Category archive for ‘Religion & Philosophy’

• Postscript to Auntie Baba’s Tribute

  14 February 06 • 0 comment

  Auntie Baba was a very special lady, but in many ways typical of the older women who have come to Canada from Guyana. Strong, humble, spiritual matriarchs, women who are the true Lakshmis of this world. I have met many ladies like that in the small, local mandirs of Toronto. There is Auntie Kay, (une…

• A Tribute to Auntie Baba who passed to the next life on November 16, 2005

  14 February 06 • 4 comments

  Aunti Baba This is a tribute to a great lady, with whom I have had two memorable encounters.Aunti Baba died this morning. I was very fortunate to have been able to say good-bye to her last night. She was a strong, passionate and caring lady with a zest for life that sets an example for…

• Freedom to paint Hindu Goddesses NUDE

  7 February 06 • 28 comments

  

  Poor MF Hussain cannot draw the Gods or saints of Islam for fear of his violent Muslim brethren who will declare a fatwa and perhaps murder him in no time at all. Perhaps that is why he devotes his artistic love to Hindu Gods. But the extremism, so characteristic of Muslims, seems to have creeped…

• Only Christianity can have Devil worship, logically

  12 January 06 • 12 comments

  Christian churches and missionaries have perpetually recognized Hinduism as a huge threat and have therefore not lost any chance through the centuries in maligning it by terming it as devil worship. Though this is not as common today as before, I was reminded of it when the Russian Orthodox Church resorted this week to slandering…

• Adopting Western Trends – also a lesson for VHP

  10 January 06 • 2 comments

  Hey friends – firstly, Happy New Year! I know I’ve neglected Hindu blog for quite long now, partly because I was away on vacation – and you know how vacations can disrupt routine! Anyway, when I thought of the New Year, which very uniquely to the Roman calendar falls on the 1st of January, it…

• Acharyas, please don’t be Political

  4 December 05 • 2 comments

  The Kanchi Shankaracharya made a big deal of settling the Ayodhya issue by calling the VHP and the Muslims and talking a few times – well, he ended up making a big fool of himself. The sants of Ayodhya call together a meeting for constructing the Ayodhya temple, and then keep meeting and keep meeting,…

• British attributed Indian crimes to Hinduism

  2 December 05 • 1 comment

  The British invaders of India were an extremely prejudiced lot when it came to India’s culture, religion and people. Consequently, they were not very fond of Hinduism, and wrote highly objectionable stuff on the topic. When they noticed that Indian criminals were as religious as the common people, they were confused. Not only were thieves,…

• How Jagannath festival became Juggernaut massacre

  30 November 05 • 0 comment

  Did you know that the English word “Juggernaut” is derived from Jagannath, and is pronounced the same way? But the difference lies in that the word has been disastrously misinterpreted to mean very negative things, just the opposite of the original word which is divinity Itself! Dictionary.com gives the meanings for juggernaut: Something, such as…

• Why British viewed Hinduism as Barbaric

  27 November 05 • 1 comment

  

  Given below are snippets from the above book which describes the activities of the Thugs, as the murderous Indian cult was called. In many British minds, therefore, Hinduism became perceived as a barbaric religion. It was a faith that permitted infanticide – specifically, the killing of unwanted female children – and suttee, the burning of…

• Vedic Age: Forget going back to it!

  26 November 05 • 1 comment

  Vedic Age seems to be the Utopia that some Hindus hang on to. All the modern ills of society, they claim, can be cured by a return to the Vedic traditions. I vehemently disagree! Vedic Age does appear in our legends and histories as a time when the society did have lesser problems. But the…

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