Heroic Pagan Resistance to Monotheist Aggression
The Pope was recently embroiled in controversy when five icons of Pachamama, the traditional deity of the Andean people of South America, were included in a prayer service in the Vatican.[1] This episode should More...
Eastern Religions: Deluded Constructions of the European World- III
[contextly_sidebar id=”e8mZdrfi1cIDLxmTVPk4oEPmuOyV0Q4q”] In the previous parts, we saw the nature of Christian encounters with the Roman world and the Indian sub-continent, along with attempts of western More...
Privilege and the Pagan: The road to Tirumala
On privilege Privilege, by definition, is enjoyed by the few over the many; its proponents know and use the power that emanates from it. Regardless of its sources – birth, education, old-wealth, sacerdotal, or More...
Winter Solstice and Christmas – A Journey into pre-Christian Traditions
December 21st is the Winter Solstice, when we have the shortest day and the longest night. It is the day of great significance to the ancient traditions of the world, in ancient Bharata and in the rest of the world. More...
No Mr Devdutt Pattanaik, Patriarchy did not rise due to hermits!
The popular model of a patriarch is derived from the Abrahamic mythology. Hence the patriarch is a serial rapist. Jehovah the God of Abraham sure demands absolute submission. I can agree with Devadut Pattanaik (DP) More...
Proselytisation in India: A critique from a Dharmic perspective
1) Background A correspondent recently sent me a print-copy of Mr C.Alex Alexander’s “Proselytisation in India: An Indian Christian’s Perspective” describing it as “a fair and reasonable More...
Lessons Hindus need to learn from Christianity’s extermination of Paganism
Numerous British and more largely Western neo-Pagans seek contact with Hinduism. They recognize a similarity, both positively and negatively, both in their own religion’s characteristics and in the misfortunes More...