Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Unlike the unified structure of Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism operates as a loose, diverse collective. Its fundamental internal crisis is the deeply entrenched, discriminatory Varna and Caste system. This is not an equal conflict between sects (like Sunni vs. Shia) but a structural, hierarchical practice of internal discrimination. The challenge to evolve is immense because the caste system is tragically foundational to current Hindu identity, making it extraordinarily difficult to dismantle. Yet, for Hinduism to stand relevant and attract people in a rapidly developing, egalitarian world, it must let go of this inequality. Charity begins at home; internal reform is the prerequisite for its future vitality.
Unlike the unified structure of Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism operates as a loose, diverse collective. Its fundamental internal crisis is the deeply entrenched, discriminatory Varna and Caste system. This is not an equal conflict between sects (like Sunni vs. Shia) but a structural, hierarchical practice of internal discrimination. The challenge to evolve is immense because the caste system is tragically foundational to current Hindu identity, making it extraordinarily difficult to dismantle. Yet, for Hinduism to stand relevant and attract people in a rapidly developing, egalitarian world, it must let go of this inequality. Charity begins at home; internal reform is the prerequisite for its future vitality.