Ishwar Sharan's Blog, page 188
June 28, 2016
Why the war on terror won’t succeed – Balbir Punj
The international campaign led by America to eliminate terror will not succeed unless the mindset of the people in the Islamic world is sought to be changed. – Balbir Punj The world has read about yet another massacre of the innocents by a foot soldier of the self-styled Islamic State—this time again in the United […]
June 27, 2016
NSG: China is the loser, not India – M. D. Nalapat
Now China has joined the US in adopting a policy that places the interests of the Pakistan army above that of the Chinese people, by scuttling India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at the just-concluded Seoul summit. Such opposition from China converted what could have been a transformational point in Sino-Indian ties […]
June 26, 2016
Fifty people who have affected Hindus and Hinduism in a negative way – Francois Gautier
In a recently posted article on François Gautier’s website, he lists the names of 50 people who can be described as enemies of Hindus and Hinduism. He says that he created the list, which is incomplete, without malice aforethought. Here is the list, 50 Biggest Enemies of Hindus (Dead or Alive), including the reasons he […]
June 25, 2016
Mother Teresa brainwashed Hindus and fuelled an insurgency, claim BJP leaders – Andrew Marszal
Some in Kolkata resent that their city became a byword for poverty due to her work. – Andrew Marszal Mother Teresa conspired to “brainwash” Hindus into Christianity and helped fuel a violent military insurgency in India’s northeast, leaders of India’s ruling BJP have claimed. The controversy come just weeks ahead of Mother Teresa’s canonisation on […]
June 24, 2016
2 – Temples, Elephants and Traditions – B. R. Haran
In August 2014, the Madras High Court constituted a 3-member committee … to investigate the status of goshalas attached with temples under the HR & CE Department. … In a subsequent sitting, the High Court extended the mandate of the committee to inspect elephants and their maintenance. Hence, the committee members began inspecting elephants while inspecting cows and goshalas. […]
June 23, 2016
The Dave Freedholm Interview – Rajiv Malhotra
Dave Freedholm teaches world religion and philosophy at a nationally recognized independent college preparatory school in the U.S. Recently, he was a delegate to the World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity in Delhi, India. A frequent speaker on Hinduism and religious pluralism, Dave is currently co-authoring Hinduism: An Introduction for High School Students […]
June 22, 2016
Does Hinduism really have thirty-three crore Gods? – P. Parihar
The Vedas refer to 33 koti (types) of Devatas, not 33 crore of Devatas. They are explained in Shatapatha Brahman and many other scriptures very clearly. “Yasya Trayastrinshad Devaa Ange Sarve Samaahitaa, Skamma Tam Bruhi Katamah Swideva Sah” (Atharva Veda 10/7/13). Which means: With God’s influence, these thirty-three (supporting Devatas) sustain the world. In Brihadaranyaka Upanishad […]
June 21, 2016
About Yoga and Yogis – C. Rajagopalachari
“If civilization is to be bound up with material advancement, we must accept its inevitable consequence, loss of freedom in exact proportion to the forward march.” – Rajaji Among the sophisticated people in India, the hypocrites and the cheats unfortunately outnumber the truly pious people and the real yogis. One must say this publicly if […]
June 20, 2016
Yoga is the basis for a true idea of India – David Frawley
Yoga with its integral and unitary view of life is in many ways more progressive, global and universal than any other philosophy or ideology today. – Dr David Frawley Today two different ideas of India are struggling with each other in a cultural war that is likely to continue for some time. The first can […]
June 19, 2016
Why is India’s paid media shedding crocodile tears over Raghuram Rajan? – T.S.V. Hari
Every buffoon pontificating on idiot-boxes, yelling themselves hoarse are hiding the sordid fact that Rajan had the temerity to contradict Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on the state of the economy in 2015. – T.S.V. Hari Was Raghuram Rajan, India’s central bank boss quietly told that he wouldn’t get an extension? […]
