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“Its enough! I am returning THE Taj Mahal!”

This is the season of Award Wapasi. Everyone is returning whatever award they can dust off from their closet to return to someone. Doesn’t matter who they return to as long as someone in the media covers it. Some have even gone to the studio with signed UNADDRESSED checks

Dharmic Activism and Work without Proper Spiritual Foundation is Dangerous!

Given how things are as dice is cast against one religious group by the media, the “Secularists” and the foreign forces, it is imperative that Hindus also find their expression. Expression to speak up against the intolerance that has been going on for many decades – starting from the colonial era

Why Indian Secularism is a Euphemism for Hinduphobia

Last week, on October 26th, a bunch of upstarts from Hanuman Sena got together and organized a Pork festival [http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Pork-Fest-Organisers-Booked/2015/10/26/article3097402.ece] at the Malabar Christian College. Police swooped in and arrested 50 Sena activists including the state president, vice-president and

Karwa Chauth: Why this celebration of love is so powerful

Karwa Chauth: Why this celebration of love is so powerful

Whenever anyone has broken the boundaries that come with the limitations of mind and body, what s/he does is in the realm of miracles for the normal people who are defined by those limitations. When Roger Bannister ran the under 4 minute mile for the first time, defying his

Why Karwa Chauth? – Touching the field beyond right and wrong-doing

Whenever anyone has broken the boundaries that come with the limitations of mind and body, what s/he does is in the realm of miracles for the normal people who are defined by those limitations. When Roger Bannister ran the under 4 minute mile for the first time, defying his

Autorickshaws: Amazing Rides and Engaging Drivers

Auto-rickshaws are a common sight in many many developing countries. For those who are from India, they know that a “rick” is a life-saver. There are many names for a rickshaw – three-wheeler, samosa, tempo, tuk-tuk, trishaw, autorick, or even bajaj (after the company which makes the most popular version in

The Phony Cacophony of Our Hashtag Morality

Political correctness is shrill these days. The faux morality on display is created by media. Media, which wants attention, even when there is not enough merit, plays up sides and two positions. This or That. There are no greys and there are no go-betweens. There is no such thing as