A Dose of Pragmatism to Counter Extremism?
What divides the world The recent terror attacks in Europe have collapsed questions on public policy, strategic affairs and social integration to a rare common standstill: how to curb dogmatic…
Is CNN Anti-India?
Recently, Reza Aslan, a producer for various networks like CNN and ABC, who claims to speak out against religious discrimination did just the opposite by airing the controversial show, ‘Believer’…
The Right to Final Rites
A Jacobite (originally all Hindus forcibly converted by the Portuguese from 16th Century) Church in Kerala denied burial rights to the maternal grandmother of Priyanka Chopra, a leading Indian actress,…
Guru Purnima: Origin, Meaning, Practice
In the word Guru, “gu” means darkness or ignorance, “ru” stands for remover of that darkness. Purnima is the occasion or the day of full moon on the month of…
A Sanatani Atheist: In Search of My Freedom of Expression
One of the popular atheist bloggers who was grievously wounded in an assassination attempt by the Islamic fundamentalists, Sunnyur Rahman, now lives in Delhi, India. He is a rationalist atheist…
The Stairs
It was junior year at high school. This is the time to generally panic about the future. Standardized tests. College admissions. Ivy League hopes. Social Security. It all comes to…
