Articles with tag: Hindu

Were Buddhists and Jains Persecuted in Ancient India?

Murad A Baig May 26, 2008 interacts: 415

Many genuinely believe that Hinduism had always been a tolerant religion that assimilated other peoples and ideas without bloody conflict.

I Spy Hindutva

Vaibhav Jain May 5, 2008 interacts: 137

Attempts have been made to 'saffronize' at both the ground level (by editing textbooks) and by challenging conclusions of scholars who have attempted to rewrite history.

How did Hindus Become Vegetarians?

Murad A Baig Feb 29, 2008 interacts: 345

The Rigveda, as one of Indiaâ€™s earliest texts, gives numerous examples of meat eating with verses giving clear instructions on how to slaughter, cook, cut and distribute

What is Hinduism? A Personal View

Dost Mittar Jan 24, 2008 interacts: 362

There is no word in the Indian native languages for Religion, or its Arabic equivalent, Madhab. It is commonly and erroneously translated as â€œDharmaâ€.

6th December 1992

M B Qasmi Dec 5, 2007 interacts: 86

A turning point in Hindu Muslim relations in the post independence Indian history. It was a moment when all truths about religious coexistence suddenly proved false.

Indian Exceptionalism: Colonial Stereotypes and Postcolonial Realities

Rohit Chopra Oct 25, 2007 interacts: 96

Indian exceptionalism manifests itself as nationalist, chauvinist, and fundamentalist sentiment, often mingling unhealthily with other kinds of closed-minded imperatives.

Periyar An Iconoclast and a Reformer

Shantanu Dutta Sep 20, 2007 interacts: 15

Dr. Ambedkar found his answers (to caste problem) in Buddhism, Periyar felt the answer lay in humanism and he became progressively an atheist and a rationalist.

Rise of Hindu Right Wing Ideology

Hussain Abbas Aug 16, 2007 interacts: 138

Today, when a Hindu shouts an obscenity at Pakistan the Indian Muslim has to shout two to show their patriotism towards India.

Hindus in J&K: Elated in minority

Abhishek Behl Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 4

Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, who have been at the receiving end of militancy in the state are elated over the proposal of the UPA government to bring about a law which will decide the status of minorities on the basis of state population.

Has Hinduism had the Longest Tradition of Continuous Religion?

Murad A Baig Sep 7, 2006 interacts: 345

Hinduism, as generally practiced in India today, is very different to the forms of religion of earlier times. In the beginning, as in all religions, this tradition was oral but put to writing from about the time of Christ.

Sehra

Anil Kala Aug 31, 2006 interacts: 19

Sehra ki bheegi ret meN, maine likha aawaargi.... I was puzzled. The words made no sense to me. Sehra always meant to me a flowery veil that an Indian bridegroom wears therefore the song made no sense. When a friend told that it also means desert

Quit India: Hindutva Goons!

Subhash Gatade Jul 24, 2006 interacts: 81

Bombay, the city that never sleeps, can be said to be a new barometer of the mood of the broad masses of the Indian people.

God in Vedas and Upanishads

Sushil Bhatnagar Jun 1, 2006 interacts: 201

Indian philosophical thought can be generally divided in two divergent currents. One having its source in the Vedas and the other independent of it.

Modi’s Men and their Mean Machines

Farzana Versey May 3, 2006 interacts: 204

Every illegal religious shrine ought to be demolished. Yet, I wish to know how a 200-year-old dargah of a Sufi saint qualifies as being ‘illegal’, is bulldozed and leads to mob violence. Gujarat is becoming an experimental lab for the Hindu Ra

Ba, Beti aur Bahu

Farzana Versey Apr 5, 2006 interacts: 95

Uma Bharti is putting on the loner act for only one reason – to save the BJP’s top rung. The real loner here is Sonia. Her godfathers are ghosts. Are both of them “mind-controlled victims”?

Shivaji -- Portrait of the King as Barbarian

Kedar Joshi Jan 5, 2006 interacts: 337

Shivaji was an irreligious Hindu king. The Maratha leader's barbarism is depicted in the civic laws practised under his rule

Is This Why the Jews Are Disliked by Other Religions?

mehul kamdar Dec 10, 2005 interacts: 235

The stability of Jewish families, their success in business and in different professions, their skepticism as far as religion and dogma is concerned, all these must make them a disliked community

A Drunken RSS Man in Jassema

Harish Nambiar Sep 20, 2005 interacts: 32

The feelings slowly churning in his head, the various ideas randomly laid out on the table, all coalesced into a look of deep pain. His eyes were speckled in fierce glints of pain and alarm. It was as if he was actually living with the situation of his me

See RSS, Think Al Queda!

Subhash Gatade Aug 24, 2005 interacts: 98

Within a span of a few months this is the third time in a row that the Parivar and its men have received rebukes either at the hands of the US establishment itself or through those institutions/peoples who are working closely with it.

Ayodhya: The Aftermath of the Terrorist Attack

Subhash Gatade Aug 16, 2005 interacts: 89

Tired of emotive issues which affect their own lives and feeling cheated at the hands of these self-proclaimed upholders of Hindutva, people just did not care when the saffron brigade gave a call for agitation over insult to ‘Hindu identity.’

Ayodhya Back On Top

Temporal Jul 5, 2005 interacts: 114

Why did it come now?
What was the aim of the attackers?
Who benefits most if the peace process is hindered or rolled back?
How soon will calm prevail?

Godhra Tak: A note from the Filmmaker

Shubhradeep Chakravorty Jun 7, 2005 interacts: 11

This film has actually inspired Lalu Prasad Yadav, Railway Minister, Government of India, to institute an inquiry on the Godhar incident.

Old Neighbors And Old Memories

Feroz R Khan Jun 6, 2005 interacts: 76

What was really an eye opener was the bonhomie between the Pakistani and the Indian diplomats, who had come to the reception. I drifted towards them and it turned out they were talking about the similarity of Laxshmi Mansions with a few buildings in New D

An Iranian Exile in Sambhalpur

Harish Nambiar Mar 14, 2005 interacts: 36

The VHP issue had taken a more serious turn, filling Sister Miriam Morris, the Christian nun who headed St Joseph, with panic.What had happened was really macabre. One of the children attending the medical camp was given a tonic, which was past its expiry

If Godhra did not happen…

Farzana Versey Jan 27, 2005 interacts: 95

Has the possibility of the kar sevaks being a suicide squad not occurred to anyone? Could they not have been terrorists out to create trouble?

The Doll’s House

Farzana Versey Sep 27, 2004 interacts: 510

How can Hindus dare to point fingers at Muslim regressiveness when they have not been able to improve the lot of their own people?How can they talk disparagingly about Muslim ghettos when India is divided along regional, culinary, caste, status lines?

Dev - The Anatomy of A Communal Carnage

Dost Mittar Jul 24, 2004 interacts: 102

... if Gujarat is not to be repeated, it must never be forgotten!

Lesbians vs. Gays vs. Hinduism vs. Modernity?

Farzana Versey Jun 21, 2004 interacts: 212

The only reason I am glad about the Girlfriend ’outing’ is because it concerns women. Lesbians have always been the secondary sex among gays. Patriarchy, even of the limp-wristed kind, still rules.

A Song for the Lord of the Hills

V Ramnarayan May 1, 2004 interacts: 53

But this time, the priest insisted on full disclosure of the names of the beneficiaries of the archanai! 'Abdul and Salma,' my friend said and then added their parents’ names as well, fearful that the priest might take umbrage.

The Kumbh Mela of the South

Harimau Iyer Apr 16, 2004 interacts: 16

The next morning, I am woken up by the muezzin’s call to prayer from a nearby mosque. Shortly thereafter, the Someshwar Temple starts some recorded chant on its loudspeakers.

Unbinding India

Farzana Versey Mar 16, 2004 interacts: 64

“The heroes here are not the Gandhis and Nehrus but the banias…Hindutva is such an impoverished image of our past. Spirituality is only one strand. There is medicine, astronomy, mathematics.”

Inventing India—Again and Again

Revathy Gopal Mar 1, 2004 interacts: 34

If one were a spin-doctor in the present rancorous climate of Indian politics, dealing in Resurgent Religion, how would one go about manufacturing a mythology that would win votes?

Broken Stones

Farzana Versey Dec 5, 2003 interacts: 76

I had forgotten that my mother was a Hindu. They had changed her name from Savita Damle to Salma Khan. To me it did not matter…Yet, I wondered whether that stone was for me or them.

Learning in Saffron: RSS Schools Orissa

Angana Chatterji Nov 13, 2003 interacts: 123

At the intersections of globalisation and hyper nationalism, Hindutva intervenes, unravelling the fragile fabric of democracy.

Orissa: A Gujarat in the making

Angana Chatterji Nov 4, 2003 interacts: 139

With little resistance to its aggressive onslaught, the sangh parivar looks well set to meet its 2006 deadline for reshaping Orissa into the next ’laboratory for Hindutva’.

Myths and Dreams: Hindutva Nationalism and the Indian Diaspora

Angana Chatterji Aug 26, 2003 interacts: 175

In the United States, the fervour of long distance Hindutva nationalism is intense. Dangerous stories circulate. Muslims are polygamous terrorists whose deliberate identification and massacre in Gujarat is justifiable, even necessary. The campaign for tri

Just Another BLOW-UP?

Farzana Versey Aug 25, 2003 interacts: 184

The moment I saw that shiny steel box, I knew it spelled trouble. I had no idea of what it contained, but my gut feeling was that it would not be a fair report.

Can Muslims Become Part of Mainstream Nationalism?

PK Garg Aug 25, 2003 interacts: 85

Whenever any disturbances involving Muslims take place anywhere, the Hindu community is automatically blamed - though sometimes justifiably.

Hey Ram, What Have You Done to My Religion?

Dost Mittar Jul 21, 2003 interacts: 142

The way I saw it, it all started with Ram. Back in the 1980s, when the official Doordarshan TV channel was the only game in town, it telecast an immensely popular serial on Ramayan. The serial was so popular that all businesses and social visits came to a