Drishtikone Newsletter #352: Assault on Rushdie and Belief systems
Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York for his book "The Satanic Verses". Its a Doctrinal war. We look at it from a Dharmic versus Hindu perspective. A different take.
Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #323 - A Living Hindu is a Threat to Humanity!
Latest chapter in a continuing genocide of Hindus buried by orchestrated "Hindu fundamentalist" campaign full of innuendos, lies and curated anecdotes. One-World-Order is ready for blood of Pluralism.
Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #319 - Manusmriti, Varnas, and Colonial Experiments
Artificial barriers to even study and reflect were installed for the objective of dominance and subjugation. A bastardized version of our heritage was acceptable. And we faltered. A very deep look!
Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #317 - Decoding Hindu Scriptures and 'Caste'
Who is a Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, or Shudra? Are they levels within a society? Or components that define existence? What does Manusmriti and Gita say?
Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #316 - Unpacking Caste System - 1
We are being defined and cast in a way and every word, every narrative we consume reinforces that. It is not merely an analytical observation anymore, it is tool of power. Caste System. A series.
Moral Ethics and the Quantum Mind
The real utility of Moral ethics is for the times when one faces choices that
are repugnant. In normal times, there is not much morality to exercise.
Western moral constructs need crutches of theories and pre-determined ideas to
make decisions when situations are not straight-forward. Morality, therefore,
depends on edicts
The Fallacy of Objectivity
While trying to salvage a losing argument, a friend threw ad-hominems at me
challenging my “objectivity”. Before I could respond, he went away fuming after
having pronounced himself as objective, balanced, and the rest of such
adjectives and thrown me into the pits of “subjective, biased” views.
Interesting how objectivity