Category: Distortions, Misrepresentation about Hinduism

Continued ignorance about Hinduism…

Meanwhile, ignorance about the basics of Hinduism keeps cropping up in unexpected places…even as a major BBC series (“In Search of God”) mysteriously ignores Hinduism (practiced by more than 800m people; ~15% of the...

When will we have our own media channel?

I continue to feel very frustrated that in spite of the massive explosion in media and TV channels in India, there still is not a single channel (or a newspaper – although Pioneer and...

Whats nectar for secular US is toxic for secular India

Just came across S Gurumurthy’s brilliant critique on the recent BusinessWeek article on Karma Capitalism As he says, “If the Indian management gurus did something similar in India it would attract the abuse of...

In Search of a “Hindu” Identity – II

Yesterday, In Search of a “Hindu” Identity got published on IndiaCause and almost immediately began to attract responses and comments. I am immensely gratified and heartened by the overwhelming response to this essay –...

Please, no “M-word” here…

Windsor in UK has been the centre of some small-scale (relatively speaking) rioting centred around a “Muslim-run dairy which has become an unofficial prayer centre for workers. Nothing wrong with that you would think...