In the introductory chapter of the book, The Hindus: An Alternate History, Doniger cites the Sufi parable of Mulla Nasrudin — the one in which after having lost his key inside his home during a night, Nasrudin was searching for it outside under a lamp post, because there was more light there than in his [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Hinduism’
December 10, 2008
Religion, Culture and Mr. Hitchens
Few words about Christopher Hitchen’s book God Is Not Great, How Religion Poisons Everything. And some thoughts on Hinduism in specific and religion in general.
April 14, 2008
Atheism and Agnosticism
There is a common misconception about the definition of atheism. Many perceive an atheist as someone who believes that God does not exist (i.e. there’s no God.) — which is not necessarily true.
Let’s consider the term theist first. A theist is someone who believes in God. If you think of this particular belief (there’s a [...]
February 2, 2008
Lord Macaulay "chaar sau bees"
I received a forwarded e-mail, titled “See what was [sic] India at [sic] 1835″, from one of my friends. The e-mail included the following quote that was supposedly spoken or written by Lord Macaulay.
“I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who [...]
