Theory
What al-Biruni Can Teach Us About Hindu-Muslim Dialogue Today
by Saad Ismail
Essays
The Muslim self and its Hindu neighbours: amity and antagonism in the homelands of Bengal
Earlier this year, I published a book with the title “The Hindu Self and its Muslim Neighbors: Contested Borderlines on Bengali Landscapes”. When the manuscript was nearing completion, I realized – somewhat to my shock – that I had unwittingly written a book with the title “The Muslim Self and its Hindu Neighbors”. In other…
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Why Shashi Tharoor Is A Hindu: The Politics of Inclusivism
The problem is not that we are different. The problem is how do we coexist while respecting our differences? We must also bear in mind that is only under modern religious nationalism that there arises an acute need to summon a unifying identity around which to rally. While this certainly serves political expediency, nonetheless, a…
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Sadhguru and the Politics of Spirituality
If you listen to Sadhguru enough times – as I have – you come away with the impression that spirituality is the only sensible alternative to the regressive and old-fashioned belief in religion. Religions, and in Sadhguru’s view, Abrahamic religions in particular – with all their notions of a traditional creator-god, scriptural morality, and heaven…
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Why We Work
“What do you do?”
This much-bandied about string of words can be a polite greeting, a conversation-starter, and a way of getting to know a stranger. As such, the phrase lends itself to many interesting and meaningful conversations. In more common usage, however, it remains no more than a perfunctory formality at best, and a…
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