Evergreen Essays

Why does religion always come pouring back in, despite the best efforts of secularists to do away with it? It seems that religion is just li...

I cannot emphasize this enough. Sophisticated secularists are of the uniform belief that religiosity represents a lower order of thought, at...

By SLAVOJ ZIZEK The New York Times : March 12, 2006 More than a century ago, in " The Brothers Karamazov " and other works, Dost...

London Hindus Advocate Better Presentation of Hinduism LONDON, ENGLAND, March 6, 2006: Jay Lakhani of Vivekananda Centre reports: "T...

The second issue of the on-line magazine Hindu Voice carried this inspiring story titled, "Hinduism on the London Underground" by ...

By HARRIET BROWN The New York Times : February 20, 2006 Madison, Wis. Last week's reports that low-fat diets may not reduce the risk of...

Someday the Sun Will Go Out and the World Will End (but Don't Tell Anyone) By DENNIS OVERBYE The New York Times : February 14, 2006 Th...

Believing in Doubt By AUSTIN DACEY The New York Times : February 3, 2006 Pope Benedict's worry is that individual autonomy has been e...

By LORENZO ALBACETE The New York Times : February 3, 2006 Benedict's conversations with nonbelievers have convinced him that their ma...

It was an early morning. I had woken up at 4: 30. Before going to bed at 11: 30 the previous night, I was looking at Eleanora's book she...

R PANIKKAR The Times of India Saturday, January 28, 2006 Although the etymology of the word religion is closer to the meaning of dharma th...

I find it foolish to believe that there is one or two or a thousand gods out there who control our lives and script our destiny. If he wishe...

Multiculturalism is not denial of religion By AMULYA GANGULI The Times of India Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Multiculturalism is under atta...

Gurcharan Das The Times of India Sunday, January 15, 2006 Last month, I visited the 'post-secular world'. I found myself sitting ...

Makarand Paranjape DNA Saturday, November 19, 2005 It is better to pray than to write about prayer — unless writing itself becomes pray...

Sonavi Desai DNA Sunday, December 18, 2005 Profound experiences leave us speechless. When we are moved by deep emotion we we grow silen...

Richard Dawkins's latest attack on religion is not worthy of a great scientist. Madeleine Bunting The Hindu Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006 © G...

Out of all the temples, palaces and holy sites belonging to cults we stumbled upon during our travels, Auroville had the deepest impact on m...

In a brief meditation this morning, I found again that the poetic imagination brings theory and practice together into the communicative act...

Shreepal Singh Man is exploring the universe. He is able to get out of earth and travel extraterrestrial places. He has touched moon with hi...

RADHIKA SRINIVAS The Times of India Monday, January 2, 2006 The dawn of this millennium has seen the gradual alienation of man from human...