https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/dharma-and-the-academy-from-a-hindu-academics-viewpoint/August 13, 2021, 3:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/f5ae8c43_4039_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaOn analysing the difference that has arisen between the academic community and the faith community or between the outsiders and insiders to a tradition, we realise that they both see the truth and true knowledge perhaps arises at the point of inte...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/india/hindu-traditions-and-the-academic-optics-of-the-west/July 9, 2021, 4:19 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/f6700b2a_3360_P_2_mr-1.jpgIndiaHow should members of the academic community react when members of the faith community, and not just members of the student community or colleagues in the academic community, cross the response threshold? The answer to this question is now in the ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/the-difference-between-faith-and-fanaticism/April 20, 2021, 3:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/b601c92a_2380_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionA person of faith recognises the truth that God is, whoever it may be, for him and others, while a fanatic is certain that only s/he knows who or what God is and is blinded by her/his passion. That is where differences between the two arise.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/sabarimalas-ban-on-women-isnt-a-black-and-white-matter/March 24, 2021, 10:37 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Webp.net-resizeimage-13-1.jpgOpinionViewing the ban on the entry of women into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple in terms of the simplistic binaries of equality vs inequality, tradition vs modernity and feminism vs patriarchy might not be favourable for people on both sides of the debate.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/women-and-the-case-of-sabarimala-pilgrimage/February 27, 2021, 3:18 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/b4952d79_1797_P_5_mr-1.jpgOpinionThe Sabarimala temple in Kerala has often found itself in the eye of a storm because of the ‘ban’ on women of reproductive age from entering the temple. The tradition needs to be scrutinised in detail to address certain misconceptions about it.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/why-hinduism-is-not-brahmanical/January 18, 2021, 3:13 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/9300a541_1356_P_4_mr-1.jpgOpinionIt may be valid to say that there can be a Brahmanical Hinduism, but to say that Hinduism is Brahmanical would be as misleading as any attempt to identify Christianity with imperialism and Islam with jihadism.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/the-tension-between-hinduism-and-hindutva/December 23, 2020, 3:26 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/f74f99c0_1074_P_5_mr-1.jpgOpinionWe know that universal Hinduism is committed to pluralism, but what about ethnic Hinduism or Hindutva? Perhaps readers of this piece will be as surprised to know that ethnic Hinduism is as committed to it as universal Hinduism.