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Ramesh Rao

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Ramesh Rao, Professor and Chair, DN3 Program, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, is the author of two books on Indian politics and society and has written numerous op-eds for newspapers and magazines in India, the U.S., and the U.K. Ramesh served as Human Rights Coordinator and Executive Council member at the Hindu American Foundation between 2004-2013. He spent the first twenty-eight years of his life in India where he worked as a bank officer, a school teacher, and a copy editor. He received his MS in Mass Communication from the University of Southern Mississippi, and his PhD in Communication from Michigan State University. He taught at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO, and Longwood University in Farmville, VA, before he joined Columbus State University. He lives with wife Sujaya, and son Sudhanva in Columbus, GA.

Works by Ramesh Rao

What Does the Election of Indian PM Narendra Modi Mean for...

Ramesh Rao | August 06, 2014

If Modi gets to be Prime Minister for two terms (ten years), India may yet turn the......

Tyagaraja: The Poet Saint

Ramesh Rao | February 17, 2014

Tyagaraja's music is indeed divine, and he not only wrote lovingly about his chosen......

Saint, Mystic, Nihilist, or Charlatan?

Ramesh Rao | January 26, 2014

I realized that cults were cults, however smart the followers, and however sophisticated......

Religious Pluralism: The Key to Overcoming Global Conflict...

Ramesh Rao | January 06, 2013

Those who assert that their religious faith is the only one that paves the way to God......

Imperialist Goals Masked in the Garb of Religious Freedom

Ramesh Rao | August 05, 2012

Existing rhetoric about religious freedom in India may indicate a colonial, imperialist......

Reincarnation or Punar-Janma: What Evidence, to What End?

Ramesh Rao | June 26, 2012

We need to be more diligent and creative in our explorations of the many ways in which......

Effulgent Light of the Radiant Sun

Ramesh Rao | April 17, 2012

The one, true goal of Mantra Yoga is the unfolding of our spiritual and real self....

Sadhguru: Version 2

Ramesh Rao | March 07, 2012

Sadhguru may be "a strange man," but is he for real?...

Gurus Wear Different Garb

Ramesh Rao | February 14, 2012

Different class, caste, ethnic, linguistic, regional, cultural, and educational......

The Bhagavad Gita's True Intent

Ramesh Rao | January 16, 2012

Read the Bhagavad Gita carefully, thoughtfully, fully and come to understand the......

A Sense of Place

Ramesh Rao | January 03, 2012

Radhanath Swami's journey invites us all into the search....

Of "Tears of Bliss"

Ramesh Rao | December 06, 2011

A modern Lord Shiva loves the Goddess Parvati and together they develop the Santosh Puri......

Now It Is the Turn of the Hindus

Ramesh Rao | November 17, 2011

Political campaigns can play on the ignorance of the voters....

The Land of the Luminous Smile

Ramesh Rao | October 17, 2011

This is but the story and the struggles of all of us, given our own karmas, samskaras,......

Sadhus: India's Wandering Monks

Ramesh Rao | September 25, 2011

There is absolutely no place on earth that can match India as a destination for those......

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