By Saket Suman, Book: The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi and his India; Author: Shashi Tharoor; Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Pages: 504; Price: Rs 799 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) revels in being in the public eye, and reaps the ...
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Feed SubscriptionHinduism is ideal religion for modern age of incertitude: Tharoor
By Arul Louis, New York : Hinduism is a “wonderful” religion suited for the modern era of uncertainty and questioning because it values incertitude, according to Congress MP and author Shashi Tharoor, who also excoriated the politicisation of the faith. ...
Read More »Shashi Tharoor’s ‘Why I Am A Hindu’ to be made as web series
New Delhi : Politician and author Shashi Tharoor’s book “Why I Am A Hindu” will be made into a web series with National Award-winning producer Sheetal Talwar as showrunner. The Congress MP will also narrate it. Taking head-on the current ...
Read More »Shankaracharya: A remarkable genius that Hinduism produced (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Title: Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker; Author: Pavan K. Varma; Publisher: Tranquebar Press; Pages: 364; Price: Rs 699 This must be one of the greatest tributes ever paid to Shankaracharya, the quintessential “paramarthachintakh”, who wished to ...
Read More »How do Karmic faiths look at the Queer? (Book Extract)
By Devdutt Pattanaik, The key to understanding Karmic faiths is to look at stories, for it is through stories that the common folk understood their faith. In Hinduism, we find many stories where God transforms into Goddess, indicating gender fluidity, ...
Read More »Hinduism a cultural concept of India: Naidu
New Delhi : Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said Hinduism is not a religion but a cultural concept of India. “All the religions preach love, peace and harmony — be it Islam, Christianity or Hinduism…Hinduism though I don’t consider ...
Read More »Take back Hinduism: Tharoor, Nayantara Sahgal speak it out loud at JLF
By Saket Suman, Jaipur : The third day of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival witnessed several hard-hitting sessions that addressed the burning issues of nationalism and Hindutva in the contemporary scenario. With acclaimed writers Shashi Tharoor and Nayantara Sahgal leading ...
Read More »Beyond the Hindutva debate, Shashi Tharoor’s new book a self-discovery of a ‘believing Hindu’
By Saket Suman, Book: Why I Am A Hindu; Author: Shashi Tharoor; Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Pages: 302; Price: Rs 699 Shashi Tharoor’s new book on Hinduism — the religion followed by a majority of Indians — comes at a ...
Read More »Reject ‘Hindutva’ that is causing violence: Nayantara Sahgal
Kolkata : Describing the current political situation as “not conducive for anybody”, veteran writer Nayantara Sahgal has called for rejecting the idea of “Hindutva” which is “creating violence” and has “nothing to do with Hinduism”. “Right now, it is a ...
Read More »Hindustan is land of Hindus, but others not excluded: Bhagwat
Indore : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that India is the land of Hindus but it does not exclude others. “Hindustan is a country of Hindus. However, it does not mean that it does not belong ...
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