It seems truth cannot be told anymore. I had written an answer to the above question on Quora, but after over 11k views it was taken down, allegedly violating the “be nice, be respectful” policy. I cannot see anything...
Some years ago, I met an American from Seattle, who studied Sanskrit at the university there. He had come to India to meet his guru and had even taken an Indian name. He told me that westerners, including professors,...
Common people in the west know hardly anything about India. But one thing they all know: India has an ‘inhuman’ caste system, which is an important feature of their religion, Hinduism. Most also ‘know’ that Brahmins are the highest...
Yes, and it is even natural. One only needs to deeply reflect on what is meant by the Almighty.
If somebody grew up as a Christian or Muslim, he needs, however, to get rid of some notions about the Almighty...
Is being a Hindu ok and is Hindutva not ok and even dangerous? Many Hindus seem wary to be associated with Hindutva, in spite of the fact that Hindutva simply means Hindu-ness or being Hindu. They tend to accept...
I remember the autumn of 2008 painfully well. Only a few years earlier I had started to follow politics more closely and had subscribed to the Times of India. Several bomb blasts had happened in different Indian cities over...
Media is not anymore about giving information. It probably never was. It is about influencing opinion to further the agenda of certain interests and lies are apparently an accepted tool. Lies are often disguised as surveys or even research....
This was a question on Quora to which I replied in August 2017. It got over 237,800 views and 16,000 upvotes, yet on 18. July 2019 I got a message that it violates their “Be nice, be respectful” policy....
भारत पर आक्रमण करने से पहले बाबर एक सूफी कलन्दर के छद्म वेष में भारत आया था । कलन्दर बनकर उसने दिल्ली के सुल्तान सिकन्दर लोदी से भी भेंट की । अयोध्या भी गया,जहाँ के दो फकीरों (सूफियों) ने...
यह शत-प्रतिशत झूठा प्रचार है कि सनातन धर्म में मूर्तिपूजा नहीं थी। भारत की प्राचीनतम मूर्तियाँ जैनियों या बौद्धों की नहीं हैं। सबसे पहले यह प्रचार अंग्रेजों ने आरम्भ किया कि भारत में ग्रीक राजाओं ने मूर्तिपूजा आरम्भ की,...