Babasaheb’s universalist vision of the community based on maitri enriches the political imagination everywhere Chandan Gowda During a stay at Shravasti, the Buddha asked the bhikkus, “Suppose a man is preparing to dig the earth. Does the earth resent him?” “No,” the bhikkus replied. “Suppose a man wishes to paint pictures in the air using lac and… Read More Ambedkar’s Ideal Of Maitri
There are no softballs in Arianne Shahvisi’s “Arguing for a Better World: How Philosophy Can Help Us Fight for Social Justice.” Instead, the Kurdish-British author, ethicist and academic sets up the reader with exactly the sort of provocative questions many of us heard from our most whataboutist friends and family members. “Has ‘political correctness’ gone too far?” she asks in one… Read More ‘We are all implicated in this system’: A philosopher’s advice for surviving unethical times
The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR), brought people from the Meitei and Kuki communities under one roof on Sunday for the ‘Solidarity and Prayer Watch for Manipur’ held at City Square in Nagaland’d Chümoukedima. Held in coordination with Nagaland Joint Christian Forum, Fellowship of Naga Baptist Churches and Chümoukedima Town Pastors’ Fellowship the program also… Read More Naga body brings Kukis, Meiteis under one roof; ‘Solidarity and Prayer Watch for Manipur’
Practically all of Argentina cried on this one… First posted June 08, 2015 NB: The generals who performed these barbarities were Catholics and received support from sections of the Church. But it must be said that their leftist opponents also received support from radical priests. A brief history of Argentina’s ‘dirty war’, in which 30,000 people… Read More Uki Goñi – A grandmother’s 36-year hunt for the child stolen by the Argentinian junta
Will love, compassion, and care hold similar velocity to counter-mobilise rightwing Hindutva? Ajay Gudavarthy Democracies across the globe are undergoing a deep churning and we do not know, as yet, if this will eventually settle down into a more inclusive social equilibrium challenging old and conventional understanding of social change, or remain stuck as a… Read More India’s Silent Emotive Majority
Louise Pryke The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a woman who lived in the 23rd century BCE in ancient Mesopotamia (approximately 2285 – 2250 BCE). Enheduanna is a remarkable figure: an ancient “triple threat”, she was a princess and a priestess as well as a writer and poet. The third… Read More Enheduanna, princess, priestess and the world’s first known author
Collected on the Internet, 2000 Source: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/drlaura.asp#gCkiqQ1dEXDJYwra.99 In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, written by a US man… Dear Dr. Laura: Thank… Read More “Homosexuality is wrong because the Bible says so” etc., etc.
A college affair turns coming of age into coming apart. By Lucinda Rosenfeld Not long after I became my professor’s research assistant, I told him that I sometimes threw up what I ate. A junior at Cornell, I had just turned twenty. X, as I’ll call him, had hired me in conjunction with the “work-study” program,… Read More My Adventures in Deconstruction
Van Badham The western drift away from seeking moral instruction from the church is understandable; the morality plays staged every day on Reddit’s infamous “Am I the Asshole?” threads are far more entertaining. A few weeks ago, a post went viral in which the author seeks a public verdict on the question “AITA for asking… Read More The culture of mistrust is bleeding into our personal lives. No wonder there’s a sex recession
A new film on a Muslim woman from the southern Indian state of Kerala who raised three Hindu children has brought attention to the family’s unusual story. BBC Hindi’s Imran Qureshi spoke to the siblings who inspired the film. When Jafferkhan first watched Ennu Swantham Sreedharan (Yours Truly, Sreedharan), he says he was moved to… Read More Kerala: Muslim woman’s Hindu children inspire an Indian film
After the truth-shower 