OPEN LETTER TO POPE FRANCIS Respected Holy Father, Great hope for a positive change in the Catholic Church is pinned on the Your Pontificate and recent statements indicate that this hope may not be misplaced. The future, your Holiness said in November 2013, is in the respectful coexistence of diversity […]
Hinduism
By S Gurumurthy 26th June 2013 The ongoing debate on the Madras High Court judgment ordering alimony to a victim of desertion in live-in relation is more like the legendary six-blind-men-and-elephant analysis. The discourse has got reduced to asking whether it was not just to order alimony to an unjustly deserted […]
‘Mating as marriage’ judgment is a shocker S Gurumurthy The judgment of Justice C S Karnan of Madras High Court equating live-in relation with marriage has made global news. This is how the Washington Post [18.6.2013] has headlined the judgment: “Indian court rules that any couple who sleeps together is […]
RAASHTRAM – SPIRITUAL-EMOTIONAL CONCEPT OF NATIONHOOD Paper Presented at 2nd ASSE International Conference on Nation, Nationality, Nationhood: What is in the Name? On 2–3 May 2013 at Tirana, Albania by: Sri Ram Madhav Varanasi, MA (Pol. Science), Director, India Foundation, New Delhi, India ABSTRACT Nation, nationalism and nationhood are relatively new concepts […]
Fifth Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair to begin tomorrow in Chennai Hindu Spiritual and Service Foundation (HSSF), a unique forum that showcases the service activities of diverse Hindu Spiritual Organizations is organizing the Fifth Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair from February 19 to February 24, 2013 at AM Jain College […]