The extremely depressing aspect of our understanding of freedom of expression as evidenced on TV debates recently aired, is that we think freedom of expression is defined by what we think are the merits of the work in question.
Thus, we have people defending the opposition to Hussain saying he “hurt Hindu sentiments” by painting [...]
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March 2, 2010 by uttara · 8 Comments
Filed under: Art, Desi Pundit, Fiction, Human Rights, India, Law, Religion, Writing
Social Tagging: Desi Pundit • Freedom of Expression • Human Rights in India • Javed Anand • MF Hussain • Taslima Nasrin
Filed under: Art, Desi Pundit, Fiction, Human Rights, India, Law, Religion, Writing
Social Tagging: Desi Pundit • Freedom of Expression • Human Rights in India • Javed Anand • MF Hussain • Taslima Nasrin
March 1, 2010 by uttara · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Books, History & Archaeology, India, Religion, South Asia
Social Tagging: Buddhism • Gautama Buddha • History • Religion • Stephen Batchelor
Filed under: Books, History & Archaeology, India, Religion, South Asia
Social Tagging: Buddhism • Gautama Buddha • History • Religion • Stephen Batchelor
Seven years ago, when Buddhist scholar and former monk Stephen Batchelor embarked on a search for the real Siddhartha Gautama, rooting through over 6,000 pages of the Pali Canon—the oldest set of texts on his teachings, which provide glimpses into his social and political world—perhaps he didn’t even dream of the Buddha that would emerge [...]
February 25, 2010 by uttara · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Blogs, Human Rights, India, Islam, Pakistan, Religion, South Asia
Social Tagging: Islam • Shah Alam Khan • Sikhs in Peshawar • Taliban
Filed under: Blogs, Human Rights, India, Islam, Pakistan, Religion, South Asia
Social Tagging: Islam • Shah Alam Khan • Sikhs in Peshawar • Taliban
Via Spirited Seeker
Shah Alam Khan on the beheading of Sikhs in Peshawar:
What surprises me is the eerie silence of the Muslim ulema in the subcontinent (particularly in India) in their condemnation of this cowardly act of appalling brutality. Where are those who leave no opportunity to condemn what is inconvenient to them, no matter how [...]
February 18, 2010 by uttara · 11 Comments
Filed under: Desi Pundit, Religion, UK
Social Tagging: Brighid • Brigid • Celts • Desi Pundit • Druids • Goddess Worship • Imbolc • London • Mother Goddess • Pagans • Religion
Filed under: Desi Pundit, Religion, UK
Social Tagging: Brighid • Brigid • Celts • Desi Pundit • Druids • Goddess Worship • Imbolc • London • Mother Goddess • Pagans • Religion
Grant, O Spirit, Thy Protection
And in Protection, Strength
And in Strength, Understanding
And in Understanding, Knowledge
And in Knowledge, the Knowledge of Justice
And in the Knowledge of Justice, the Love of It
And in the Love of It, the Love of All Existences
And in the Love of All Existences, the Love of (God, Goddess) Spirit and All Goodness
Standing around [...]
January 19, 2010 by uttara · 2 Comments
Filed under: Music, Religion
Social Tagging: Devotional Music • Lingashtakam • Music • Religion • Sanskrit chants • Uma Mohan
Filed under: Music, Religion
Social Tagging: Devotional Music • Lingashtakam • Music • Religion • Sanskrit chants • Uma Mohan
On my perpetual quest to find music that has been well done in the burgeoning “devotional” category of Indian music, I discovered Uma Mohan’s renditions of Sanskrit chants a few years ago.
Mohan has used western music, employing harmony better than some have in the category of devotional music and in Indian film music. She often [...]
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