I always find it strange that when non-Hindus (Christians in particular) holding a 100 candle vigil for peace gets regular coverage on just about every major news channel in India, but something like Hindus lighting over 10,000 lamps for world peace seem to be less worthy of mention and hardly gets a mention even in [...]
A home owners association in South Riding, Virginia sent a notice to an Indian resident to remove their kolam decorations off their driveway. For those who don’t know, a kolam is a form of sand drawing practiced by Hindus in South India, usually drawn with rice flour, outdoors, at the entrance of a home (and [...]
Introduction There is a considerable bias in the media when it comes to Hindus, particularly in Western countries. The media is very sensitive when in it comes to their coverage of Christians, Muslims, or African-Americans. Perhaps because these groups will not meekly stand by and take any misrepresentation of their culture. They will mobilize in [...]
A Muslim colleague came back from his pilgrimage trip to Mecca, with a book, for me. A few months back, he had started to talk about he the Koran, when I cut him off and told him I was not interested because I’m interested in religious books because religious books are not based on science [...]
The question is not whether Jesus was or was not in India, during his 17 lost years, but why not? why do some find it so revolting to consider that? I guess it would have been less absurd and more digestible by Christians, had India been a land of “white people”.Secondly, who owns Jesus? Christian [...]