What Yoga is and is not: A report from Greece
Shantom Centre, Athens, 6 June 2015 Professor Bharat Gupt, a classicist, expert in ancient Greek and Indian theater, and a scholar of Indian philosophy and religion spoke at the Shantom Centre, Athens on the topic More...
Hip! Hip! Hooray for Yoga!
Over the past 46 years since taking my first series of Hatha Yoga classes, during my senior year of high school in 1969, in the basement of the Episcopal church in Abilene, Texas, I have attended various classes More...
Comrade Yechury’s unyogic poses
More than 150 countries around the world may have wholeheartedly supported the celebration of International Yoga Day, but our very own communist Sitaram Yechury – unable to digest the global celebration of an More...
Analysis of mainstream media’s coverage of International Yoga Day
Yoga enthusiasts across the globe are gearing up for International Yoga Day, which will be celebrated on 21 June. To mark the occasion, cities across the world are organizing Yogathons, and offering free classes More...
Yoga has a religion: it is Hinduism
My immediate response to the assertion that ‘Yoga has no religion’ is a flat denial. Because I know Yoga, Yoga is a friend of mine and I can truthfully attest to the fact that Yoga does indeed have a religion. More...
Glossary of Terms in Hinduism
[contextly_sidebar id=”6dHmdzqYIXQZpsHso7JMq0pgbCwdb8XO”] artha• wealth; motive; cause. It refers to the material objectives and accomplishments of a person.One of the fourpuruṣārthas. ātman• More...
Evangelists dub Yoga a Dark Art
A famous verse of the New testament (from Luke 23:34) goes something like “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Those words were said to be uttered by Jesus when he was More...
Killing the feminine: Misogyny in Christianity
“She can show you the world we come from. There’s no green there. They killed their Mother, and they’re gonna do the same thing here.” From the movie, Avatar. “The Father, the Son, and the Holy More...
Polycentrism, the many-one problem and the roots of yoga
One of the central problems Hindus face on the intellectual battlefield is articulating their position vis-a-vis the stances of their Abrahamic foes. An important aspect of this problem is the difficulty faced by More...
Forgotten Saints: Sree Narayana Guru
This year is the 160th birth anniversary of the great social reformer, philosopher, saint and visionary Sree Narayana Guru. But unfortunately with the exception of his dedicated followers in Kerala, not many know More...