There are those who consider a lecture on ancient discipline as intolerable as a beheading. During the last few months many journalists have raged against perceived excesses and moral lapses of the Indian government. In turn, the journalists have been criticised in the social media for their hypocrisy. Many historians have also piled on in [...]
Why is “Net Neutrality” important? In order to discuss this subject, one needs to understand just exactly what it is, as both sides in the debate are guilty of obfuscating what it means in order to promote their positions, both relying upon the same language of “Liberty” and “Freedom” to describe their respective views. For [...]
The Murder of 137 RSS Workers in Tamil Nadu Video By ‘Say No To Sold Media’ Follow on on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/SayNoToSoldMedia?__mref=message_bubble [...]
October 23, 2015
HHR
Archives, India
HENB | Kochi | Oct 16, 2015:: The 20th International Film Festival of Kerala being staged in Kerala has placed a ban on Sanskrit movie ‘Priyamanasam’. According to reports, the movie that was shortlisted was later omitted to suit the conveniences of certain individual interests and because the movie “showcased Hindu deities”. “Priyamanasam” is the third-ever Sanskrit full [...]
October 21, 2015
HHR
Archives, India
“The anti-Hindu Left retains a strong place in journalism and academia, which became entrenched during the long period of the Congress rule. We must remember that India’s Left holds positions far to the left of mainstream liberal political parties in the West, and uses the rhetoric of the communist era. The Left is upset that [...]
October 18, 2015
Vamadev Shastri
Analysis/Insights, Archives
‘Even if the media is partisan, the BJP, governing at the Centre, has the most to lose if India descends into widespread communal violence.’‘Fanning the flames either by vested political interests or by partisan reports only plays into the hands of those seek a conflagration,’ argues Sankrant Sanu.A recent article in the Washington Post leads [...]
October 9, 2015
HHR
Archives, India
“Succumbing to a colonial orientalist discourse rooted in Christianity, Ambedkar pleads for the eradication of all characteristics that distinguish the Hindu traditions from this religion. … Consequently, no matter what they may write about Hindu unity and such like, Ambedkar and his followers are advocating one simple message: Indian culture deserves destruction. … Our cultures and [...]
Among the many attacks on Hindus and Hinduism comes a whole movement to dissect away many Hindu practices like Yoga and now Tantra as ‘non’ Hindu . Dr Koenraad Elst debates with Dr Christopher Wallis on this dissection in the following interactions ‘ HHR editor > In the Indian media, I once saw a beginning [...]
August 28, 2015
Dr Koenraad Elst
Analysis/Insights
Definition of a Colonised Person A colonized person is a person who is disconnected from his or her Roots (History, Religion, Culture etc), they grow up watching, reading, consuming western content; In universities they study western philosophies, so they start looking at the world from the lenses of western world and western philosophers [...]
July 27, 2015
HHR
Analysis/Insights
On a spring day a long time ago, a hunter killed one of a pair of birds while in their courtship dance. Such cruelty said the sage Valmiki can only mean one thing. We are now bereft of values and social and ecological disaster looms for future generations. “Is there no one that is upright [...]
July 27, 2015
HHR
The Yoga Snatchers