The Hindu Code of War Ethics and Jihad
A comparative analysis of the Hindu code of war ethics and the Islamic jihad
Hindu Ethics of War: A Gentle Introduction
A layman's introduction to the Hindu ethics of war
T M Krishna: The Musical Urban Naxal
What ails T M Krishna?Wrong question. The right answer: T M Krishna is himself an ailment. To those who have followed Thodur Madabussi Krishna’s musical career for a while, it’s evident that while his career’s metamorphosis has been along expected lines, it has reached its logical
Axing Sanatana Traditions One Judgement at a Time
Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka, Smt Jayamala must be a happy woman. Even as the toxic losers’ formula of 38 + 78 was concocted overnight by the destructive duo of the Congress and JD(S) in the recently concluded
Teaching Sanskrit to Children will Save our Languages and Hinduism
In his landmark and classic novel Roots, author Alex Haley traces his genealogy back to seven generations pegging his roots in The Gambia, West Africa. By all accounts, it’s the work of a lifetime, an outcome of deep passion for learning and embarking on both a personal and cultural
What Happens when a Hindu Temple is Destroyed
In the previous part of this series, we saw how Hindu temples show a remarkable sense of unbroken continuity and cultural unity in that they are still a living memory. The majestic Somanatha Devalaya that was rebuilt in 1951 is a superb testimony to this inherited knowledge-heritage, traditions, and
What is a Hindu Temple: A Brief Introduction
The conception, origin, evolution, and development of temples as physical, architectural, and later, artistic structures is perhaps as old as the dawn of human civilisation as we know it. Temples embody one of the finest, deepest, grandest, and most profound expressions of the Human Spirit of awe, wonderment, and a
Christianising Carnatic Classical Music: The Madras Enablers of Cultural Appropriation
And just as I had predicted, the Ideological Iyengar has exploded in his naked, phoney fury and revealed himself in full technicolour craziness. Don’t take my word for it. Check his own tweet. Thodur Madabusi Krishna’s metamorphosis from merely being an Ideological Iyengar to a cultural hoodlum is
The Shakespearean Mists that Cloud the Colonised Indian Elite
Apart from being a great leveller, social media like sunlight, is a great disinfectant. In the heydays of blogging, if you bluffed, you would be mercilessly called out but you had a safety valve of sorts: you could run, lick your wounds, hide, and hibernate for a while. Social media
Does Sanjay Leela Bhansali Have the Guts to tell the Full Story of Ala-ud-din Khilji?
And so it begins again. As the release date for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest opium-addled celluloid perversity approaches, all manner of politicisation has erupted once again. If Karni Sena’s preemptory antics are on the one side, its wealthy, celebrity Sepoy cousin, Devdutt Pattnaik is on the other.