The platform given by Hindus to pre-Christian and pre-Islamic traditions to rediscover their pagan roots is heartening to see.
Author: Koenraad Elst (Koenraad Elst)
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The cut-off date in the Mahābhārata debate
Astronomical evidence that squarely places the dating of the Mahabharata to the 2nd millennium BCE is being ignored by those who rely on it to place the epic even earlier.
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A case of good nationalism
Nationalism in the study of Indian historiography is a useful tool to discover this ancient land.
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What the West’s academy has to say on Ayodhya
The blatant denial of the existence of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by western academia even after the court verdict amply displays their hostility towards it.
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The real Uttarayana
The Hindu calendar is in need of a major rectification to ensure that Makara Sankranti is celebrated on the appropriate day.
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Harsha of Kashmir, a Hindu Iconoclast?
In the rush to show how Islam wasn't alone in plunder, many a secularist has pointed the finger at King Harsha.
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Down with Birthdays!
Birthdays may be celebrated but not necessarily at the expense of tradition. Now that the grand Bhumi-pujan at Ayodhya is behind us, perhaps it can be stated without dampening the spirit of celebration that the choice of the date was an avoidable controversy.
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The Bodh Gaya temple controversy
The Ambedkarite neo-Buddhists hatred towards Hinduism led to a movement for the “liberation of the Mahabodhi shrine”.
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Hindu Hatya
The term genocide is bandied about without much thought and needs to be looked at for the legitimate persecution of Hindus to be recognized.
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Hindutva and other peoples’ nationalism
The BJP's rudimentary understanding of the war for territory may come back to haunt them later.