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There was nothing secular in what Aurangzeb did. Therefore the Aurangzeb narrative must be discussed and confronted, and not evaded on the grounds of hollow secular...

An extraordinary diatribe against Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev by the doyen of liberals in India, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, stuck out like a sore thumb last...

An expose of the Bollywood lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar as a hardcore Islamist sympathizer. originally published in Dharma Dispatch: https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/akhtarnama-or-how-richard-dawkins-was-blindsided-into-awarding-the-taqiyya-master-javed-akhtar Javed Akhtar, the ostensible poet-lyricist,...

The Indian Hanafi Sunni Muslim class is actually a deeply racist society. The Ashraaf, who form the bulwark and frame all the rules and...

Two events concerning Saudi Arabia were highlighted during the past years. One was the infamous rape of Nepali women by a Saudi diplomat and...

In 1908, 2 years before his death, Leo Tolstoy wrote to the Indian revolutionary, Tarak Nath Das: “When the Indians complain the English have enslaved...

Like all things mundane in the modern era, Indian History too has fallen prey to the singularly desiccating influence of the binary Western lens....

The average size of a farm holding in India was 1.33 Ha in 2011 as against 0.6 Ha in China, yet the productivity in...

सूफी परंपरा को इस्लामी रहस्यवाद भी कहते हैं। अरबो (मुसलमानों) के तीसरे खलीफा उस्मान के विरुद्ध कई प्रकार के आरोप थे जिसमें एक आरोप...

If the average “poor” farmer could opt out of using water intensive and age-old methods of irrigation and instead use modern day methods, would...

THEOLOGICAL HISTORY The normal misconception about Sufism is that it is very much like the mystic way of the Indian Sadhu, and shows a peaceful...

The transition of J&K to twin Union Territory (UT) status has been surprisingly smooth. It only goes to show that the assumptions/presumptions on which...

Sri Vedanta Desika, a 14th century poet, wrote the pādukā sahasram, a 1008 verse Sanskrit poem in praise of Lord Ranganatha’s (Lord Ram’s) padukas...

In an effort to curb the practice of Love Jihad, several state governments in India are contemplating a law against it. However, the activated...

6. ESCHATOLOGY (Theory of Death) This story from Kaṭha Upanishad is a broad explanation of how Hinduism views death. This gives a complete exposition of how...

4. EPISTEMOLOGY OR MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रमाणानि pratyakshānumanāgamāh pramaṇāni. Direct perception, inference, and evidence of background knowledge, are proofs. (Patanjali Sutra 1.7) The above aphorism from the...

Part 5. COSMOLOGY IN HINDUISM Cosmology is that part of a Religion, or of a Spiritual system like the Eastern Oṃkāra Dharmas, which defines its...

Part 3. LOGIC CONCEPTS The assertion that Hinduism is different from the Middle Eastern Religions of the Book is further fortified by the different ways...

Part 2.TIME CONCEPTS “Time is the interface between Science and Religion” — Dr. CK Raju The biggest difference and that which makes it impossible for the Eastern...

PART I — FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES There have been many attempts to define the Hindu Dharma, or more appropriately, Sanātana Dharma throughout the modern era. Most...