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February 2009

February 07, 2009

Wafa Sultan on Honor of Women in Islam

Here is an interesting clip of Wafa Sultan talking about the Honor of Women in...

January 2009

January 26, 2009

Dispatches from Undercover Mosques: "Moderate" fronts reveal their Uncompromising and Terrible Minds

We have discussed sometimes before that the "moderate dialog" in Islam and show of tolerance...

December 2008

December 30, 2008

Sikh called a "Terrorist" by UPS

An old Sikh man in California was waiting for his second package to be delivered,...

December 30, 2008

Who is a Sikh?

Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has now defined who a "Sikh" is [1]: "a believer...

December 28, 2008

THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF SYMBOLS IN OUR LIVES

In order to benefit from the messages from our master within, from God, God’s Divine...

December 20, 2008

Fanatical Islam, Sufi Islam and Sharif's indictment of Pakistani Government

Imagine the economic and social problems of Muslims in India is solved, imagine the Kashmir...

December 16, 2008

Blind arrested in Nun Rape case in Orissa

There had been a big hue and cry on the Nun rape case in Orissa...

October 2008

October 31, 2008

Importance of Diwali – II

After I wrote the post on Diwali, a reader and I had a chat.. and...

October 29, 2008

5 days of Diwali

Diwali's celebrations start two days before the day we all do Lakshmi Pujan and go...

October 24, 2008

Sharia wholly incompatible with Human Rights: UK House of Lords

British society - despite the many allegations on it - one of those few societies...

October 15, 2008

Swami UPAji: Ram Setu not integral to Hinduism

Personally - spiritually speaking - symbols do not mean much. But to the religious they...

October 09, 2008

Bhajji in another trouble – this time he is hurting clerics

Can some one please give the Akal Takht some work to do? They once in...

October 05, 2008

Killing Christians would not make Hinduism great!

While atrocities by VHP and Bajrang Dal continue in Orissa (nun raped . raped and...

September 2008

September 18, 2008

Congress and Leftist Hypocrisy

I was for a change going through the comments on a rediff article when I...

September 14, 2008

Serial Blasts in Delhi and fanatic pusillanimity of Indian Central Government!

Five blasts have rocked New Delhi, killing 20 and injuring 90. The Indian Mujahideen -...

September 14, 2008

HYPOCRITE MF Hussain had pulled his Meenaxi out due to Muslim protests

I had said in my previous article about MF Hussain as to what a voyeur...

September 10, 2008

Voyeur MF Hussain's "Bharat Mata" is a "work of art": says Indian Supreme Court

This week in a landmark judgment of its sort, the Supreme Court termed MF Hussain's...

September 10, 2008

Higg's Boson: will it be the end of religion and God?

At the heart of all science and even spirituality is a simple question: How does...

August 2008

August 26, 2008

Monotheism…. really?

Islam is said to be a monotheistic religion. But is it? Look at these two...

August 16, 2008

Gujarat blast case solved – a village Mufti and Software professional were Masterminds

Gujarat blasts case has been solved. In all 10 men were arrested. One person is...

July 2008

July 31, 2008

Why Human Spirit has little future in India

This guy is one, who is the most loathed of the terrorists (if there could...

July 31, 2008

And the world remained silent Part II

This is part two of the same movie. It is made by Ashok Pandit, a...

July 31, 2008

And the world remained silent! Part I

Sometimes it sickens me when certain communities keep justifying their "violent streak" on the difficulties...

July 31, 2008

Analysis of the Bomb terror in India

Three more bombs were found in Surat. With that the number of bombs found is...

July 27, 2008

Now, Ahmedabad attacked!

Indian MujahideenThe IB believes the outfit was floated by youth from Hyderabad, as a faction...

July 26, 2008

Bangalore attacked!

Nine serial blasts took place in Bangalore (Bengaluru). Two people have died and 6 got...

July 24, 2008

Saudi Curriculum – fanaticism at its worst

No commentary on this one. The attached doc says it all. And this is the...

July 24, 2008

Rape of Minors and official + religious sanction?

Two minor girls are kidnapped in Pakistan aged 12 and 10. They are Christians. The...

July 23, 2008

2009 World Parliament of Religions in Melbourne, Australia

The next World Parliament of Religions is in Melbourne, Australia in 2009. Here is the...

July 23, 2008

Was Proto-Indo-European religion really the Vedic religion?

Budh in the Celtic languages is the name given to Mercury meaning wise. Guess where...