Category: Spirituality & Philosophy

Misconceptions about Hinduism continue…

I recently came across a post titled “The Real Problem is not Islam” on this blog to which I added the comment posted below. The reason for posting my comment here is to highlight...

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,...

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...