hinduism

Back in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India condemned animal rights activist who have sought to protect cows from the butcher’s knife:   “I feel really angry at the way some people have opened shops in the name of cow protection. I have seen that some people commit anti-social activities through the night, but act as cow [...]

Dr David Frawley a.k.a. Pandit Vamadeva Shastri speaking his view on Hindus and Hinduism in the modern day context [...]

The Supreme Court has reduced the polymorphic religion to a bunch of meaningless myths. On the Sabrimala temple issue, the Supreme Court of India observed on April 13, 2016: “In Hindu dharma there is no denomination of a male or female. A Hindu is a Hindu.” And just like that a constitutional body has, probably [...]

This is the video I made to show the process of creating my Sri Hanuman Chalisa Book. It goes step by step from the inspiration to the carving of the blocks to the printing, painting and digital design. It is accompanied by a Hanuman Chalisa being sung by David Estes (Ananda Rasa kirtan) and me. [...]

Pakistani journalist Shaan Khan’s piece “What’s Really Behind India’s Rape Crisis,” published this Friday (25/3/16) on The Daily Beast, looks at China and India — two countries with similarly skewed sex ratios — and asks why India in the last few years has experienced a “rape crisis,” while China has not. At the outset, one [...]

‘ At the time of the European Enlightenment in the 18th century, the great writers and intellectuals of that movement, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, knew that their real enemy was not the state but the Church. Earlier, when the mighty Rabelais was under fire from the Church, it was the King of France who defended [...]

So, it turns out that Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder loves Ramayana. Specifically, the 1992 animated Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Ram. In fact, he loves it so deeply, he has been ‘borrowing’ from it as far back as his break out movie 300. Don’t believe us? We don’t blame you. But look what [...]

Also read The Importance of Kshatriya Dharma [...]

The once expansive Bharata (India) is shrinking.  What was once a great cultural land mass extending possibly from near ancient Persia eastward to Southeast Asia and possibly as far south as various South Pacific islands is literally becoming smaller as a geographic land with the emergence of or partitioning of India exemplified through the creation [...]

Central panel wants it made optional subject in IITs, NITs, science and commerce colleges. Revival of old Sanskrit schools, new Ved pathshalas, CBSE- like Sanskrit Board, revision of Sanskrit textbooks being evaluated. The Modi government, in its efforts to popularise Sanskrit, is moving beyond symbolism like ‘Sanskrit week’ and is unveiling a 10-year perspective plan [...]