Category: Distortions, Misrepresentation about Hinduism

“Secular Fundamentalism”…alive & kicking in India

In a short piece in Outlook, Mark Tully reviews his book, “India’s Unending Journey” and talks about how: “India traditionally does not write full stops because it understands the uncertainty of certainty, it prefers...

Lets shoot the messenger

I read this headline earlier this morning and thought it was a joke… Govt mulls ban on Orkut  But apparently not… “The (Shiv) Sainiks vandalised a cyber cafe in Thane, Mumbai and demanded a...

Of “Sacred Bulls”, Divinity and Development

Some of you may have already come across the controversy surrounding a decision by the Welsh assembly government in UK to slaughter a “sacred bull” which has tested positive for tuberculosis. (read here and...

On Husain, Khajuraho and moral policing

I wrote a follow-up comment on Jo’s blog following my earlier comment� which I feel is worth reproducing in full here: Jo, First a clarification (which I think is very important): I am all...