A Point of View
Today is Basant Panchami - the day traditionally marked as the first day of spring. It is that period of time when the world is so very beautiful, that love blooms…..
The Siva Mahapuran describes the first day of spring as the time when the God of Love Kamdev shoots his passion filled darts at Shankara [...]
This from CNN IBN
Britain’s first state-funded Hindu school has come up with a unique definition of ‘practising Hindus’ as part of its admissions policy — those who pray daily, do voluntary work at temples, follow a vegetarian diet and abstain from intoxication.
My brothers and I would manage 25%. My mother , would get 75% , [...]
Mumbai gets geared to welcome its favorite deity. Over the decades it has moved from being a Maharashtrian festival to something lots of others follow. This Ganpati is made almost in the style of Srinivasa of Tirupati - check out the tilak on the forehead, and the adornment at the back. This time [...]
….asked SR yesterday …… theoretically, he added rapidly. And given that he keeps accusing me of being theoretical (and I suppose that i am) - i was surprised.
Lots’ of things, i said. Theoretically of course.
At the core there is my family culture - whatever is my family’s padati (traditions) and customs.
Then comes that defined by [...]
January Second, at about 5 a.m. on a cold desert’s winter morning, we drove down from Jaipur to Pushkar. It was my unlce’s 7th death anniversary, and my aunt wanted to offer prayers for his soul. The predominant colours along the journey were earths, a smattering of green and blues. Very few other colours [...]
With defenders like this, Islam does not need any enemies!
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organisation of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a web forum saying the pontiff and the west were “doomed”. The message, the authenticity of which could not be immediately verified, said: “We shall [...]
I have been following Pope Benedict utterances on Islam in various media. His seeming endorsement of the view that Islam spread through the sword, had some of us across the world choking with anger, many of us choking with the sheer embarassment of a Head of State being an utter idiot, and some others [...]
This series is about the disappearance of something - religious faith. Its the story of what is often referred to as athiesm - the history of the growing convinction that God does not exist….
Thus begins the 3 part BBC series - the Brief History of Disbelief. Worth watching.
Its’ primarily the story of disbelief in a [...]
Saturday, Ganesh Temple, Prabhadevi - on route to college. That day we were favoured with blue skies - haven’t seen blue in the sky for so long. Today is the start of Ganpati - a 9 day long festivity dedicated to the incredibly adorable elephant God. Dad, JD, Rani and I travelled [...]
If a Muslim Nutcase can put a price of 51 crores on the Danish cartoonist, can the Hindu nuts be far behind? The Hindu Personal Law Board (wtf is that ) has put a price of Rs.51 crores on M.F.Hussain’s head. three questions here.
where the hell did the? Hindu Personal Law board [...]
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