‘They use money to promote Christianity’: Nepal’s battle for souls
Ram Maya Sunar had two miscarriages. Then she had a daughter, who died of pneumonia when she was one. “My second child died from tuberculosis at just six months. I’m…
Dharma & Religion
“History of Hindu-Christian Encounters” by Sita Ram Goel – Second Encounter in Tamil Nadu (Part 11)
While a heated dialogue between Hindu Dharma and Christianity was going on in the North, another dialogue was taking shape in South Bharat…
Dalits Threatening to Accept Islam Perform Yajna With Agniveer
In an unprecedented event in Meerut, Dalits who threatened to accept Islam after allegedly getting stopped from entering temple performed Yajna in the same temple with their own hands and…
“History of Hindu-Christian Encounters” by Sita Ram Goel – Encounter with Maharshi Dayananda (Part 10)
Compared to the intervals between the encounters narrated so far, the next encounter between Hindu Dharma and Christianity took a much longer time in coming…
Do Some Bharatiyas Purposely Misunderstand Secularism?
Do you remember the frenzied appeals to the Bharatiya electorate before the elections in May 2014 to vote “secular”? They came from all quarters – from Bollywood, from “intellectuals”, and…
Islamists Use AR Rahman’s Conversion to Entice Hindus to Convert: Muslim film-maker Ali Akbar
Noted Malayalam film-maker Ali Akbar is a target of Islamists and pseudo-secular politicians. He is a staunch critic of Wahabism and Muslim orthodoxy in the state. Below are the excerpts from an…
“History of Hindu-Christian Encounters” by Sita Ram Goel – Encounter with Sariskrit Pandits (Part 9)
Yet another dialogue between Hindu Dharma and Christianity was held from 1839 to 1845. It is particularly interesting because it took place through the medium of Sanskrit…
Vyasa Purnima: The Unsurpassed Educational Heritage of Bharata
निधये सर्वविद्यानां भिषजे भवरोगिणाम् । गुरवे सर्वलोकानां दक्षिणामूर्तये नमः ॥ Salutations to Dakshinamurthy the Guru, Who is the teacher of all the world | Who is the doctor for all…
“History of Hindu-Christian Encounters” by Sita Ram Goel – Encounter in Maharashtra (Part 8)
Another dialogue between Hindu Dharma and Christianity was held soon after the one in Calcutta. This time the venue was Bombay…
“History of Hindu-Christian Encounters” by Sita Ram Goel – Encounter with Raja Ram Mohun Roy (Part 7)
The next significant dialogue between Hindu Dharma and Christianity commenced more than a hundred years later, in 1820…