By Sameer Thakkar (Guest Contributor) (Click here to read Part 1) Max Muller, one of the earliest Indologists, had happily concurred in a letter to his wife: “It (The Rigveda) is the root of their religion and to show them what the root is, I feel sure, is the only way of uprooting all that […]
The Bollywood Epidemic
By Ranbir Singh Bollywood Superstars London, UK – The recent Indian International Film awards were held in Toronto , and was taken as proof that Indian cinema had gone global. But what is it exactly that is being celebrated? Bollywood is taken by many to be the standard reference point and unofficial cultural ambassador for […]
Baba Ramdev and Sathya Sai Baba – The Saffron Criminals?
Corruption and Crime we have been told is ‘religionless’. But is it really? One would really have to ponder this today because it seems like the biggest criminals who are now obsessively hunted down by the Indian media are not individuals and political parties associated with the recent scams and crimes against India, but rather two very […]
A Hindu Man Stabbed to Death after an Argument
West Delhi, India – Manoj, a car showroom manager was stabbed to death in Moti Bagh, Delhi after him and his brother decided to confront two men shouting negative verbal slurs outside of their house in West Delhi, Nihal Vihar. Manoj, 25, and his 27 year old brother, Jagbir who is a property dealer were […]
Swami Ramdev’s fight against the ‘Mockery of a Democracy’
By Ranbir Singh The brutal suppression of Swami Ramdev’s protests against corruption which reaches to the highest echelons of the Indian government should come as no surprise to anyone who has had the unfortunate experience of coming face to face with the country’s administrative and highly bureaucratic infrastructure. Graft, greed, black money, backhanders and dishonesty […]
The ‘Secret’ Behind the BBC’s Secret Swami
By Ranbir Singh ( Hindu Human Rights UK ) In 2004 Hindu Human Rights Group contacted the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation )over its tabloid programme Secret Swami which portrayed India’s venerated Guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba in an ill founded, malicious light. However this elicited no response from BBC and it is interesting to note […]
Sathya Sai Controversies and the Art of Guru Bashing
It is not uncommon now that for many Gurus, Rishis or Seers who have emerged from India, there has always been an unprecedented number of vicious attacks launched on them. These have come in the guise of slander, misquotes, false allegations and myriad smear campaigns. Moreover it is interesting to note that most of these […]
Hindus Concerned about Temple Attacks in New South Wales, Australia
By Antony Thomas Shri Mandir Temple in Auburn, Australia New South Wales, Austrailia (CHAKRA)— The Hindu community in New South Wales is concerned about recent attacks on the oldest and first Hindu temple of Australia. The Sri Mandir Temple in Auburn, nearly three decades old, was recently attacked by two men in ski masks who […]
Review of Kancha Ilaiah’s “Why I am not a Hindu”
By Ranbir Singh Kancha Ilaiah is professor and head of the department of political science at Osmania University , Hyderabad . He is perhaps best known for writing Why I am not a Hindu in 2007. Anyone approaching this work with the prior knowledge of Bertrand Russell (Why I am not a Christian) and Ibn […]
250 Hindu Temple Thefts and Desecrations in Goa Unite Temple Panels to Take a Stand
Panaji, Goa (CHAKRA) — Gomantak Mandir and Dharmik Sanstha is the new name of approximately 300 temple boards that have come together from all eleven talukas in the state of Goa, to deal with cases of thefts and desecrations in Hindu temples across the state. The manner in which the Goa state goverment is dealing with the damage to the […]
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