Articles with tag: hinduism
Are the Converted Tribals Really Hindu?
Murad A Baig Oct 16, 2008 interacts: 450Several reports confirm that many tribals have cynically accepted the tonsuring of their hair and the mouthing of Vedic prayers as a small price to pay to get back to their villages.
Were Buddhists and Jains Persecuted in Ancient India?
Murad A Baig May 26, 2008 interacts: 415Many genuinely believe that Hinduism had always been a tolerant religion that assimilated other peoples and ideas without bloody conflict.
I Spy Hindutva
Vaibhav Jain May 5, 2008 interacts: 137Attempts have been made to 'saffronize' at both the ground level (by editing textbooks) and by challenging conclusions of scholars who have attempted to rewrite history.
How did Hindus Become Vegetarians?
Murad A Baig Feb 29, 2008 interacts: 346The Rigveda, as one of India’s earliest texts, gives numerous examples of meat eating with verses giving clear instructions on how to slaughter, cook, cut and distribute
What is Hinduism? A Personal View
Dost Mittar Jan 24, 2008 interacts: 362There is no word in the Indian native languages for Religion, or its Arabic equivalent, Madhab. It is commonly and erroneously translated as “Dharma�.
Periyar An Iconoclast and a Reformer
Shantanu Dutta Sep 20, 2007 interacts: 15Dr. Ambedkar found his answers (to caste problem) in Buddhism, Periyar felt the answer lay in humanism and he became progressively an atheist and a rationalist.
Has Hinduism had the Longest Tradition of Continuous Religion?
Murad A Baig Sep 7, 2006 interacts: 345Hinduism, as generally practiced in India today, is very different to the forms of religion of earlier times. In the beginning, as in all religions, this tradition was oral but put to writing from about the time of Christ.
God in Vedas and Upanishads
Sushil Bhatnagar Jun 1, 2006 interacts: 201Indian philosophical thought can be generally divided in two divergent currents. One having its source in the Vedas and the other independent of it.
Lesbians vs. Gays vs. Hinduism vs. Modernity?
Farzana Versey Jun 21, 2004 interacts: 212The only reason I am glad about the Girlfriend ’outing’ is because it concerns women. Lesbians have always been the secondary sex among gays. Patriarchy, even of the limp-wristed kind, still rules.
