Brahmin, Brahma and Brahman

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is playing his Hindu card well before the momentum for Lok Sabha elections finally gears up. He has promised that all false cases against Brahmins lodged under the SC/ST Act (Prevention of ...

Countercurrents.org It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever ...

Brahmanism in Manipur : A Perspective on Social Stigma - Part 2 - Hari Uthan Festival at Bamon Leikai, Imphal on 7 November 2011 :: pix - Bullu Raj Proselytisation of Meiteis into Brahmanical Religion The argument is that the religion brought by ...

Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa had to face the ire of the Election Commission over his "communal" remarks at a Brahmin convention. This is, however, not the only trouble he is facing on his home turf. Mr. Eshwarappa, a four-time Bharatiya ...

You could have fooled me, but I used to think that Sivagiri is, in fact, a Hindu matham. My first clue was the name Sivagiri = Siva + giri, and I was under the impression that Siva was usually a Hindu deity. My second clue is that I have been there, ...

Caste system has ruined India in general and Hinduism in particular. Many people converted from Hinduism to Islam or Christianity to escape the atrocities of the caste system. Manu laid down the caste system based on the division of labour. He ...

In order to understand the complexity of Kashmir dispute the proper understanding of Hindu-Muslim relations is a must. Many Muslims complain that Hindus as a group do not understand Islam and Muslims as a group and also that Hindu-dominated India ...

Terming as "a deadly attack on Hindus" the Gujarat government's nod for seeking death penalty for former BJP minister Maya Kodnani and nine others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, Shiv Sena today said Hindus have different expectations from ...

Nainativu Naga Pooshani Amman Temple is an ancient and historical temple which is worshipped by both Buddhists and Hindus alike. During the festival season thousands of devotees from all parts of Sri Lanka pay homage to this temple. In fact, ...