In February 2016, the UK publisher ‘The Independent’ began a controversial campaign criticized by many as colonial, Hinduphobic and racist – to rename India’s port city Mumbai to Bombay. Mumbai was previously known as Bombay after the British’s bloody colonization of the Indian sub-continent for almost 100 years. Under the British Raj (British rulers), during […]
Dalai Lama: “India has Great Potential to Help the World”
Nobel Peace prize winner and highly respected by people of all faith, the Dalai Lama said during the last Kumbh Mela in Haridwar that “India has great potential to help the world.” He added that already as a youth in Lhasa he was greatly impressed with the richness of Indian thought, and went as far […]
Did India (Hindustan) Benefit from the British Raj?
The idea that British rule in India was a force for good is not uncommon in Britain and even in certain sections of westernised Indian elite. Read right-of-centre British newspapers and you will regularly find articles and columns that glorify Britain’s colonial past, giving the impression that Britain was spreading the light of Western Civilisation […]
Hindu Survival and Buddhist Disappearance During Medieval India
By Sandeep Sharma No less a person than Mahatma Gandhi once estimated that nearly a quarter of Hindus had converted to Islam over the past on thousand years. How true is this statement ? Hinduism has been associated with the Indian subcontinent since time immemorial. The teachings of the sages of the Vedas emanate from […]
Mother India at the Crossroads
By Tina Sadhwani Mother India Stripping of Draupadi & the Rise of Adharma In one world-defining moment of the Mahabharata that bred cosmic repercussions, it is well known that the most venerated icon of grace and purity, Draupadi, was publicly disgraced, brutally violated and stripped of her honour while everyone at the mahasabha watched in […]
June 16th – The Day of Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom
June 16th (according to the Sikh Calender it is also recognized on June 5th) of every year since 1606 has been very special for Sikhs worlwide since they have commemorated the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, the 5th Guru and the 1st Sikh Martyr. Before the arrest, torture and Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, the Sikhs had nothing […]