Continued Distortions of Hindutva: Clubbing Hindutva with Nazism, Fascism, and Phobia
Date: 29 May 2022 What is Hindutva? What is Hindu Rashtra? Several recent books, articles, and podcasts qualify as an ill-informed hate speech against Hindutva. Some of these detractors view VD Savarkar’s “Essentials of Hindutva”, published in 1923, as the foundation of Hindutva; some others view the texts of MS Golwalkar and others as the …
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Abhinav Gupta (~950 to ~1015 AD) – a Scholar from Kashmir
Date: 6 May 2022 The runaway success of “The Kashmir Files”, a movie based on real-life incidents concerning the plights of Kashmiri pandit community, has re-ignited debates and discussions centred on Kashmir in India and elsewhere. Maharajah Sir Hari Singh, the then ruler of Kashmir, signed the Instrument of Accession on 26th October 1947. As …
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The Lost Upanishad – Patanjali’s Book on Yoga
Date: 28 Feb 2022 Patanjali is one of the central figures in all yoga traditions. Well-documented evidence on his life does notexist but he possibly lived in the 2nd century BC. His “Yoga Sutra” has been a near inviolable foundationof yoga for several centuries. Yoga enthusiasts worldwide, especially the ones who are familiar with theasana …
Historical Evidence from 16th & 17th Centuries on the Gyanvapi Masjid
Date: 20 May 2022 This brief article aims to point out some factual inaccuracies and to fill in the gaps in the well-presented BBC article titled “Gyanvapi masjid: India dispute could become a religious flashpoint” that was published on May 18, 2022. The article states that “A 1991 law called the Places of Worship Act …
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