Category: Hindu Dharma

RigVeda in UN Heritage List

Some of you may already be aware of this: “Thirty manuscripts of the ancient Hindu text Rig Veda dating from 1800 to 1500 BC are among 38 new items that have been added to...

Redefining Hinduism – Need of the Hour

Tavleen Singh wrote a great piece in Indian Express a few days back titled, “A dark, distorted Hinduism“. In that article, Tavleen talked about how “in these jehadi times, when Islamists run around the globe killing...

Is this too much to ask?

For the last several weeks, I have been deeply distressed by several comments, reports and other articles re. the question of caste and how it is destroying the very fabric of our society and...

“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...