Becoming Hindu and Muslims-Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal 1342-1905 by Saumya Dey has been published by Munshiram Manoharial Publishers Pvt.Ltd and is available on Amazon. Introduction ...

Christian, Muslims and Urban Naxals have united to attack and defame Sabarimala. Beneficiaries of the erstwhile UPA rule are also involved in this attack.

Śrīharṣa is simply interested in openness, not just about the categories for their reliance on system of justification, but also in the very system that confirms the existence of those categories and ...

The abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India by the Hon’ble Home Minister of India, Shri Amit Shah last month has sparked number of debates, the most prominent of them being what shall ...

The Gotra indicates the chief clan to which an individual belongs. Further within a Gotra, there exists many ‘Pravaras’ or ‘sub-lineages’. Both the Gotra and Pravara are identified with Rishis who ...

Sati: Evangelicals, Baptist Missionaries, and the Changing Colonial Discourse by Meenakshi Jain (Amazon India, Amazon) In many ways this book documents the birth of atrocity literature and its first ...

Jauhar-Shaka is one ritual that epitomizes heroism, defiance and conjugal love in the face of brutal onslaughts on Rajput kingdoms.

The purpose of this paper is to present the general framework of Hinduism to develop our understanding of its nature and core principles.

The illusory nature of ābhāsa is consistently found in both Buddhist sources and Advaita literature, where this term refers to a product of ignorance which is caused due to one's mental impressions.

In the perspective of Sanatana Dharma, possession in its true scope and origin is not only a fundamental theological mechanism, but also an indicator of liberation and enlightenment.

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the Vedas and the Upanishads (called Shrutis) to develop our understanding of the core message of these texts.

First part of four-part Article series celebrating the integrity of Surya Namaskara as an ancient practice of India.