This post is partly a response to several comments I received on my posts related to the Ram Sethu project. The greater part, however, is my education, an attempt to trace the Rama (and Ramayana) consciousness in Tamil Nadu.
A question that repeatedly seems to haunt the Indian mainstream media: how to "balance" Hinduism with Semitic religions? This question assumes importance in issues where the religious aspect assumes great significance. So Sethusamudram is the latest issue, which has been haunting the media for several weeks now. And so, Vir Sanghvi writes about the "two [...]
In an article that examines some of the recent happenings around the Sethusamudram project, Outlook fleshes out interesting findings worth exploring in detail. The focus of the article is on Karunanidhi’s angry articulations on Lord Rama. (Aside: I think it’s time the K in DMK is changed to Karunanidhi.)
A judge makes a valid observation rooted in India’s timeless tradition. Hours later, as expected, the entire weight of the secular sections falls upon him. The secular sections are alarmed that this statement will hurt the sentiments of the minorities.
Matters of policy and religious affairs given to the Constitutional minorities have to be kept in [...]
My circle of friends is as large and varied as the interests, hobbies and passions of each person in that circle. There’s no one, absolutely no one there who hasn’t heard of or read the classic Autobiography of a Yogi.
Introduction
Sudha Ramachandran, an independent researcher makes grave omissions in an article focussed on Buddhism’s revival vis a vis India and China.
Every nation fighting for supremacy in the world seeks to capture influence in as many spheres as its heritage affords it. Education is political might in disguise, a fact proven by China’s (earlier, the USSR’s) [...]
Most Indian regional languages use Tattva Shastra as an equivalent of Philosophy. The word Philosophy–meaning love(r) of knowledge or wisdom–is quite inadequate to define or explain the full import of Tattva Shastra.
One of the fundamental aphorisms that embodies the whole of Sanatana Dharma in it is Tat Tvam Asi (You are That). The Tvam or [...]
What is Yoga?
No Googling and/or Wikipediaing please.
Says Tavleen Singh in this amazing column. Read it fully.
Good she discovered Rajiv Malhotra but sad she discovered him this late.
And eminently surprising that Indian Express allowed this on its pages.
The future president of India speaks to dead people. This is almost worse than her shady past. And very worrying that India’s first citizen should [...]
In a previous post, I had pondered aloud about the idea of India.
In two words, each consisting of exactly two syllables, the idea of India is: Rta and Dharma.
This idea has still prevented India from exploding into bits.
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