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Indian Philosophy Archive
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Gurcharan Das and the Liberal Hindu
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 116 CommentsA few weeks ago, I made a hurried list that broadly categorized contemporary Hindus based on certain general parameters. Gurcharan Das of India Unbound fame adds to this list by slotting himself into a new category: Liberal Hindu. Much of what he says in that... -
Stupidity is Rewarding
Posted on July 31, 2009 | 55 CommentsGross generalizations about a country, a people, and a culture are humourous when done in the lighter vein. In most other cases, they are appalling. If you wonder why Westerners/foreigners are so ill-educated about India, articles like this is the answer. The article and its... -
My Op-Ed in the Pioneer: Left sees red over Sanskrit
Posted on July 16, 2009 | 108 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Even the merest mention of cow, Sanskrit, and temple will cause massive seizures in secular quarters. Comments and criticism welcome as always. Tweet -
Ignorance as an Opinion Piece
Posted on July 16, 2009 | 15 CommentsI’m pretty sure this singular piece by Jawed Naqvi has given multiple orgasms to the worthies in our secular intelligentsia. He writes from Pakistan, and in the article, doesn’t merely parrot the same fantasy tales that our eminences call history. He distorts these tales to... -
In Response to Larissa
Posted on July 14, 2009 | 30 CommentsLarissa, one of the more prolific commenters on my blog says this: One thing I disagree with Sandeep is that just because a scholar is “sympathetic” towards Hindus, does not mean that they are high calibre people. I am willing to listen to someone even... -
Mother India’s Fault
Posted on July 9, 2009 | 16 CommentsI stopped reading this blog long ago but was directed to read a specific post by a reader. To be fair, the post is not the focus of this entry; rather, a puke-inducing poem written by some Salil Tripathi. If I got it right, the... -
Meera Nanda Proudly Struts her Ignorance
Posted on April 8, 2009 | 67 CommentsPreface Perhaps it takes only a Meera Nanda to have the guts to strut her ignorance with such confidence. It took me a few days to digest what she actually wants to say. At the least, it is intellectually dishonest to criticize something without reading... -
My Op-Ed in Pioneer: DMK kills another Hindu tradition
Posted on February 9, 2009 | 16 CommentsMy piece on the DMK’s surreptitious take-over of the holy Chidambaram temple, which has largely gone unnoticed in the media. Comments and criticism welcome as always. Tweet -
Frits Staal’s Bird Watching
Posted on February 8, 2009 | 44 CommentsIntroduction JK concludes his excellent post with some serious humour: So I am not sure if this research is of the Ganesha phallus quality. If you have seen any paper or book by anyone else, please leave a comment. [Ed: hyperlink in original stripped out]... -
My Op-Ed in Pioneer: Preserving National Identity
Posted on January 23, 2009 | 28 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments/criticism welcome as always. Preserving national identity As long as the Indian collective consciousness preserved the primacy of Vedic national unity, India could be invaded but not broken. And it is to this that we must return to... -
Remembering Madhava Vidyaranya
Posted on October 9, 2008 | 16 CommentsIt is Vijayadashami here in Karnataka, a hallowed tradition that celebrates both the victory and renewal of the spirit of Sanatana Dharma in South India. A tradition handed down to us from the time Harihara established the Vijaynagar empire after defeating the marauding Islamic armies... -
Let’s Talk About Sex
Posted on September 21, 2008 | 11 CommentsI know the title of this post will get all kinds of visitors to this blog but everything has a price. Okay, so this is about sex in Indian art, something I might have touched upon mostly in my posts on M.F. Hussain. One of...