Hinduism

Can Hinduism Survive?

Asking whether Hinduism can survive, the author contrasts liberal Hindus who say it is not in danger with Hindu nationalists who often fear that better-organised Abrahamic religions are taking over…

Omar Ali25 March 20180 comments
Should Hinduism survive?

The author, who left and returned to Hinduism, argues it must be judged by whether it can end untouchability and violence against women, while holding that its philosophical traditions such…

Bharata Bharatavanshi23 March 201812 comments
Islamoskepticism or Islamophobia

The author argues that religions should be compared on criteria such as inequality, freedom to criticise and violence, concluding that Hinduism is worst on inequality while Islam and Christianity score…

Bharata Bharatavanshi22 March 201843 comments
Post Modernism

The poster introduces a long video conversation between Farhan Qureshi and a Hindu on Hinduism and postmodernism, arguing that Dharma’s open architecture is a truer realisation of postmodernism’s goals.

AnAn11 March 20185 comments
Ancient Arya Culture

An open thread opened with a post arguing that Arya culture is far older than Western Indology suggests, spanning Iran to Southeast Asia, and that Buddhism belongs within the broader…

BP Admin Team · opened by AnAn3 February 201817 comments
Anti Jewish Bigotry

The author says he has seen more bigotry against Jewish people than any other group, uses an interview with a Nazi leader to argue Hitler’s hatred did not come from…

AnAn28 January 201820 comments
Book Review: The RigVeda

Reviews Ralph Griffith’s translation of the Rig Veda, read through selected hymns from all ten books as a window onto the Indo-European ‘heroic age’ rather than as scripture, noting the…

Omar Ali11 January 201831 comments
India: “Secular”? “Hindu”? or Both?

The author posts a Twitter exchange with a Hindutva-leaning friend, sparked by an article calling Hinduism an ‘aggregate religion’, asking whether India is secular, Hindu or both.

Brown Pundits Archive8 July 20150 comments
The United Colors of India

Responding to U. R. Ananthamurthy’s remarks on being a Hindu, the poster argues India needs a common path blending Gandhian and Ambedkarite ideas, and proposes adding Western liberal figures such…

Brown Pundits Archive31 August 20140 comments
The “Disney” God and Blasphemy

Responding to Ram Gopal Varma’s mocking tweets on Ganesha, the poster offers a affectionate take on the god as a mother’s favourite and argues how left-liberals treat Hindu deities, with…

Brown Pundits Archive29 August 20140 comments