A Vedantic Perspective on the Resurrection of Christ and Upholding his message of spiritual emancipation
Jesus Christ has transformed the lives of millions of people over a couple of millennia. From the days of his ministries in Galilee and Jerusalem to the recent proclamation by Pope Francis of the division among Christians as the 'work of the father...
Standing against Forced Conversions and Regressive Exclusivism: In Conversation with the Nationalist Hindustani Christians’ Manch
(As part of the Satyanveshi initiative, we recently interacted with members of the Hindustani Christians' Manch, a nationalist Christian group where almost all members are Swayamsevaks. We have tried to conduct this interview impartially, to...
Samyagyayoga: Retrieving The Essence Of Yoga
Yoga is one of the most popular strands of Indic tradition that has taken a modern face and form, and attracts people from across countries, cultures, civilisations to adopt it. Some see it as primarily about Asanas (postures) and Pranayama...
Viśiṣṭvividhīkaran: The Principle of Qualified Diversification
The duality inherent in the Supreme Reality is idiosyncratic and paradoxical: it is contextual and yet transcendent. Advaita Vedanta speaks of the material realm as being illusory, and a manifestation of the Supreme Reality under the influence of...
Jñanagaman: The Turn of an Age
The Coronavirus has brought a spurt of death and destruction in its wake. Having come to the fore in Wuhan - China, it has been spreading at an alarming rate, having crossed 5,00,000 cases worldwide. While it has not caused anywhere close to the...
Dharma is all about Sustainable and Responsible Development and Existence
Dharma is that which upholds the order of the cosmos, of the society; that which upholds the multiplicity of realities; that which safeguards the reflexive tendencies of every element in the universe, coming from either self-interactions or...
I am Brown, so what?
It has been six months since I assumed office as the key student-facing sabbatical officer of the University of Cambridge Graduate Union, in my fourth stint as a student leader in the Cambridge University student unions. The role has involved...
Indian Pluralism is Non-Negotiable
Recently, after my speech at the Leicester Vichar Manthan on how a truly Dharmic society promotes the idea of unity in diversity, a Bangladeshi friend was surprised when I said I have had a lot of close Muslim friends since my childhood. The latter...
For a Dharmic Brexit and Unity in Diversity
(This reflection-piece was written for an event where I was called as a speaker by Vichaar Manthan - UK in Leicester on `The Role of Dharma in the Post-Brexit Indo-British Relationship'. It looks at the spirit of India, and how the idea of 'unity...
Kashmiri leaders are proudly fighting to protect inhumane Article 35A which violates the rights of J&K Women
Thanks to Article 35A, I — a female permanent resident (PR) of Jammu and Kashmir— am not equal to a male permanent resident (PR). I am inferior as I have lesser rights. Why are the rights of the women of J&K nobody's cause? This...
