Just as there is no separate Christian science and Hindu science and Muslim science, there is just science, there is just yoga. The enlightened masters themselves did not bind their teachings in…
Author: Sankrant Sanu
Why is social media criticising Indian mainstream media: the Presstitutes Controversy
“You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts.” Attributed to US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Gen. V K Singh’s appellation of “presstitutes” in a Tweet caused…
No, Christians are not persecuted in India
‘India has always been a land of acceptance of diversity. But if the evangelical activities continue unabated, there is no doubt this will cause a backlash.’ ‘One exclusive ideology begets another. The…
Cultural stereotypes, rapes, and German cannibalism
Note: I posted the following letter on Twitter, as a satirical response to stereotyping about Indian men by a German professor, who was supported by German media. Disclaimer: This is satire about…
Killing the feminine: Misogyny in Christianity
“She can show you the world we come from. There’s no green there. They killed their Mother, and they’re gonna do the same thing here.” From the movie, Avatar. “The Father, the Son, and…
Call out Muslim Phobia, debunk Islamophobia
The attacks in Paris on Charlie Hebdo bring to a fore fault lines in Europe. It has fuelled a European right that is calling for bans on Muslim immigrants. A major French…
Rape in India – Why it becomes a worldwide story
[Plight of Indian women is a marketing tool for the Global evangelical movement.] Rape is a terrible crime, a case where the victims are overwhelmingly women and the perpetrators overwhelmingly men. Every…
Commercial MNCs are checked, so why not religious MNCs?
Anti-conversion laws are needed since thrusting the idea of a competitive battlefield of religion onto India’s pluralistic traditions can only lead to greater communal conflict, argues Sankrant Sanu. The debate on conversion…
RTE Act is destructive and communal
[India needs a decentralised education model that does not impose city standards on schools in villages and tribal areas.] “India is more illiterate than it was fifty or a hundred years…
Narendra Modi reawakens India to its ancient civilizational tryst
(This article appeared in the souvenir released at Madison Square Garden for Prime Minister Modi’s visit. Emphases added) When Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi gave his first speech in parliament he spoke of…