Kancha Ilaiah is an activist, writer and also the Chairman of the Political Science department at Osmania University. Recently the Deccan Chronicle published an article written by Kancha Ilaiah titled “Islam and the Concept of Equality in India”. In this article the author makes several claims about the “social role of Islam in the subcontinent” [...]
The Earth is part of the solar system which in turn is part of the Milky Way galaxy. There are billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy (Sun is one of the stars). In addition, there are billions of such galaxies in our Universe alone (the visible universe is about 28 billion light years [...]
The Lord also tells me to tell you in the mid 90′s, about ’94-’95, no later than that, God will destroy the homosexual community of America. But He will not destroy it – with what many minds have thought Him to be, He will destroy it with fire. And many will turn and be saved, [...]
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, Tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! – [...]
The Vellore District (Tamil Nadu) pachayat counselor, G.R. Krishnamurthy has decided to build a temple to honor the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi. Both the counselor and the Chief Minister belong to the DMK party that is currently ruling the state. Karunanidhi is a legendary figure in Tamil Nadu. He is just not [...]
I am from Kerala but I lived in Tamil Nadu (mostly in Madurai and Coimbatore) for a couple of decades. Due to state government policies then I was forced to learn Tamil during my school days. I did not like being pressured to learn a new language but I am now glad that I did [...]
For the first time in over 70 years the Indian government is very likely to include the question of a person’s caste in the Census. This should not come as a surprise to many Indians. The Congress Party led UPA government has done its best to slice and dice the Indian population in whichever way [...]
This is Part 2 of an article about Thomas the Apostle of India. Please click on the link for Part 1. As I mentioned in Part 1, one of the most controversial aspects of the Saint Thomas story (other than the question of whether it is true or not) is how he died in Mylapore. [...]
Saint Thomas is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He is also known as “doubting Thomas” as he did not initially believe in the resurrection of Jesus. According to Christian mythology he is supposed to have visited India in 52 AD. Catholic tradition also states that he was killed by a Brahmin and buried [...]
The head of all science departments of Bangalore University voted and unanimously rejected the BJP lead state governments efforts to introduce Astrology (Jyotish Shastra) as a course in both the undergraduate and post graduate levels. The faculty’s approval is required under the Karnataka State Universities Act 2000. The faculty called the governments move “obscurantist and [...]
I am one of those non believers when it comes to religion. I believe that religion as we know it today is a creation of the human mind (and therefore we created god and not the other way around). Science has proven that the theories of creation as described in almost all of the major [...]
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has once again raised the issue of enacting laws to ban cow slaughter. According to the VHP the ban is needed because the farmers are forced to sell the cows to slaughter houses since they cannot afford to maintain these cows. The VHP also demanded that the government should create [...]
Onam is the most important festival in the Hindu calendar in the Indian state of Kerala. The ten day festival begins in the month of August or September. There are many reasons for celebrating Onam. First and foremost it is a celebration of the end of the harvesting season. It is also the time of [...]
