The tree is known by its fruits. Buddhism put reason in place of authority, it discarded metaphysical speculation to make ...

The final part of this four-part series examines J. Sai Deepak’s views on Periyar and the anti-Brahmanism of the Dravidian ...

How do you win an election? You take up an issue and scare the people so much that they run away from the Opposition.

Siddharta renounced everything to take up the life of a wandering ascetic. Six years later, he attained enlightenment while ...

Over the years, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has displayed a fluctuating stance on the issue of reservations.

The photographs are testaments that show how the Aadivasi communities have resisted Brahmanism in all these years. Capturing the moments of daily life, Sakthivarshini’s ‘Faces of Uzhavar ...

Babus of Nayanjore This is a story about the landlords of Nayanjore, “the Babus”, who lived extravagant lives before the ...

THE author of this treatise divides mankind into five races, distinguished by the colour of the skin—the white, yellow, black, brown, and red races—which he holds to be more reliable than ...

The Sinhala Buddhists, on the other hand, were not so advanced. Sinhala Buddhists never became Mahayana. They incorporated Mahayana gods and beliefs into their practices, but the doctrine remained ...