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The Unity Of Indic Religions (IV) – Tribal Traditions: Nailing A Lie That Has Survived Colonial Rule
<Parts I, II and III of this series of articles can be found here (I), here (II) and here (III).> Colonial rulers had a bottomless ... Read More
Tracing the Origins of Hinduphobia (Parts I-IV)
Polygenesis is antithetical to monogenesis. Christian orthodoxy revolted against polygenesis that questioned and challenged the Abrahamic understanding of the origin of humankind. Kant and Blumenbach, ... Read More
Brahman – A Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
This beautiful poem is based on the idea of varna being a matter of spiritual inclination rather than birth. Read More
Value of Absence
Then the moment of epiphany happened. I realized that the common theme across all the three was the ‘absence’ of something. The absence of words ... Read More
Plato and the Upanishads – 3
Given the many similarities between the Upanishadic tradition and the Platonic school, many scholars naturally wonder whether there were contacts (or cross-influences) between India and ... Read More