Stumbling onto a Page from the Ramayana at Ayodhya
Stumbling onto a Page from the Ramayana at Ayodhya When I began writing about my visit to Ayodhya – the city where Lord Ram was born, the city where the epic Ramayana begins and ends,…
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Why Is It a Fashion to Declare Hindutva as Bad, Hinduism as Good
Why Is It a Fashion to Declare Hindutva as Bad, Hinduism as Good It is becoming a fashion to declare Hindutva as bad and Hinduism as good, mostly by people who don’t know from own…
Conference on ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’: An Open Agenda?
Conference on ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’: An Open Agenda? It shocked Hindus: a conference on ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’, supported by 38 US universities. Speakers are the usual leftists mainly with Hindu names. And of all dates,…
Kashmiri Hindu Genocide: Lessons of 19th January 1990
Kashmiri Hindu Genocide: Lessons of 19th January 1990 A young scholar, a Kashmiri Pandit once told me about this conversation he had in a conference on social justice and while being out of the country. There were…
Demonizing Hindu Festivals in the Name of Animal Activism
Demonizing Hindu Festivals in the Name of Animal Activism Why Hindu festivals are soft targets? As a child, there was always excitement when festivals were around. Grown-ups and kids were equally excited. There was…
Is Shaheen Bagh a Clash of Civilization Between Hindu and Muslim Identity?
Is Shaheen Bagh a Clash of Civilization Between Hindu and Muslim Identity? The clash of civilization came into prominence a few decades back to predict the conflicts that would take place in the 21st century….
Why Hindus Did Not Give Up Their Right Over Ram Mandir
Why Hindus Did Not Give Up Their Right Over Ram Mandir What do you say of a people who carry on a movement over a piece of land for over half a millennium? What explains…
Why Can’t My Child Defend Hinduism? Hindu Indian American Father Asks
Why Can’t My Child Defend Hinduism? Hindu Indian American Father Asks “Why isn’t my child able to defend his religion like children of other faiths in his school?” A father asked me. The anguish in…
Why the Surf Excel Ad on Holi Creates a Hindu Muslim Divide Rather Than Healing
Why the Surf Excel Ad on Holi Creates a Hindu Muslim Divide Rather Than Healing It was a friend who called up saying she had cried after seeing the surf excel ad on Holi and…
Survival of an Ancient Civilization Is The Biggest Soft Power for a Hindu
Survival of an Ancient Civilization Is The Biggest Soft Power for a Hindu In a conference on soft power held recently, the spiritual leader Shri Sadhguru ji was explaining his vision for India’s rise. He…
