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Composite Culture
(East) Indian Art and Caribbean Aesthetics
The following is a synopsis of a paper I presented recently at the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA). It was presented at UWI’s Department...
Sabarimala row: Increasingly, Hindus pledge to not contribute to Hundis in Government temples
On the ground in Kerala, Sabarimala is a far bigger issue than even a politcally aware Hindu outside its cultural milieu might conclude. The...
Owaisi’s AIMIM Forces Party MLA Waris Pathan to Apologize for Chanting ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’
In yet another episode demonstrating the one-way flow of the apocryphal Ganga-Jamuni-tehzeeb or 'composite culture' in the country, Muslim hardliner MLA Waris Pathan was...
Deoband Madrassa Declares Muslim Leader ‘Apostate’ for Offering Prayers at Hanuman Temple
A Sunni Islamic seminary in Deoband has declared the BJP MLC Bukkhal Nawab as `Murtid’ (apostate) for paying obeisance to Sri Hanuman at a...
4 Communal Attacks During Holi Unmask Farce of #GangaJamuniTehzeeb
One of the oft-repeated assertions of our psuedo-seculars is the existence of a ‘composite culture’ which they term 'Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb'. We are told by...