Hinduism
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BrownCast Podcast episode 14: conversation with a Hindu nationalist
BP Podcast episode 14 is a long conversation with a Hindu nationalist, who suggested Hindutva reading for listeners. The host says no resolution was expected: questions were clarified and disagreements…
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A Hindu in the Whitehouse?
Noting that Tulsi Gabbard is running for president as a devotee of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Razib Khan doubts she can win but is curious about the attacks on her religion, and…
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The power of the nameless
Using Angkor Wat, the Khmer Empire, Cham Hindus and Bali, the author rebuts a commenter’s claim that ‘Hinduism’ was a British census category, arguing that the faith has deep and…
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Defending Hindu Honour from Liberalistanis
The author shares a Twitter exchange in which a Pakistani user criticised Islam’s treatment of women and Hinduism, and says a later exchange with another user led him to see…
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Let Shiva’s Holy Lingam come back to Mecca before we talk of syncretism
Writing as a Pakistani, the author argues that real decolonisation of the Subcontinent requires syncretism on both sides, with Hindu gods and rituals returning to Muslim holy sites, after an…
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Why China will be the Greatest Power in Asia-
Using the Dolce & Gabbana Shanghai row, in which China turned racist adverts into a lesson in national honour, the author argues for Chinese primacy in Asia, then turns to…
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Hum Hindu Nahin
Prompted by a thread on Sikh history, the author describes the Tat Khalsa tract Hum Hindu Nahin and argues for a pervasive ‘low Hinduism’ beneath South Asia, visible in Pakistani…
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Coloniser Alert + Cultural Appropriation Attack
In a self-described rant, the author objects to a Twitter user’s claim that Hinduism is young, argues Shiva worship is ancient, favours the indigenous-Aryan view while urging care over Iran…
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Hinduism was not invented by the British (or Muslims)
Disagreeing with the view that Hindu identity was manufactured by colonialism or by Muslims, the author argues Megasthenes, al-Biruni and Faxian already saw Indians as a distinct people, and that…
