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Often encountered the question in discussions - "Why are you not a libertarian/classical liberal"?I was one, back in my 20sOutgrew that for a few reasons1. Classical liberalism is predicated on
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It is Navaratri seasonWhile there is a strong association of the festival with Shri Rāmachandra, the primary theme of the festival in much of India is the worship of the
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A common western critique of HindusHindus are not "humanists". They don't value equality of all human life. Hindus view society as comprising of many human species (jAtis)RealityThis "narrow-minded" country has
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India became a Republic in 1950. Since then the country has retained its democratic character with free and fair elections. It has also remained a Constitutional Republic - the central
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Modernity is a homogenizing force, and tends to kill diversity in culture, belief and ideologyBut pays lip service to superficial forms of diversity like that of color, genderCaste in contrast
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Thread on politicsThe origins of Left vs Right divide stem back to the last days of Roman republic when you had the Populares vs OptimatesThe conservative aristocrats who upheld Senate
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On the occasion of "Hindi Divas", it is worth our while to reflect on this great but underrated languageAnd also reflect on which variant of Hindi do we wish to
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Trad vs materialist world viewsIn the materialist view, humans are centralAbuse of one's relatives is "bad"Abusing "imaginary" deities is OKIn the "Trad" worldview, humans are perishableDeities transcendent
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Level 1 Atheism: Question the efficacy of ritualLevel 2 Atheism: Stop visiting temples. I "believe in a higher power". Not in deities and pretty storiesLevel 3 Atheism: One can be
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This excellent dynastic list compiled diligently by FE Pargiter from Puranas sheds much light on early Indian chronologySome takeaways1. The IkshvAku king Shri Ramachandra precedes the Mahabharata heroes by 29
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Karnataka had its 15th assembly election in May - a much discussed electionWhile the media followed the election closely, the "exceptionalism" of Karnataka politics was not noted by any observer.
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Posted a thread on brahman migrations to South a week ago. Related to that is another topic - the development of Vaishnavism down South - Sri-Vaishnavism in particularMahadevan's paper has
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