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I hate Indians, they are a beastly people with a beastly religion: Winston Churchill
The story that British schoolbooks tell children about Churchill is of a British Bulldog, with unprecedented moral bravery and patriotism. He, who defeated the...
Hegemony And Hindu Dharma In the West Indies – Part 10
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The Hindu counter-hegemony must be launched simultaneously on two fronts. Firstly there has to be a reinterpretation, reformation, reaffirmation and regrounding of its Dharmic institutions and traditions.
Hegemony And Hindu Dharma In the West Indies – Part 8
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Aesthetics becomes a key mediator vehicle in the struggle for and against Hegemonisation in our society. Aesthetics is more than music, dance...
Hegemony And Hindu Dharma In the West Indies – Part 7
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Every Sunday morning, across Guyana, thousands of Hindus stream into their village mandirs to participate in Satsanghs (congregational worship). Not many realize that this practice...
Hegemony And Hindu Dharma In the West Indies – Part 6
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Hindu Dharma was first practiced by the people living to the east of the river Indus - in Bharat. To its adherents, however, it was simply...
सांस्कृतिक नरसंहार: मानव सभ्यता के खिलाफ मुस्लिम और ईसाई कट्टरपंथियों का षड्यंत्र
अभी पिछले साल इस्लामिक स्टेट ने 25 अगस्त 2015 को सिरिया के पाइमिरा में स्थित बाल शमीन मंदिर को नष्ट किया। उसके कुछ दिन...
Hegemony and Hindu Dharma in West Indies : Part 5
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M.K. Gandhi
Gandhi, for mostly personal reasons of his own, accepted the British definition of Hindu ‘spirituality’ with its strong anti-physicality element. Initially, he defended...
Deprivation of Dalits By British Rulers – Robbing The Poorest
In November, 2009, a self proclaimed critic of Hindu Dharma, Prof. Kancha Ilaiah of Osmania University, brought the subject of discrimination against ‘Dalits’ in...
Hegemony and Hindu Dharma in the West Indies – Part 4
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The Content of the Hegemony: Defining the British Identity
Even though Britain of 1757-1835 was not much different from Bharat of the same period, and...
Hegemony and Hindu Dharma in the West Indies – Part 3
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Defining the Hindu Identity
As we mentioned earlier, the symbolic force is transmitted through a most wide array of apparatuses. One of the most effective apparatuses...