Vedic thoughts on sacrificial slaughtering of animals
Recently a link was posted on Facebook condemning the scheduled sacrificial slaughtering of 20,000 buffaloes by Nepalese Hindus. It is as it is tragic that we slaughter animals for daily consumption...
View Articleभगवान के नाम पर
हमारी बिल्डिंग के कोम्पौंड के एक कोने में छोटा सा एक शिवलिंग हुआ करता था. जब भी बिल्डिंग के लोगों का कोई धार्मिक भाव उमड़ता था वो जाकर वहां पर फूल चढ़ा, पानी छिड़क, श्लोकों के नाम पर कुछ अनाप शनाप...
View ArticleNot everything supernatural is irrational
I wonder why some people feel it hard to believe Prahlad Jani’s claim that he hasn’t eaten or drunk for more than 80 years. It’s not like he’s saying he has flown to the moon and back a couple of...
View ArticleIs my terrorism better than your terrorism?
I was just now watching the weekly debate program on NDTV called “We the People”; due to its heavily tilted nature I don’t normally watch it but today I watched it (online) because Kanchan Gupta was...
View ArticleWhy Muslims feel that people resent them more
I was just reading this very well written article by a Muslim boy living and growing up in America. He has shared his feelings about how people’s attitude towards him and his religion changed after...
View ArticleRaising the finger
Editor arrested for ‘outraging Muslims’ – Asia, World – The Independent Reminds me of childhood story We had a storybook at home written by a Russian girl. We had its Hindi translation that mom must...
View ArticleThe French ban on the burqa
The French government recently banned Muslim women from wearing the niqab. Some Muslim baiters that I follow on Twitter were naturally upbeat about the entire thing: “these Muslims want their way...
View ArticleLopsided and stereotypical views on religion
Just read this well-written blog titled “Not just a Muslim” in which the writer writes about the difficulties she faces as a Muslim among her friends and colleagues. It’s not just Muslims that become...
View ArticleReligious identity and collateral violence
In the wake of the recent Sikh Gurudwara attack in America in which 6 people died and many left wounded (including a policeman) someone awhile ago commented, “Why do Sikhs have to grow long beards and...
View ArticleThis problem is not just particular to Muslims
I was just reading a heart-felt piece in the Tehelka magazine, regarding how Muslims are made to feel like outsiders, and worse, like traitors, in their own country. She recounts two incidents: Once...
View ArticleThe mystery that gods are
For the past couple of days we have been seeing the heartbreaking images of the Kedarnath temple totally decimated by the ongoing floods and landslides. More than 62,000 tourists and pilgrims are still...
View ArticleHindus don’t respect their religion much and hence this complex
While having breakfast my wife and I were discussing how Punjabis are always proud of their culture, their language and their religion, especially people who actually speak Punjabi on a day-to-day...
View ArticleWhat is this so-called “idea of India”?
What is your idea of India? The author of this article has an idea of India as, if you take it as face value, a pluralistic society where everybody gets his or her rights and a fair share of...
View ArticleWhy atheism doesn’t make sense to me
I’m not a religious person in the conventional sense. I’m not into rituals, I’m not into chanting of hymns or mantras on a regular basis and I can’t even remember the last time I visited a place of...
View ArticleMy thoughts on Bhagat Singh’s atheism and the perception of God in general
Quite a well-written essay by Bhagat Singh on why he was an atheist. Although now his arguments may seem clichéd (because we have come across such arguments against theism multiple times, especially...
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