Articles [Customs and Culture]

We do not have to read about Indian culture, because it is not included in our course of study. So we take for granted that India had scarcely any culture. Then when some foreign pundits speak highly of India's culture, we feel greatly elated. We...

The Hindu Code Law was duly passed in the Parliament, but it could not safeguard the women from the agony and torture caused by the dowry system. Even today many women suffer for this disgraceful social practice. And when their sufferings become...

The two unfortunate riots of 1984 in Delhi and 2002 in Gujarat are haunting the Indian political space ever since they happened. In both of them there is a widely held belief that the government of the day did not take adequate and necessary steps...

No one knows the origins of the thousands of languages that are spoken all over the world. It is estimated that nearly between  to 5,000 to 6,192 languages (depending on classification) are spoken globally. When one travels out of India one...

The recent judgement of Supreme Court annulling the 2009 Delhi High Court order decriminilising the lesbian, gay,bisexual, transsexuals (LGBT), practicing their sexual orientations has created a furor in the country. There are increasing and loud...

The incidence of corruption in India is so high that one wonders from where do the people learn the art of becoming corrupt. If one wants to acquire a skill, one gets enrolled in a education institute and undergoes a course for a particular...

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Introduction The prevalent Brahmanical system was based on hierarchical relations. Much importance was given to sacrifices and rituals. A desire for a simple religion which could be practiced without much difficulties in their daily life aroused...

Introduction: Determination and desire do not constitute the religion of soul, but the mind. Wisdom, happiness, sadness, desire, envy, care, theism and atheism are not the nature of soul. Salvation breeds no desire, but stops and relinquishes...

Ganesha Chaturthi is the day Lord Ganesha was born. On this day in countless Hindu homes across the country and in Maharashtra in particular idols of Ganesha are brought and worshipped. These are kept upto a period of ten days or less and are then...