Hinduism
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The limits of semantics; Hindus before Hinduism
The author argues that the claim that the British ‘invented’ Hinduism rests on a narrow, philosopher-driven idea of religion, pointing to al-Biruni’s recognisable description of Hindu belief, practice and communal…
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The Harilals of Hong Kong
Praises a video of a Hong Kong business family as the joint family done well, and suggests that diaspora trading families will keep Hinduism alive against assimilation.
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Indian pluralism and a pluralistic India for a Brighter Future of Humanity
A speaker at Leicester argues that India has always been a coming-together of disparate identities, so being Hindu and Indian means being pluralistic, defining Dharma as a natural order sustained…
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Self-respect starts at home, Mr Kohli..
Seeing a Virat Kohli advertisement, the author argues celebrities need taste to build Brownitude’s international reputation, then questions Shah Rukh Khan’s remark that hundreds of religions coexist in India, noting…
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Pakistan, the lost country-
Zach argues that Pakistan’s national identity problems surface when it meets Arabs, Persians and Turks, and that it should embrace Hindu festivals and Sanskrit heritage. He calls Pakistan an insufficiently…
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THE FAITH THAT NEVER FADES: THE HISTORICAL RESILIENCE OF HINDUISM
Zach introduces a piece by his friend MJ on the resilience of Hinduism through centuries of persecution, framed by his own decision to mark Cheti Chand rather than Norouz. MJ’s…
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BrownCast Podcast episode 23: Dr. Jeffery Long on Hinduism, history and politics
The hosts talk to Jeffery Long, a religious studies professor at Elizabethtown College and Vedanta practitioner, about the nature of Hindu philosophy, its interaction with Islam, the astika and nastika…
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Brown is all, all is brown
Razib Khan argues for a liberal, broad view of who counts as ‘brown’ or desi, using adoptees raised as English-speaking American Christians and converts to South Asian religions as test…
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Never forget – Comments of the Day
A reader comment of the day suggesting Western leftists think of caste, untouchability and sati whenever colonial atrocities against India are raised, and so excuse the coloniser.
