This essay investigates how the legitimacy of a language supports or facilitates symbolic violence and self-censorship among minority languages, as well as how language laws and practices legitimise languages and how they affect diverse social groups. It also considers what may be done to keep linguistic ideology as a multifaceted phenomenon.
Dharmik tales may seem simple but contain many layers, which can hold keys to many of the modern problems. This article explores two popular tales and their hidden depths.
An analytical dive into the Places of Worship Act, 1991, its applicability and exemptions, from the point of view of its constitutionality.
Indian courts today are actively employing a method, created by the Christians and for the Christians, in matters related to Hinduism.
The article analyzes the importance of Shakti worship for achieving the goal of decolonizing and rejuvenating the collective consciousness of India.
The plea for carbon dating of the Wuzukhana Shivalinga is inimical to Hindu interests. However, a GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) survey of the entire "Visweshvara Hill" and also the whole Gyanvapi mosque complex will confirm the history of Avimuktesvara linga and the Gyanvapi site and provide irrefutable legal evidence in this matter.
The author explains why the Wuzukhana Shivalinga cannot be the original Visvesvara Jyotirlinga, Nandisavara, Tarakesvara, or Gangesvara, and asserts the possibility of it being the original Avimuktesvara Linga.
The Adi-Visvesvara Temple houses the original argha (seat) of the Visvesvara Jyotirlinga, and the original vigraha (idol) of Shringara Gauri and Saubhagya Gauri.
The Gyanwapi Mosque is the original ancient site of Avimukteswara Linga and not the Visvesvara Jyotirlinga (Kashi Vishwanath). The fundamental factual inaccuracies and misconceptions with regard to the Visvesvara Jyotirlinga cast a cloud on the legitimacy of the otherwise legitimate Hindu claim on Kashi Vishwanath, and the grave errors render all flawed court petitions and prayers void ab initio.
In this article, Koenraad Elst calls upon the Indo-Europeanists to study the evidences for the Out of India (OIT) theory.