Category: With Hindus
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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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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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Gita and Muktiveda
The Gita and the Muktiveda Dialogue with SS I have lots of questions inside me and I so want to know more about God and the truth. I am going to be very frank with you…Please guide me through and forgive me, if I write something wrong and teach me out of it. … In…
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Debated Dialogue
Debated DialogueBefore sharing the dialogue, I need to explain why I gave the title tothis as ‘Debated Dialogue.’ Dialogue is rightly called ‘samvad’ (sam
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Pluralism versus Universalism
PLURALISM is the REALITY in life and UNIVERSALISM always remains a utopian ideal however it seems to look good for humanity. And the Indian reality is: UNITY in DIVERSITY and not UNIFORMITY…. Whichever meets the felt needs of the people—physical, mental, moral, social, and spiritual, alone will appeal to them, however it might look immature…
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Sivam and Renunciation
Already we met Sri Suki Sivam in another article [ ], where I mentioned that he is a reputed orator in Tamilnadu. Already I pointed out that though he is a highly scholarly person who can present his view very clearly in convincing terms. However, one problem with him which I cannot agree with is…
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America Anjaneya.
On 7th July 2013 in Vijay TV ‘NeeyaNaya’ program the growing importance of learning English and diminishing the need of Tamil among the young generation was discussed in length. The students shared about the pressure from their parents, school and relatives to learn English more than Tamil, the parents shared about the need of English…