Seminar: Imbalance in Public Discourse
IndiaFacts is delighted to announce a seminar on a topic that is the subject of much discussion and debate in the public space. The following are the details of the webinar: Topic: Imbalance in Public Discourse: More...
Is Hindu Dharma good and Hindutva bad?
My article “When Germany is Christian, is India Hindu?” got amazingly good response with thousands of Facebook likes. However, some readers felt I made a mistake by not distinguishing between good, tolerant More...
Wendy Doniger’s derogatory Hinduism studies
Introduction I do not believe in burning books, but Wendy Doniger’s 779-page tome titled, The Hindus: An Alternative History, 2009, is a hurtful book. It is laced with personal editorials, folksy turn of the More...
Dear Sagarika Ghose: Why not rewrite the Bible?
In a recent blog, the leftist Indian journalist Sagarika Ghose traces the origin of the caste system to a verse in the Puruṣa Sūkta and makes an appeal to publicly re-write the hymn, which she claims is fundamentally 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...
On Wendy Doniger’s alternative history
Note: This is a reprint of Aseem Shukla’s 2010 essay. Also appended is the exchange he had with Wendy Doniger. History empowers and history emasculates. History, like art, is beautiful or odious to the beholder. 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: Part 3
Read parts 1 and 2. We Hindus In the light of foregoing, it is incumbent upon contemporary Hindus and Hindu scholars to regain the initiative and using indigenous historiography and cognitive categories and to institute More...
Wendy Doniger’s fake victimhood
The withdrawal of a book by Penguin Books has made the author of the book feel bitter and portray herself as a victim. This strange attempt at self-martyrdom does not hold any water and is a lame effort on her part 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...