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On the Bastardization of Yoga, like Indigenous Traditions by Low-Brow Pop Culture

On the Bastardization of Yoga, like Indigenous Traditions by Low-Brow Pop Culture

As an American of Indian descent, I have always been fascinated by the arcane depths of the Hindu culture to which I belong. I have been practicing Yoga and writing about Indian metaphysics, Buddhism and South Asian Art and Culture for a long time, and am fairly sensitive to how my native traditions are represented [...]

April 9, 2014 HHR Analysis/Insights 0

Rupa Rani Pal : 13 Year Old Hindu School Girl kidnapped

Rupa Rani Pal : 13 Year Old Hindu School Girl kidnapped

Ms. Rupa Rani Pal (13) Minority Hindu School Girl kidnapped on 12.03.14 from Rupgonj Upazila within Narayangonj district. Police took no steps for rescue of the victim till our intervention on 04.04.2014 BDMW investigating. Source: The Daily Janakantho dated 18.03.2014) Rupgonj P.S. Case No. 20 dated 17.03.2014 under section 7/30 of Women and Children Repression [...]

April 5, 2014 HHR Archives, Articles, Bangladesh 1

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Questions “Hidden Agenda” At Hearing On India

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Questions “Hidden Agenda” At Hearing On India

Washington (AFP) – Several US lawmakers voiced concern Friday for the future of religious minorities in India in a hearing critics denounced as an attempt to influence upcoming elections. With polls starting Monday in the world’s largest democracy, several activists testifying before the US Congress’ human rights commission expressed fear for the treatment of Muslims [...]

April 5, 2014 HHR Articles, News updates 0

We Need Rule of Dharma not ‘Rule of Law’

We Need Rule of Dharma not ‘Rule of Law’

कालो वा कारणं राज्ञोराजा वा कालकारणं |इति ते संशयो माभूद राजा कालस्य कारणं || म० भा० श० प० This shlok is sutra to understand a basic question i.e. do historical condition create the character of state, or does the character of the state create historical conditions? Time, is not the force that governs human affairs, [...]

April 3, 2014 HHR Analysis/Insights 0

Why Christians and Muslims should vote for Narendra Modi – George Augustine

Why Christians and Muslims should vote for Narendra Modi – George Augustine

India, a secular democracy or a theocracy? In a secular democracy, as is professed by India, the state should not interfere in the personal beliefs of its citizens. The freedom of faith or religion is the right of an individual. So, it follows, in a truly secular state, all its citizens ought to be perceived [...]

March 25, 2014 HHR Analysis/Insights 0

No more Khushwant Singh

No more Khushwant Singh

At long last, shortly before he would turn 100, Khushwant Singh has gone. India loses a pleasant writer and frequently humorous political and social commentator. He was a forthright spokesman of the Nehruvian English-speaking elite, at one time even the direct press chief of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. He also served as an assistant to Sikh [...]

March 21, 2014 Dr Koenraad Elst Analysis/Insights 0

Wahhabism’s Deep Indian Roots

Wahhabism’s Deep Indian Roots

For most Indians the word Wahhabi means Saudi Arabian fundamentalism. When told that Wahhabism has deep roots in the Indian sub-continent, the first response is usually denial often followed by claims that Indian Wahhabism was a British invention. Those who think that way would do well to visit a small cemetery hidden away in a [...]

March 17, 2014 HHR Analysis/Insights, Articles 0

Bangladesh : 8 year old Mila Bakta Raped

Bangladesh : 8 year old Mila Bakta Raped

Nature of crime : Rape of children.Name of the victim:  Ms. Mila Bakta (8) Name of the father:  Mr. Milon Bakta Name of the mother: Ms. Mukta Bakta,Religion of the victim: HinduDate of incident : 27.02.2014 at about 3.45 p.m.Place of occurrence: Village-Mandra, P.O. Radhagonj, P.S. Kotalipara,District-Gopalgonj.Name of the perpetrator: Sohag Sheikh (20) son of [...]

March 16, 2014 HHR Articles, Bangladesh 0

Dalai Lama visit, hindu prayer show ” insensitivity to Christianity” says Christian Fundamentalist

Dalai Lama visit, hindu prayer show ” insensitivity to Christianity” says Christian Fundamentalist

In a March 6th, 2014 interview on VCY America’s Crosstalk, Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver attacked President Obama for being “very pro-homosexual” and “pro-Muslim,” as well as for “doing more harm to our foundational, fundamental values than any president in American history.” Staver has a very extensive history of complaining that any display of tolerance [...]

March 13, 2014 HHR Articles, News updates 0

Lessons in Post-Wendy Donigerism

Lessons in Post-Wendy Donigerism

A possibly good side to the Wendy Doniger affair At first sight, the withdrawal of Prof. Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus, an Alternative History by her publisher Penguin is an all-round disaster for the Hindus. The nit-picking by some Hindu activists that the book wasn’t really banned by a Court but only withdrawn by the [...]

March 5, 2014 Dr Koenraad Elst Analysis/Insights 0
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