Category: Sanatana Dharma

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...

Comment on “Religion Without Truth”

In an interesting essay in the New York Times*, Stanley Fish, Professor of Law at Florida International University, discusses whether religion (and specifically Bible) can ever be taught without taking into account the “truth”...

Hinduism – NOT “monotheism in disguise”

A few weeks ago, I came across a provocative comment by Richard Dawkins which mentioned that polytheism in Hinduism is essentially “monotheism in disguise”. The comment prompted this post “Is Hinduism Monotheism in Disguise?”...

Is Hinduism “monotheism in disguise”?

Earlier today, while browsing through Apollo’s blog, I came across this post, “Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion“�in which he has reviewed Richard Dawkin’s latest book. I have not yet read the book (although a...

India as a role model for global peace and prosperity

In a recent interview for BBC World Service’s Discovery programme, President APJ Abdul Kalam is quoted as saying that: “…an evolved, enlightened society – based on Indian ideas – can lead to “a peaceful,...