Topic: Hinduism
‘Yes to Hinduism, no to Hindutva’ is lazy liberal response, and 3 decades late
Author-politicians Shashi Tharoor, Pavan K Varma and now Salman Khurshid are taking refuge in this Hinduism-Hindutva debate. But Modi used ‘Hindutva’ just once since 2014.
How Hinduism incorporated Buddha and then distanced the religion
In ‘Ancient India’, Upinder Singh tells readers to abandon simplistic stereotypes and instead think of ancient India in terms of coexistence of contradictions.
We must ‘replace’ caste with something else, rather than trying to ‘remove’ it: Ram Madhav
In 'The Hindutva Paradigm,' Ram Madhav writes that caste hierarchy and privileges based on caste had no sanction in Hinduism.
The gains of Dismantling Global Hindutva conference will help reclaim Hinduism
The fact that hundreds of believers of Hindutva were intently listening to a conference elaborating on the nature of the ideology was truly noteworthy.
Yati Narsinghanand doesn’t speak for Hindus. Hinduism is all about inclusivity, not hatred
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.
Hinduphobia is a reality. Scholars at ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ conference must know
Scholars from Western universities—from Columbia to Rochester—write and oppose what they understand are disturbing assertions on Hinduphobia
Non-BJP Hindu writers are correcting Nehruvian history. With little space for modern Muslims
Recent books by authors like Shashi Tharoor and Pavan Varma invoke Hindu subjugation by Muslims to construct a ‘real’ history of India.
A Communist Ram Rajya? Satyabhakta is a forgotten figure of ‘Hindu Left’
Satyabhakta was a marginalised and maligned figure in Indian communism, who challenged the monopolistic single-mindedness of communism's official practitioners.
Aryans or Harappans—Who drove the creation of caste system? DNA holds a clue
In ‘Indians’, Namit Arora writes that scientists trace the earliest instances of endogamy in the subcontinent to the first millennium BCE.
Vaishakha Purnima coinciding with lunar eclipse this year recalls a 1400-yr-old battle
Over 1,400 years ago, when lunar eclipse coincided with Vaishakha Purnima, Chalukya dynasty ruler Pulakeshin II commissioned a copperplate on his victory over Emperor Harshvardhana, ruler of Vardhana dynasty.
Omicron needs 3 evolutionary surprises to wreak havoc
Scientists have been so surprised by the number of mutations in omicron that they’ve been calling it 'insane', but they don’t yet know what they mean.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.