Indic
Depicting Kanyādāna: When Ignorance is Compounded by Arrogance
More than being liberal and egalitarian, the Hindu wedding ceremony is based on essential genetic diversity principles by disapproving same gotra (samagotrī) marriages. In some ... Read More
The Unity of Indic Religions (II) – Jainism: Apart From and Yet Part of Sanatana Dharma
Attempts are made sometimes to present Jainism as a revolt of the fair-minded Kshatriya against the clever, unscrupulous Brahmin. However, if at all there was ... Read More
The Unity of Indic Religions (I): There is No Discord, Only Different Ways of Understanding the Supreme Reality
The idea was to malign Hinduism and, more importantly, diminish Hindu society by slicing large sections away from it. Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism were misrepresented ... Read More
Civilisational Responsibility limits Indian citizenship to persecuted adherents of Indic religions only
The moral obligation of the Constitution was largely to nurture our ancient civilisation and its values with a view to reintegrate our Nation and its ... Read More
Book Review: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities by Pankaj Jain
Dr Jain's work critically analyses different dualistic approaches like human and nature, bio-divinity and bio-diversity, the global English speaking India and the rural vernacular India ... Read More