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December 2010

December 28, 2010

Farce of Stone Pelters of Kashmir

Kashmir and the situation there - all the way from how it is articulated to...

October 2010

October 16, 2010

Shahi Imam Bukhari erupts at questioning on evidence of King Dashrath as Ayodhya land owner pre-1528

On Thursday, Mohammed Abdul Waheed Chisti, a reporter with a local Urdu daily came to...

October 08, 2010

Walking into a Mosque over Ancient Temple entails a Price for Our Future

Over the last few weeks, a lot of discussion has happened around the Ayodhya verdict...

October 01, 2010

Lord Ram as Juristic Person and Legal History of Religious Juristic Persons

One of the interesting parts of the Ayodhya verdict was declaring Lord Ram - the...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

Ram Janmabhoomi Verdict

The verdict for the Ram Janmabhoomi High Court case is out.

September 26, 2010

A Tale of the Two 911s in US

911's have a strange tryst with US.

September 21, 2010

Losing religion is inconsequential; Look for yourself

I read Purba's self analyzing post "Losing My Religion" with a lot of interest.

September 20, 2010

Thank Goodness Ramadan is over!

Ramadan 2001, Iran, Tehran

September 15, 2010

Hindu in my veins

I grew up in the communist state of West Bengal. The only religion that the...

September 11, 2010

Today’s updates from Deganga

Interestingly the background of the situation in Bengal got coverage on Fox News with the...

September 09, 2010

Updates from Deganga: Fury Continues despite Army and RAF

In absence of credible and honest reporting from the national media, we have to rely...

September 08, 2010

Another one bites the dust

Adulteress to lover while enjoying post-coital smoke: "My entire life is a lie, and you...

September 08, 2010

Muslims run rampage in Deganga, WB during Ramadan

I have an issue with the national press of India. They are biased and politically...

September 04, 2010

Astronomical Proof of the Mahabharata War and Shri Krishna: Part II

In the last article, we have established that 1) The Mahabharata war took place starting...

September 01, 2010

Astronomical Proof of the Mahabharata War and Shri Krishna: Part I

Why one more date based on the astronomical evidence quoted from the Mahabharata? I have...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Kafir-ology, Pakistan, and Mankind

Tarek Fatah, a leading Pakistani journalist, who lives in Canada wrote a note on his...

August 09, 2010

Zakaria’s GPS: Moderate and Fanatic Islam

Generally speaking, I like Fareed Zakaria's GPS program aired on CNN every Sunday. He addresses...

July 2010

July 05, 2010

Bigotry in the name of Secularism

To understand how blatant bigotry is perpetuated in the name of "Secularism", here is a...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Let us drive or we give our breasts to foreign drivers: Saudi women

In a recent ruling, the Saudi clerics had declared that women workers cannot work with...

June 28, 2010

Caribbean PM’s oath on Gita and the future of Hinduism

Interestingly, Kamla Persad-Bisssessar - the new and first female elected Prime Minister of Trinidad and...

June 26, 2010

Americans and the Christ

An interesting poll from Pew Research Center says that 40% Americans expect Jesus to return...

June 23, 2010

Indo-Pak partition, religions and the Minds

On my friend Ali Chisti's wall, was posted this scene from Krantiveer.

June 15, 2010

Loan Waiver Scheme for Christian Converts: State-Sponsored Conversions by Kerala State Govt.

If one wanted to see state sponsored Conversion to Christianity in India, one would find...

June 11, 2010

Sri Sri Ravishankar on the “Bullet incident”

Although, the interviewer could have done a better job at asking questions and been a...

June 09, 2010

Saudi clerics call for Adult BreastFeeding for Co-Workers

Adult breastfeeding has been a controversial topic. It has again been raised by the Saudi...

June 01, 2010

Curious case of Sri Sri’s assassination attempt

One was shocked when the report of assassination attack on Sri Sri Ravishankar came in....

May 2010

May 15, 2010

Shilpa wears Mangalsutra on her hand.

Mangalsutra has been the mark of a married women in India for centuries now. Quite...

May 15, 2010

Mandira’s Bedi’s EkOmkar Tattoo

Mandira Bedi recently was at a dealers meet of Jaypee Cement at Zirakpur, near Chandigarh,...

May 11, 2010

Activism of Indian Courts on Marriage and Religion

Marriage is a strange thing. And the way the courts have been deciding recently in...

April 2010

April 28, 2010

When Boobs quaked the world!

A low-cut protest rocked the world this week. The epicenter was the facebook page called...