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It is Vijayadashami here in Karnataka, a hallowed tradition that celebrates both the victory and renewal of the spirit of Sanatana Dharma in South India. ...
After about seven years of almost nonstop blogging, I have reached a decisive turn. I won't stop this blog or anything. I'll continue being rude ...
So this is both a question and a test of how well you know your Hinduism. :-) What according to Sanatana Dharma is the root cause ...
As promised to Yossarin, I hereby add, clarify, and (hope to) correct some items in Yossarin's elucidation of Dharma. I've adopted his question-answer format because ...
Read Part 1 After observing how AKR leaves us confounded with academic jargon and widely deviating from his original theme, I'll continue the same examination a ...
I had concluded the previous post with a note on AKR's understanding of Hindu ethics and traditional expositions on Dharma. He notes that Each addition is ...
Preface In an interesting article on Narendra Modi, TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan (link courtesy Nitin) concludes that contextual morality is the one magic explanation for all ills that ...
A gentleman made an insightful observation on another forum I'm part of. While this observation is not new, it underscores what we all know: post-Independence ...
Great men are known for greater quirks. So it is with Karunanidhi--I leave his greatness to both your imagination and evaluation. A brief background before ...
The Mohammadan conquest with its propagandist work and later the Christian missionary movement attempted to shake the stability of Hindu society and in an ...
An article (link courtesy the Acorn) by Nandini Sundar that tries to examine the Maoist menace by drawing guidance from the Mahabharata, gets the Mahabharata ...
The elections are over but the secular crowd never seems to tire of slamming Gujarat. This time, a social scientist of sorts holds the baton. ...
The old suspect, A.K. Ramanujan emerges out of the woodwork on Outlook's pages. The magazine's leader to this article says: ...in a pocket of the Delhi ...
Many thanks to a reader who brought to my notice M.F. Hussain's interview with Tehelka. Readers of this blog know my views on Hussain. The ...
Professor M.Hiriyanna is one of the little-known scholar-giants who gifted us new insights, and corrected thriving misperceptions in Indian philosophy. The title of this post ...
This is where I wind up my previous post on Hindutva, which I had left unfinished. I pointed to a fundamental error in understanding Hindutva ...
Thanks to reader Kaanganeya for pointing me to this excellent interview where S.N. Balagangadhara (Baalu) shares his thoughts on certain fundamentals, which he says need ...
Introduction Ananda Coomaraswamy was featured in this blog earlier. He remains one of the most staunch defenders of the Indian tradition in the mould of what ...
Prakash Karat has finally admitted that China is the Fatherland. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat vowed to oppose a strategic alliance between India and the United ...
This post is partly a response to several comments I received on my posts related to the Ram Sethu project. The greater part, however, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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I know the title of this post will get all kinds of visitors to this blog but everything has a price. Okay, so this is ...
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