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Should we just blindly assume RSS to be Criminal and BJP to be Communal?
Congress Party’s Chief Barking Officer Digvijay SIngh has a unique plan to hit two birds with one stone.
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How Evangelists Rip Rich and Composite Cultures apart to plant Exclusive and Sick Mindsets
“Many Catholic women like to celebrate Teej in Nepal but I did not fast as the Hindu faith directs.
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Nayantara’s Conversion to Hinduism Opens up Questions on Conversions in India: A Complete Perspective
There is buzz around in the Cineworld on the conversion of the popular SOuth Indian actress, Nayantara (born Diana Mariam Kurien) from Christianity to Hinduism.
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Politicisation of Art: Indian Artists boycotting Israeli Art Show
Targeting the Jews and Israel, internationally (and Hindus within India) is a favorite pass time of most “intellectuals” and “liberals”.
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Reclaiming Hindutva: It will Need a Fight to the Core!
Hindutva as a word has been abused in the recent years – both, by those who run it down and those who want to assert it.
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Osama has bin laden!
Pardon the pun, but he is laid to rest.
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How Evangelist Forces Completely Annihilated the Druids in Ireland
Bryan McMohan has an interesting game for his Indian guests in the motel in County Kerry in Ireland. He starts humming an Irish folk tune and then stops.
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Padded Bras, Perky Breasts and Islam: Government of Pakistan body protests against padded bras!
Zakir Naik – the very popular Islamic authority and speaker from India – has a great business idea for Pakistan. He wants the Government of Pakistan to fund research for Shariah-Compliant Bras.
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Farce of Stone Pelters of Kashmir
Kashmir and the situation there – all the way from how it is articulated to how it is portrayed and to how it is handled – is full of hypocrisy and wreaks of nauseating cliches with no basis in facts.
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Shahi Imam Bukhari erupts at questioning on evidence of King Dashrath as Ayodhya land owner pre-1528
On Thursday, Mohammed Abdul Waheed Chisti, a reporter with a local Urdu daily came to a conference of Shahi Imam of the Delhi Jama Masjid, Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari and posed a simple question that K
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Walking into a Mosque over Ancient Temple entails a Price for Our Future
Over the last few weeks, a lot of discussion has happened around the Ayodhya verdict and how demolition of the Ram Temple by Babar and the the subsequent situations that developed over the years.
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Lord Ram as Juristic Person and Legal History of Religious Juristic Persons
One of the interesting parts of the Ayodhya verdict was declaring Lord Ram – the deity of Ram Janmabhoomi temple – as a “Juristic Person”.
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Ram Janmabhoomi Verdict
The verdict for the Ram Janmabhoomi High Court case is out.
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A Tale of the Two 911s in US
911′s have a strange tryst with US.
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Losing religion is inconsequential; Look for yourself
I read Purba’s self analyzing post “Losing My Religion” with a lot of interest.
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Thank Goodness Ramadan is over!
Ramadan 2001, Iran, Tehran
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Hindu in my veins
I grew up in the communist state of West Bengal. The only religion that the state advocated was loyalty to the Party.
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Today’s updates from Deganga
Interestingly the background of the situation in Bengal got coverage on Fox News with the serious comment that had not happened in any of the Indian media.
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Updates from Deganga: Fury Continues despite Army and RAF
In absence of credible and honest reporting from the national media, we have to rely on the people who are “on the ground” in Deganga. Here are some of the filings done from there this morning.
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Another one bites the dust
Adulteress to lover while enjoying post-coital smoke: “My entire life is a lie, and you are the only truth”.
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Muslims run rampage in Deganga, WB during Ramadan
I have an issue with the national press of India. They are biased and politically correct to the point of criminality.
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Astronomical Proof of the Mahabharata War and Shri Krishna: Part II
In the last article, we have established that 1) The Mahabharata war took place starting on November 6, 3126 BCE, and 2) Shri Krishna died and the Kaliyuga started on February 18, 3102 BCE.
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Astronomical Proof of the Mahabharata War and Shri Krishna: Part I
Why one more date based on the astronomical evidence quoted from the Mahabharata? I have made this effort for the following reasons:
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Kafir-ology, Pakistan, and Mankind
Tarek Fatah, a leading Pakistani journalist, who lives in Canada wrote a note on his wall titled “Why are most terrorists Pakistani? An insight into the Pakistanis’ obsession with ‘Kaafirs’”.
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Zakaria’s GPS: Moderate and Fanatic Islam
Generally speaking, I like Fareed Zakaria’s GPS program aired on CNN every Sunday. He addresses issues which are important with a depth that others don’t.
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Bigotry in the name of Secularism
To understand how blatant bigotry is perpetuated in the name of “Secularism”, here is a news article which does a great job.
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Let us drive or we give our breasts to foreign drivers: Saudi women
In a recent ruling, the Saudi clerics had declared that women workers cannot work with men.
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Caribbean PM’s oath on Gita and the future of Hinduism
Interestingly, Kamla Persad-Bisssessar – the new and first female elected Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobaggo has done a first of sorts.
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Americans and the Christ
An interesting poll from Pew Research Center says that 40% Americans expect Jesus to return to the earth in the next 40 years (by 2050).
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Indo-Pak partition, religions and the Minds
On my friend Ali Chisti’s wall, was posted this scene from Krantiveer.
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Loan Waiver Scheme for Christian Converts: State-Sponsored Conversions by Kerala State Govt.
If one wanted to see state sponsored Conversion to Christianity in India, one would find a glowing example in Kerala.
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Sri Sri Ravishankar on the “Bullet incident”
Although, the interviewer could have done a better job at asking questions and been a little more probing and been more articulate, but Sri Sri’s answers were well articulated.
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Saudi clerics call for Adult BreastFeeding for Co-Workers
Adult breastfeeding has been a controversial topic. It has again been raised by the Saudi clerics who have issued a Fatwa.
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Curious case of Sri Sri’s assassination attempt
One was shocked when the report of assassination attack on Sri Sri Ravishankar came in. He is someone who has, at the very least, promoted goodwill and well being of people on a global scale.