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Dhruv Ramnath

Dhruv Ramnath

Dhruv Ramnath is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK. His research interests focus on Hindu guru movements.

The Western beau monde in India
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The Western beau monde in India

Dhruv Ramnath- May 22, 2025

Image Courtesy: Juggernaut There has been a rise in India’s popularity as a center for popular cultural exchange in the twenty-first century. White celebs have ... Read More

A Polemic for Treating the Mental Illness that Afflicts the Left
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A Polemic for Treating the Mental Illness that Afflicts the Left

Dhruv Ramnath- August 27, 2024

Image Courtesy: ChatGPT While parts of Professor Nivedita Menon’s work, especially on gender justice, should be lauded, she takes a virulently anti-Hindu and anti-Bharat stance ... Read More

Stocktaking Faith
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Stocktaking Faith

Dhruv Ramnath- August 16, 2024

Image Courtesy: ChatGPT How do scholars of “guru movements” negate their self-identification as devotees or non-devotees and research their objects of investigation academically? This is ... Read More

A Critique of Amanda Lucia’s “Guru Sex”
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A Critique of Amanda Lucia’s “Guru Sex”

Dhruv Ramnath- March 24, 2024

Image courtesy: Vedanta-Red Zimbala As an embittered student who never got a scholarship to study in Britain, my academic fulminations against Western scholars of Hindu ... Read More

The Hindu Right and the Hindu Liberal: Where They Meet
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The Hindu Right and the Hindu Liberal: Where They Meet

Dhruv Ramnath- February 2, 2024

Image courtesy: Agence France-Presse India is a country where you can be a ‘right-oriented’ person in the country and yet be considered of a ‘left ... Read More