Category: Dialogues
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Pioneering, Persecution, and Martyrdom
Part Four: Our Enemy’s Enemy is our Friend. Preface Prior to this article, I had written a three-part series following an extended dialogue with a young Christian whose father I had known even before he was born. After reading those articles and continuing our exchange, he raised a thoughtful question: To what extent are Christian…
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Enemy’s Enemy Is My Friend–Part Three: Conversion, Preservation and the Question of Accountability
Bringing the Three Parts Together The reflections presented across these three parts began with a specific and immediate concern—an experience of hostility, a question about its causes, and a search for possible ways forward. What initially appeared as a localized issue gradually opened into a wider inquiry into the relationship between religion, politics, and identity.…
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Our Enemy’s Enemy Is Our Friend—Two part article
This reflection began as a response to a message shared by an evangelical Christian, who sent a video highlighting instances of hostility faced by Christian communities in parts of North India. Along with the video, he raised a question: how can such hostility come to an end? He also wondered whether this reflects a broader…
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A Dialogue on Double Whammy Theology
Exclusivism Across Traditions Every faith tradition (sampradāya) carries its own form of exclusivism. Each claims to offer the only sure path to God, heaven, or mukti/moksha. Whether it is the pluralistic inclusivism of Hinduism or the pluralistic exclusivism of Christianity, this is the reality. What one sampradāya asserts as its exclusive siddhānta is mirrored by…
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Dialogue on Brahminism:Remembering Mithilanchal
Part One: Remembering Mithilanchal — Between Pride and Pressure A dialogue between A. Sinha and Swami Dayanand Bharati Sinha: I just returned from Mithilanchal. I met some Maithili Brahmins there—deeply rooted, proud of their culture, their language, their history. I could see something beautiful in how they celebrated their traditions—music, hospitality, ritual pride. Culture-making, in…
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Uniqueness of Muktinath: Exclusivism versus Inclusivism—A Dialogue
Uniqueness of Muktinath: Exclusivism versus Inclusivism—A Dialogue Dear Sir, I am quite astonished to see my brothers and sisters are able to accept Yesu Krist in this country. I would be happy if you could send all the possible materials regarding Yesu Krist and the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred song of Hindus. I would like…
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Ramayana Controversy
The recent controversy at Delhi University about removing Ramanujam’s scholarly paper on the many Ramayanas, reminds me of a heated dialogue I had with one young man in Delhi several years ago. I don’t want to share my views about the way Ramanujam’s paper was removed from the University syllabus here. My focus is on the controversial…
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Krishna and Christ
Krishna and Christ Dear Sir, I am quite astonished to see my brothers and sisters are able to accept Yesu Krist in this country. I would be happy if you could send all the possible materials regarding Yesu krist in and of Bhagavad Gita; the sacred song of Hindus. I would like to explore more…
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Issues [ofte] Confronting us
Issues [often] Confronting us. Sri A. Abraham Joshi asked a good question about my philosophy of mandali, so I chose this forum to articulate it, since this question about our bhakti confronts us again and again. I have nothing to say about the Christian Church. They need it for their identity and to meet all…
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Obstacle to God:Part Two
To begin with a positive note, I agree with the author that it should be ‘Shu’ and not ‘Su’. This could be a typo error which I failed to notice. Next is the mistake that the author has pointed out, he technically separated the word as Shukla + Ambara+ dharam. But my purpose of sending…