A very well-read and dear relative of mine — himself who just recently turned an octogenarian— forwarded to me this morning via WhatsApp a very interesting and insightful message on what is “GROWTH in OLD AGE” and really what it means with reference to the famous Vedic passage known as “CHAMAKA PRASHNA” (Krishna Yajurveda, specificallyContinue reading “Ageing, “Kama” as “purushaartha”, “Chamaka Prashna” and Andaal “Tiruppavai””
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Is the Upanishad “Brahmann” not “God Almighty” as per The Oxford English Dictionary ?
Watch the above video-clip. The controversy centers on the distribution of Oxford English-Telugu dictionaries to students in Andhra Pradesh under a government scheme led by former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy. Allegations surfaced on social media and in political debates claiming that the dictionary’s definition of “God” was altered or presented in a way thatContinue reading “Is the Upanishad “Brahmann” not “God Almighty” as per The Oxford English Dictionary ?”
“Can women recite the Vedas?” asks Mr. Arvindan Neelakandan!
https://swarajyamag.com/amp/story/ideas%2Fcan-women-recite-the-vedas-dharmic-reformists-versus-colonised-traditionalists I became an avid reader and a near-fan of Arvindan Neelakandan after I read the book “Breaking India” which he co-authored with Rajiv Malhotra about a decade ago. Neelakandan’s journalistic essays and articles on any subject are almost always well-researched, substantive and extremely readable. His recent article above for The Swarajya under the subjectContinue reading ““Can women recite the Vedas?” asks Mr. Arvindan Neelakandan!”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 6
The narrative of the Tenkalai sect with regard to their claim to legitimacy in asserting that the Kanchi Varadaraja Temple belongs — lock, stock and barrel — to their “sampradaaya“, tradition and custom is based mostly on the version of 15th-16th century CE history that they have constructed and posit. The Vadakalai sect, however, onContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 6″
Waseem Rizvi and “Vajrasoochi”
Following the above blogpost of mine yesterday 12 Dec’21, many readers emailed me their responses and views which were varied, lively and challenging too. The one question that was posed by many was this: Can Waseem Rizvi on being converted from Islam be admitted into the Hindu “Brahmin caste“? I was truly astonished that inContinue reading “Waseem Rizvi and “Vajrasoochi””