Of the thousands of sites, Hindus have long asked for three most important ones — Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura — to be returned to them. This is not a big demand Pic…
Intolerance Towards the ‘Other’: Political Violence in Bengal Points to a Larger Problem
When an ideology of exclusive belief which basically implies ideas like ‘we are going to heaven, others are going to hell,’ splinters, each part exhibits the same antipathy towards the ‘other’ Pic:…
India’s High Marriage Age Victimizes Tribal and Rural Communities
India’s high marriage rage victimizes tribal and rural communities, it shouldn’t raise the age of marriage further The government a few months ago announce a “review” panel for deciding the legal age…
Ill- Advised Move to Further Raise Marriageable Age of Girls
Among the many announcements made by Prime Minister Modi, in his August 15, 2020 speech, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the one regarding the Government’s determination to raise the “age…
हम भी देखेंगे Ham bhi dekhenge
हम भी देखेंगे हम देखेंगेविधिवत है हम भी देखेंगेवो युग कि जिसका वादा हैजो वेद-पुराण में साधा हैकलियुग के दानव दहशतगर्दमाया की तरह उड़ जाएँगे धर्म वीरों के पाँव तलेये धरती धड़-धड़…
Draft Freedom of Religion Act for Indigenous Traditions
An act providing the freedom of religion for all communities and the freedom to practice their traditions without interference or unsolicited proselytization. For a background on how “Freedom of Religion” differs for…
Sabarimala verdict is flawed in many ways
Hindu women devotees are not relieved, but distressed by the judgment. If so, who exactly did the Supreme Court provide relief to? Who is celebrating this judgment, asks Sankrant Sanu. Let us…
A tale of two men: A misogynist pig and the first feminist
Two men[i]. Two different scholarly readings. The first man A Crown Prince. Later a King. He vowed to be a one-woman man, have only his one beloved wife as his Queen though…
Westernization, sin and sexuality
As Indian films and television increasingly show sexual content there are plenty of commentators extolling this as progress in catching up with the “sexually liberated” West. But is the West truly sexually…
Sati and Atrocity Narrative for the Civilizing Mission
Colonial accounts of Indian Society created a narrative of “oppression” and justified the White Man’s rule as necessary for civilizing the natives. The threads of this run parallel to the missionary narrative…