Miscellania

I am not a historian. As a layman, here are my views on the worldwide rise of the right presented for comments by those who have a better pe...

Recently the Lallantop channel on YouTube hosted a debate between Javed Akhtar, an atheist, and a Mufti on the topic of Existence of God.  S...

Hinduism, Internal Reform, and the Challenge of Social Stratification Recent discussions about the evolution of Hinduism in modern India oft...

For a nation that emerges from the trauma of colonisation, cultivating a sense of self-respect in the oppressed citizens becomes a prerequis...

Democracy and theocracy cannot be compatible.  While democracy relies upon equality before law and equal say in political decisions, theocra...

Professor Yuval Noah Harari says that stories provide the foundation of human beings' capacity to cooperate in much larger numbers compa...

Evolution versus Design debate has been going on for quite long.  The scientists' community firmly believes that evolution it is.  Evolu...