Rape narrative undermines India as a source of wisdom and healing
Recently the Indian Government’s Minister M Venkaiah Naidu labeled the BBC’s documentary as part of a conspiracy against India. Some responded by saying if there is any conspiracy it is against women. There More...
10 Excerpts from Sheldon Pollock’s interview to Tehelka
The following are excerpts from an interview that Sheldon Pollock, currently the head of the Murty Classical Library of India gave to Tehelka some time in 2011. Videos of the interview titled “Sheldon Pollock More...
Twenty statements from Sheldon Pollock on India, Hinduism and Sanskrit
The Murty Classical Library of India was launched with quite some fanfare recently by Rohan Murty, son of software czar and founder of Infosys Narayan Murthy. The Murty Library under the general editorship of Sheldon More...
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism: A Review
A major and long-awaited project has been brought to completion. The 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism, with a foreword by Dr. Karan Singh, is the brainchild of the India Heritage Research Foundation and Swami More...
Girish Shahane’s myth-busting explodes in his own face
On the last day of 2014, Girish Shahane decided to be a mythbuster-I’m not saying this. They are his words wherein he purports to ‘debunk significant Hindutva myths.’ Mr. Sahane attempts in his so-called More...
Status of women in ancient India
This was contributed by Nirmal, and first published in Hinduism Today. They call it a bad rap when someone is wrongly accused of something, and in recent Indian history both women and Hinduism have suffered just More...
Ram Puniyani uses caste as an excuse to bash the RSS
On the 8 November edition of Tehelka, the well-known secular activist Ram Puniyani expressed disapproval of the Sangh’s so-called attempt to ‘hide historical truth’ of untouchability which he states is motivated More...
State of intellectuals in Contemporary India
Who is an intellectual? The renowned economist Fredrick Hayek defined intellectuals as persons who transmit the ideas of specialized scientists to the general population.This definition included “journalists, More...
Forgotten Liberators: Shyamji Krishnaverma
For decades, the serious practice of writing the authentic history of Indian Freedom Struggle has been going on in a selective manner where only some crusaders get the lion’s share of the honor while others are More...
Is Krishna a Prophet of Allah?
In the article ‘The Honorable Lord Krishna, a Prophet of Allah,’ published in Times Of India dated 2 August, 2014, columnist Tanweer Ahmad states that according to Islamic principles Lord Krishna was a true More...