Hinduism

Hinduism is a “banyan tree”

Quoting a description of Hinduism as a banyan tree without a single essence, the poster calls it a good primer, adds that Hinduism is changing fast, and compares this to…

Brown Pundits Archive8 August 20140 comments
Jail time for captain cool?

On an arrest warrant against MS Dhoni over a magazine cover showing him as Vishnu, the post says the imagery looks blasphemous, yet argues a strong state should protect expression…

Brown Pundits Archive24 June 20140 comments
Hinduism: is it only sex (and death)?

A note linking a critique of Wendy Doniger that sets aside the Hindutva-secular quarrel and asks what is distinctive in Hinduism, with the extract arguing for a shared monist core…

Brown Pundits Archive26 March 20140 comments
The Dalits need no religion

A comment on the religious affiliation of Dalits, recalling Mayawati and Kanshi Ram’s anger at the caste order and the neo-Buddhism and Bhim Sena movements of Maharashtra, with the poster’s…

Brown Pundits Archive23 March 20140 comments
Happy Holi

A short Holi greeting that shares something from the poster’s father-in-law-to-be and asks whether Holi celebrates the love of the gods.

Brown Pundits Archive16 March 20142 comments
Sava-asana at 7000 ft

A piece on ski yoga, with the poster noting that Sanskrit, language of the gods, survives mainly through yoga postures in the West and hoping Westerners will learn the pronunciation…

Brown Pundits Archive2 March 20140 comments
Idolatry runs wild

A report on posters portraying Chief Minister Jayalalithaa as Goddess Lakshmi, which the poster contrasts with the Dravidian movement’s history of breaking Ganesha idols.

Brown Pundits Archive1 March 20140 comments
The global face of Islam

A table of global religious populations, with the poster surprised that Islam stands at 1.6 billion and that more Muslims live in India and Pakistan than in the Middle East…

Brown Pundits Archive10 February 20144 comments