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Imagine this: A professor at a major university in Mumbai calls an Abrahamic Religion "a social system designed to perpetuate inequality." The backlash is swift and severe. Career over. Now imagine the same professor makes this exact statement about Hinduism. The result? Tenure track promotion and speaking invitations.
A silent epidemic seems to be reshaping the landscape of human psychology: discontentment. It knows no boundaries. It is everywhere, at work and at home, in our relationships and routines, in classrooms and boardrooms, and even in the private spaces of our hearts. When did we become a world so
We are told that India threw off the colonial yoke in 1947, built a vibrant democracy, and developed an independent press that speaks truth to power. We love telling ourselves this story. It makes us feel good about our post-colonial journey, our intellectual evolution, our hard-won sovereignty. Except—It'
When Bengal and Bihar fell under the rule of the East India Company in 1765, it became difficult for the British to administer the Hindu law of inheritance. Thus, in 1765, Manusmriti, previously considered the authoritative base of Indian justice, was translated into English as ‘A Code of Gentoo Law’
We are told that as Hindus, we must focus on universal brotherhood because all paths lead to the divine. Thus we should not create animosity where there is opportunity for dialogue. Which means not discussing documented temple demolitions. No dates, no locations or archaeological evidence shall be mentioned because it
I had not expected that grief would be so disorienting. The experts speak of 'stages'—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—as if loss was a metro line with clearly marked stops. They do not mention that you will Google 'how to feel normal again' at 3
To all the parents offended by the title, brace yourselves—I am going to be offending you even more. My question to every Hindu parent reading this is: what have you done with your children? No, seriously—what? Let me share a story that explains my concern." I studied
The bhakta creates the god. When someone has a profound spiritual experience, they generate divine presence through the intensity of their devotion. The god doesn't exist first, waiting to be discovered. The god emerges from the devotional attention itself. Watch a devotee in deep bhakti toward Ishvara. That
Dear Hindu Atheists, What the hell are you actually doing? Seriously. I need to understand the mental gymnastics required to be born into the only religious tradition in human history that literally has a place for atheists and still feel the need to reject it entirely. It's like
To every Hindu teenager reading this, you know there is a leftist in you. He sips his matcha and asks you to question the Right-Winged government for breathing. He also asks you to stand up for the second largest majority in the country, which is also somehow oppressed. He asks
Nowadays, some "well-meaning" persons are repeating the rhetoric that Sri Krishna's teachings are "universal" and so his connection to India is just cultural packaging we should look past. They take Sri Krishna's wisdom, file off all the "cultural stuff," and
Editorial
Tell me if you nod along with any of this: Pakistan is a struggling democracy, victim of colonial legacy, fighting terrorism while managing complex regional dynamics. Western foreign policy experts make sense when they talk about "strategic partnerships." Indian liberals have a point about "people-to-people connections"
Thought
August 15th is not a day for celebration. It's a day for paying attention. We turn 1947 into a morality play—bad people did bad things, good people tried their best, everyone learned important lessons about tolerance. Case closed, problem solved. Except we are ignoring the instruction manual
Editorial
Dear defender of the faith. You think you're seeking truth, don't you? You've got your worldview all mapped out—your beliefs about God, politics, human nature, whatever gets you through the day. You've built yourself a nice little ideological fortress, and you
Itihas
This is a story of one of the many betrayals that our community i.e. the Kashmiri Hindus faced. The story of how Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, watched silently, enabled the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus as we were driven out of our homes, and
If you actually look at how wealth moved through Hindu societies, you find something that doesn't fit the usual categories i.e capitalism, socialism, feudalism etc. No slavery. No serfdom. No systematic extraction of tribute from conquered peoples. Every other major civilization we know of today was built
Editorial
Dear atheists. I get it. I really do. You figured out Santa Claus was not real around age eight, and you've been applying that same ruthless logic to everything since. God? Mythology. Soul? Brain chemistry. Meaning? Human construct. Purpose? Evolutionary accident. You've stripped away the comforting
Decolonize
The pattern is everywhere once you start looking. Indian "progressives" erupt over century old colonial atrocities in Canada. Land acknowledgments get retweeted. Cultural genocide gets named and shamed. The civilizing mission gets exposed for what it was—systematic destruction dressed up as salvation. Then silence. Complete radio silence
Dharma
When it comes to Hindu philosophy there's no such thing as separation. At least, not in the way we typically think about it. You, me, that tree outside your window, the argument you had with your neighbor last Tuesday—all of it threads through the same cosmic fabric.
Editorial
People without roots don't fight back. That's why they cut yours. You think losing your culture happened naturally? You think forgetting your family's stories, abandoning your traditions, and feeling ashamed of your ancestors' ways is just "progress"? Wake up. This was
Decolonize
Your friend mentions she's finally reading the Bhagavad Gita. You ask what sparked the interest. "Oh, this professor at NYU kept referencing it in her philosophy course. Made it sound so profound." But she's Hindu. Born in Delhi. Grew up with these stories. Yet
Thought
The political landscape is a dynamic canvas, perpetually reshaped by the currents of public opinion and the tectonic shifts of societal evolution. While there are various ways for change to occur, including the use of force, the most subtle procedure would be that of swaying public opinion. It is the
Itihas
The Kashmiri Hindu genocide and exodus of 1990 easily remains one of India's most under-reported and under-acknowledged tragedies. The trauma of this tragedy haunts generations. And what's perhaps worse than the violence itself is how our story has been marginalized, politicized, pushed to the sidelines, and