Supplementing Existing Legal Arguments on Sabarimala
Despite all witty-weighty arguments of lawyers in the defense of Sabarimala tradition, on 28 September 2019 the Hon’ble Supreme Court by 4:1 majority lifted the ban on women of a certain age/menstrual age from More...
Sabarimala, gau rakshaks, and the Smriti Irani-Kamal Haasan debate
Smriti Irani and Kamal Haasan faced off in a recent debate moderated by Arnab Goswami. The Hindu-baiting Kamal Haasan was, not surprisingly, easily decimated. Irani argued effectively on fighting terrorism and respecting More...
Sabarimala Verdict – Fabricated Rights over Real Experiences of Women
“Experience is the only source of knowledge. Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth, until we experience it ourselves.” – Swami More...
Sabarimala: What is actually at stake?
The discourse around the recent Sabarimala verdict clearly shows what is wrong with a hegemonic modernity and rationality that refuses to see its own limits and forces all plurality into conformity. It feels like More...
Court Decides Lord Ayyappa’s Destiny
The Court finally disposed the Sabarimala case ruling that all women can now enter the temple. Reason given by the 5-Member bench of Supreme Court is that Article 25 of the constitution guarantees freedom of conscience More...
Is Prakṛti Prejudiced?
We often forget that, the universe, the very creator and creation all encompassing, is the one and only master we have. It is through the manifestation of its energy that it controls everything in this world from More...
What are we missing in Sabarimala Debate?
I am neither for, nor against the ‘entry of women’ into Sabarimala devalayam. But I strictly oppose the frame work within which the issue is being debated, at least in the public domain. Anyone who looks at More...