Monotheism
How Utilitarian Monotheistic Interpretation of Hinduism originates in Colonial Hindumesia
Recently, the former Lok Sabha Speaker and Union Minister Shivraj Patil claimed that Hinduism has a concept of “jihad” similar to the one in Islam. ... Read More
Jinns and Jinnah: Pakistan’s Monotheist Preoccupation
Thanks to the monotheistic impulse towards extreme uniformity and conformance, Pakistani society has adopted all the eccentricities and quirks of Arab Islamic society. Read More
The Agnostic God and the Problem of Evil: Examining the Hindu view
While the origin of evil was deemed not to be a huge concern to the Indian mind, the rationalization of evil outcomes definitely has been ... Read More
Pagan and Monotheistic Violence
This essay is a meditation on the second chapter of Jan Assmann’s Of God and Gods, titled ‘Seth the Iconoclast: Polytheism and the Language of ... Read More
A Theory of Polytheism
This essay is based on the first chapter of the book Of God and Gods by Jan Assmann, titled ‘Understanding Polytheism’. Read More