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Islam and the False Concept of Equality in Indian Society

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” [...]

Sabarimala: Light of Knowledge For Devotees

Yesterday Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) President M Rajagopalan Nair addressed the controversy surrounding the Makara Jyothi.  He stated that “It is known to everybody that Makara Jyothi is a fire lit up by men at Ponnabalamedu and TDB also recognizes this”.  Rajagopalan Nair and the TDB should be commended for making this statement.  Telling the [...]

Manmohan Singh Gets Blessings from Sai Baba!

“The statement of Christ is simple. ‘He who sent me among you will come again!’, and he pointed to a Lamb. The Lamb is merely a symbol, a sign. It stands for the Voice – Ba-Ba; the announcement was the Advent of Baba. ‘His name will be Truth,’ Christ declared. Sathya means Truth. ‘He will [...]

Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ Myth

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 [...]

Who Benefits From Proselytizing?

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon.  The sky was clear and the temperature was in the 80’s but there was a cool breeze blowing from the Atlantic Ocean.  Here I was sitting in Battery Park enjoying the spectacular views of Downtown Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  It was probably my 25th visit [...]

Muslim Fanatics Sever Christian Fanatics Hand in India

I normally do not spend a lot of time thinking about the titles for the articles that I write.  This time it was different mainly because it was personal and close to home.  I am from Kerala and Malayalees are known for their high literacy rates and left leaning socialistic ideologies.  So the question that [...]

Arundhati Roy: The God of Controversial Things

Arundhati Roy is a person many Indians love to hate.  She is a woman who is not afraid to take on the system.  She is idealistic and has no problems expressing her opinions publicly even on some explosive subjects.  Most of her views are socialistic and left leaning (the fact that her mother is a [...]

Today’s Godman is Tomorrows God?

The website for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam quotes the founder Paramahamsa Nithyananda as saying that “I am not here to say I am God.  I am here to say you are God”.  I know who I am.  The last thing I consider myself as is god.  I have dreamed of myself as a cricketer, a rock star [...]

India Should Not Arrest the Avatar of Sai Baba

Press Trusted of India is reporting that Madhushila Sahu and 14 members of her family where arrested in Chhattisgarh village.  According to the local Superintendent of police they were charged with “spreading superstition and hurting the religious sentiments of the people”.  The villages started worshiping her as they considered her to be the reincarnation of [...]