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PETA India: A Vegetarian Agenda For The People of India

Former Beatles singer, songwriter and composer Sir Paul McCartney has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh asking him to declare January 12th as a meat-free day in India.  In his letter McCartney said that “It would be a celebration of life, all life”.  Coincidentally January 12th is also the anniversary [...]

January 11, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Binayak Sen: Civil Rights Activist to Convicted Criminal

The Indian judicial system is imperfect.  Most Indians know that when charged with a crime an individual’s position in society, financial background and political clout will play a major role on whether or not that person will be convicted of the crime and on the nature of the punishment if convicted.  Surprisingly India is not [...]

January 5, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post

Gautama Buddha: Siddhartha Gautama an Avatar of Vishnu?

A few days ago I saw a documentary on Public Television (PBS) called “The Buddha”.  This documentary was narrated by actor Richard Gere and also included comments and thoughts by well known Buddhists including the Dalai Lama and Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin.  The program was very well done and very informative particularly for [...]

July 20, 2010 | 36 comments | View Post

Shree Jagannath Temple Puri: Discrimination is part of the Tradition

Steven Galaro who is a British national was caught and handed over to the police by “Sevakas” of the Jagannath Temple located in Puri (Orissa).  These Sevakas perform ritual services to Lord Jagannath and many of the other deities inside the temple.  The Sevakas enjoy hereditary rights to serve in the temple and tradition also [...]

June 11, 2010 | 13 comments | View Post

United States Issues Biased Report on Religious Freedom

“So where are the peaceful Muslims protesting the violence and mayhem that is being waged in their name? Where are the protests from the so-called peace-loving followers of Islam in the U.S. …I’ll take Islam as a peaceful religion seriously when I see followers of Islam in America protesting and condemning suicide bombers, anti-Semitic hate [...]

April 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post