Analysis/Insights

Dear Mr Advani When I started reporting in India in the early eighties, I had the same ideas as most western journalists : secularism, as practiced by Jawarlahal Nehru, was the best policy for India, given its caste and religion differences; Islam was a peaceful religion; and there were also Hindu fanatics. But, dear Mr [...]

In western developed countries the very idea of Christianity standing up for secularism would be laughed off as part of some stand-up comedy act. But in India this is in fact the macabre reality. Here the Church claims to be standing up for secular ideas against the threat of Hinduism. This should really come as [...]

Dr. Sanjay Kadlimatti shares his insight about the Health Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods Namaste Dear friends PLEASE take few minutes to read this and wake up for ourselves and our future generation!!! It is said that “We are what we Eat”. Do anyone of us (in India at-least) know what we are eating? Think [...]

I was raised as a Roman Catholic in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, which was for centuries a Catholic frontline region against Protestant Holland and Masonic-secularist France, and a top-ranking provider of missionaries. One of my uncles is a missionary in Brazil, another was a parish priest in Antwerp until his death. We were [...]

Many people have heard about the Kama sutra, but generally the ideas that circulate are rather distorted, vague and confused by ignorance and prejudice. [...]

Meditation may help with PTSD, but some yogis are dismayed that their peace-loving practice is now turned to combat training . Is yoga just for suburban baby-boomers and urban stress junkies seeking a hipper way to stay youthful and fit? Not if a growing number of yoga fanatics inside the US military get their way. [...]

Hindu images have been used for every sort of commercialism, from being put on shoes in France to even toilet seats in the US. Hindu sacred chants have been used as the background for erotic scenes in modern movies. Yet it was only after making significant protests that Hindu concerns have even registered in the [...]

Four young American women turn up at a Hindu temple confused with questions about Hinduism but end up even more confused by the looks of it. But the video should be watched because this is very typical with 99 percent of Hindus especially running temples when they try to explain hinduism to non Hindus when [...]

How to deal with clever Christian missionaries During the ongoing commemoration in 2007 of the abolition of the slave trade in the British empire (1807) was used by Christian missionary circles as an occasion for Hindu-bashing through the theme of caste oppression as a still-existing form of slavery.  Hindu polemicists typically react by highlighting the [...]

Caste discrimination has now been included as a provision within the Equality Act. At the outset there may seem nothing objectionable in this. But scratch the surface and a sinister agenda emerges. The prime movers behind the new laws are not actually those suffering from caste discrimination but in fact a powerful well funded apparatus [...]