Bhakti movement
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Hindutvavadis are not Bhakts
Using the Marathi devotional tale of Gora Kumbhar, an atheist author criticises the core idea of Bhakti, comparing the trance of devotion to drug intoxication, with a title that distinguishes…
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The Middle Path: Towards a Liberal Conservatism in India (Part 1)
In the first of three posts, the author answers Slapstik’s ‘Indian woke wears saffron’, arguing that the Bhakti movement was no rupture from earlier Dharmic traditions, that Congress had indigenous-minded…
