Category: A Hindu Identity

Should we ban foreign funding of religious institutions?

This post was triggered by Sanjeev’s remarks on one of the FTI forums*.  In his note, Sanjeev wrote (emphasis mine): I believe that India must ban all foreign funding of religious organisations. Religion is...

Weekend Links – BBC, Hindutva and Swami Vivekananda

Start your weekend with this fascinating mea-culpa: “We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News“. Brief Excerpt: …It was the day that a host of BBC executives and star presenters admitted what critics...

Re-examining Manusmriti

Thanks to Krishen-ji for alerting me to this article by Dr Arvind Sharma. The essay examines (in Krishen-ji’s words) How authoritative really was Manu, and was his a contested text? Was the Manusmriti prescriptive of...

Of Thiru Karunanidhi, Tilak and Secular Fundamentalism

….and a deja-vu moment. Courtesy Sridhar, this news-item from earlier today: Karuna does it again, flays Hindus for sporting tilaks Flaying the Hindu practice of smearing ash or saffron or sporting a ’tilak’ on the...