our Gurus: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis-II
[contextly_sidebar id=”Zn5rVqu4gtXwYYvWaNOqI2cWIfrWk9l1″] In the previous article, I sketched the life accounts of Rishis like Bharadvāja, Agastya, Bhrigu, Dadhīchi, Pippalāda, Āruṇī, and Mudgala More...
Pakistani Travelogue-II: Pakistani Perceptions of India
[contextly_sidebar id=”hfSO3toJTSSxNwE5BxJ1HU7EJttBiDDT”] Gargantuan government edifices glittered behind freshly painted wrought-iron fences, glamorous palaces to Pakistani politics in marble and brass More...
Honoring our Gurus: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis-I
This year Guru Poornima- the festival of honoring our teachers and masters- falls on July 19th. ‘Gu’ means darkness and ‘Ru’ means he dispels it and hence ‘Guru’ means ‘one who dispels darkness of More...
Saviors of Hindu Dharma in South India-I
Of all the numerous ancient temples sprinkled across the fertile land of Karnata desha, perhaps the greatest among them is the Shrine of Lord Shiva at Halebidu, the former capital of the Hoysala Empire, which reached More...
Does ‘Varna’ provide a religious basis for the present Caste System?
Caste system and its accompanying discrimination and occasional violence have been the bane of Indian society. Even today, incidences of discrimination and violence have been reported from time to time, despite More...
California Textbook Controversy: ‘India’ not to be replaced with ‘South Asia’
Sacramento, California, May 20: In what may bring relief to hundreds of Indian American families of California, the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) that met on Thursday to decide upon the final stages of More...
When God incarnated as Man-Lion
namaste narasiṁhāya, prahlādahlāda-dāyine, hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ, śilā-ṭaṅka nakhālaye Translation: I salute to Lord Narasiṁha, who gives joy to Prahlada and whose nails are like chisels on More...
A visit to Ayodhya
I have been visiting India for more than 30 years and probably 30 times in all. India is in my system and I have an abstract, but deep connection with Hinduism, which was confirmed in a private ritual by Guru Brahmashree More...
South Asianist sepoys oppose ‘Idea of India’
The Caravan published an article titled ‘In California, A Debate Over History Curricula Has Brought to Fore Denials of Caste in the Indian American Community.’ by its copy-editor Aria Thaker on April 12, 2016. More...