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Tag: "Jainism"

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” [...]

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 [...]

Hinduism: Myth vs. Reality

They say that 85% of Indians are Hindus.  How accurate are these numbers and more importantly who is a Hindu? Human beings by default do not have a religion.  Religion is something that parents teach their kids.  The version of the religion they teach is obviously influenced by their own religious beliefs and their cultural [...]

Shravanabelgola and the Jain Statue of Gomatheswara

We I was young my family used to travel a lot.  One of the trips that I remember clearly was the one we took to Shravanabelgola.  Shravanabelgola is a relatively small town in the South Indian state of Karnataka.  It is known all over India as one of the most important pilgrimage centers for members [...]