Secular India controls Hindu Temples – An American explores
One thing that we all must take into consideration when we observe another nation’s laws and customs is that one size does not fit all. Many Americans tend to believe that we have a monopoly on right thinking when it comes to issues of personal freedom, religious expression, sexual mores and the like. And while I do happen to appreciate much of what More...
Dharma Bypasses ‘History-Centrism’
Most of the religious conflicts and wars involving the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) stem from disputes over what exactly God said and how he said it and what exactly it means. To ensure that More...
Sabarimala and its Practices
Sabarimala is a Hindu pilgrimage centre located in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. It has around 100 million devotees visiting every year. The temple is situated amidst 18 hills on a hilltop at an More...
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha: An Attack on Traditions
Udupi is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is popular for the Krishna Mutt and is also known as Parashurama Kshetra. The Krishna Matha is a temple dedicated to Bhagwan Krishna and it is surrounded by many More...
What do Western atheists feel about Hinduism?
Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma is least dogmatic (Buddhism is more dogmatic as it follows what Buddha said and Buddha was only one of numerous Hindu sages). And of course it is completely different from Christianity More...
A Limited Response to JNU Professor Nivedita Menon’s Statement “Hindu society must be one of the most violent…society in the world.”
In the article “JNU Students Abuse Lady Professor For Proposing Hindu Courses, Burn PM’s Effigy as Ravana” dated Oct 19, one statement piqued me enough to document some of the more objective portions of More...
Hindu childbirth ceremonies in Trinidad and Tobago
By Dr. Kumar Mahabir In the Ramayana, the Hindu scripture written in 500 BC in India, the chatti [sixth-day childbirth ceremony] of Lord Rama, the son of a king, is described lyrically: “There was happy music More...
European Misappropriation of Sanskrit Led To The Aryan Race Theory
It is not widely known that the European quest to appropriate the highly prized library of Sanskrit’s ancient spiritual texts motivated the construction of the “Aryan” race identity, one of the ideological More...
Stringent Anti Conversion law in India only after we Hindus become minority?
India Needs Anti-Conversion Law and needs it now! A religion conversion debate has roared across the news channels, political speeches and in local communities since past few months. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), More...
Hinduism and Its Intellectual Appeal
Hinduism appeals to the educated minds because it offers them a lot of freedom to practice it. Many scientists and educated elite in India are devout Hindus. They are drawn to it, despite their rationality and More...