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Hindu Dharma
Caste and Reservation in the Context of Society and Dharma
These days there is a lot of talk of reservation in the country, in states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana we have already seen the...
Hegemony And Hindu Dharma In the West Indies – Part 8
Ravi Dev -
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
Ravi Dev -
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...
Why Belief Based Religions May Not be Dharmic
Abrahamic religions, particularly Christianity and Islam, are based upon faith and belief that is not to be questioned. They hold that accepting their belief...
Thousand year old Hindu Shiva linga discovered in Thailand
A Hindu Shiva linga approximately 1000-1500 years old has been unearthed last week, on the western shore of Thailand's province Nakhon Sithammarat, according to...
Analyzing the concept of Hindu Version of Feminism
This is a critique of the idea of Hindu version of feminism. The main issue with Hindu Feminism (HF) is that there is no conceptual basis laid down for it – it emerges directly from a certain perception of experiences of a certain segment of people.
Remembering Saint Composer Sri Thyagaraja, the Fragrant Gold of Carnatic Music, On Rama Navami
No Rama Navami puja in the temples down South is complete without Shraddhanjali (homage) to Saint Thyagaraja - the greatest exponent of Carnatic music...
Examining a new kind of Christian claim
A few days ago Acharya Vamadeva Shastri (Dr. David Frawley) had written a very concise and lucid theological view of Christian cosmology, specifically the...
Bali’s Hindus Protest Against Cultural Cleansing Agenda in Mass Tourism Project
The battle over a controversial land reclamation project in Bali is reaching crisis point, with tens of thousands of Balinese gathering to protest. They represent...
Self-realization versus Monotheism – All paths are not the same
Abrahamic traditions are monotheistic and recognize that there is only one God. Yet their monotheism is largely exclusivist. Their One God does not tolerate any other Gods and is often at war with them.