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Hinduism

Tum bilkul hum jaisey nikley – Fahmida Riaz

by Raza Rumi

Guest Post by Raza Rumi After reading some of the recent posts and comments on the communal politics and the [ab]use of religion, I recalled an interesting article (published in the Hindustan Times November 2005) by Khushwant Singh entitled Voice of Sanity. The highlight of that piece was a translation of a poem by the [...]

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Revisiting Kabir – the Weaver, the Myth, the Master

by Raza Rumi

By Raza Rumi Do not go to the garden of flowers! O Friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty. (translation by Tagore) Fifteenth century India witnessed the coming of age of a process [...]

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The solutions,Story-IV

by Sharique

Part of share your story series. This comes from Soni. I’m from a orthodox Hindu brahmin family, studied in a Convent school and one of my very good friends in school was a Muslim. It was a paradox I lived with for all my childhood. The father’s side of the family are the BJP RSS [...]

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The solutions,Story-II

by Sharique

Part I of this This is an email I received after she read my blog posts. I think the first n foremost thing which we need is ‘self-recognition’. WHO ARE WE???? We are HUMAN-the best of all His creations and the first relationship we share with each other is that of humanity! Unfortunately people have [...]

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The solutions,Story-I

by Sharique

Please mail your stories to shaarique[at]gmail[dot]com After interacting with reader of this and my blog I have convinced myself that there exists a great divide between the 2 communities which needs to be bridged. And this divide exists because we don’t interact. We never discuss things openly. A Muslim’s perspective and an Hindu’s perspective remains [...]

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Is It ‘Hindu Terrorism’?

by Adnan Alavi

Two days back LTTE suicide bombers attacked a naval base in Sri Lanka killing at least 103 and injuring another 150, a news that did not find much prominence in our mainstream media. For decades LTTE (Tamil tigers who are Hindu) have killed thousands in the Buddhist majority island nation. The modern suicide bombings were [...]

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Gujarat Conversion Law Amended To Suit Jains!

by Adnan Alavi

Gujarat government has passed the amended anti-conversion law as per which Buddhists & Jains will now be treated as Hindus. It is aimed simply to please the prosperous Jains whose missionaries are converting tribals & other Hindus to Jain-fold. Saffronites don’t like conversion to Buddhism either but they have been added along with Jains to [...]

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Anand Math & Vande Matram – II

by Adnan Alavi

Do I feel good writing such pieces about Vande Matram (originally Bande Mataram in Bengali) or digging out passages from a controversial over-a-century-old novel? No, I hate doing it but every time I see debates on televisions and public fora where nobody just wants to listen to any other viewpoint and the anchors turn so [...]

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Anand Math Exposed – I

by Adnan Alavi

The cacophony over Vande Mataram has reached sickening levels & its time to dwell on intellectual dishonesty of politicians, ignorance of masses & shrewdness of BJP. If anybody has an iota of nationalism and respect towards our martyrs, this novel needs to be condemned in the harshest words. When thousands of Hindus and Muslims, as [...]

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And What Is My Issue With Vande Mataram?

by Mohib Ahmad

Vande Mataram issue is again hogging the limelight and political denominations of all hue are palnning to make a killing. I have nothing to say of them. Such people have been squarely criticized at this blog and elsewhere. For me the issue is that of an individual’s right to practise his religion and be a [...]

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