Maria WirthMaria Wirth is a German and came to India on a stop over (that’s at least what she thought) on her way to Australia after finishing her psychology studies at Hamburg University. She visited the Ardha Kumbha Mela in Haridwar in April 1980 where she met Sri Anandamayi Ma and Devaraha Baba, two renowned saints. With their blessing she continued to live in India and never went to Australia… She dived into India’s spiritual tradition, sharing her insights with German readers through articles and books. For long, she was convinced that every Indian knows and treasures their great heritage. However, when in recent years, she noticed that there seemed to be a concerted effort to prevent even Indians (and the world) from knowing how valuable this ancient Indian heritage is, she started to point out the unique value of Indian tradition also in English language.
Both points in the question are right: Hindu Dharma is the most reasonable system of living and it is being denigrated. In case some people, who don’t know much about…
There was a strange question on Quora recently: “Is India becoming the most hated country?” It reminded me of the years after Nirbhaya’s rape and murder, when a massive campaign…
“Where you are from? Do people there also know about Ram?” Some boys had discovered me sitting at the back of a shrine at the outskirts of Chamba near Tehri…
There seems to be some “defect” in Hindu Dharma, because worldwide, it is clearly not as respected as Christianity and Islam. Hindus struggle to get a fair representation for Hindu…
Some months ago I attended an Interfaith Dialogue in Delhi. Hindus, Muslims and Christians spoke, all were nice, smiling. But it was not a dialogue. It was a promotion for…
Intellectual integrity and truth are obviously unwanted in our times. These have been displaced by political correctness. Why this happened is a mystery, but mainstream media and other agencies vehemently…
Some time ago, a news item caught my attention: Dalit Christians had filed a complaint with the United Nations against the Vatican because of caste based discrimination of the Catholic…
Hindu Dharma or Sanatana Dharma is least dogmatic (Buddhism is more dogmatic as it follows what Buddha said and Buddha was only one of numerous Hindu sages). And of course…
It is no secret why the British replaced the indigenous education system and Sanskrit gurukuls with English education. They wanted to create a class of Bharatiyas who think like the…
Realised how strong and successful brainwashing by Christianity and Islam is on a recent flight: Next to me a gentleman from Pondicherry, a police officer in his 50s, was sitting…