Category: Distortions, Misrepresentation about Hinduism

Of “Hindu Hooligans” and “MIM Activists”

…or “The great joke that is Indian Media – Part IX“. Please read the following news-reports…(emphasis mine): From NDTV: Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen was attacked by an unruly crowd at the Hyderabad Press club...

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...

The Curious Case of the “Kidipede Ramayana”

*** CAUTION: Long Post *** About a month ago, I came across a “History” site meant for kids which had this “Ramayana Project for Kids“. Under “Some points for discussion”, it mentioned: The Ramayana...