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Swami Agnivesh
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Post-COVID, religion must be God-centred and priest-freeSubscriber Only
June 30,2020 00:34:53 AM
Worship must be to spiritual life what breathing is to physical life. Just as there are no middlemen in our breathing -- except the deadly middleman of pollution -- in the spiritual breathing of worship too, there must be no middlemen.
Tue, Jun 30, 2020
When poverty became visibleSubscriber Only
June 05,2020 20:25:45 PM
Risks born out of squalor of the poor –and its consequent health implications for the rich -- will be addressed post-Covid
Fri, Jun 05, 2020
Coronavirus has forced us to fall back on ourselvesSubscriber Only
April 06,2020 03:01:00 AM
It is asking us to open the box of our inner lives.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Fit India should also mean the courage to ask tough questionsSubscriber Only
September 14,2019 00:10:06 AM
How can we create Fit India, the PM needs to ask, if we do not pay at least equal attention to developing an intellectual culture? Medical sciences aver that physical fitness is incomplete without mental and intellectual fitness.
Sat, Sep 14, 2019
Corporates are the ones suffering poverty in more ways than oneSubscriber Only
May 15,2019 03:25:55 AM
Corporates owe banks, and the public, crores. They’re the ones suffering poverty in more ways than one.
Wed, May 15, 2019
BJP’s attempt to use national security as its poll plank betrays its desperation and fearSubscriber Only
April 19,2019 00:30:46 AM
Intelligent voters will, given that Modi has failed to deliver on all promises made in 2014, conclude that “crying wolf” about a neighbouring country.
Fri, Apr 19, 2019
For Sri Sri, mediation in Ayodhya could be a double-edged swordSubscriber Only
March 25,2019 01:49:43 AM
Mediators in Ayodhya must stand steadfast on spiritual foundation in a charged atmosphere, where religion has been superseded by politics and the dynamic of mediation overshadowed by triumphalism.
Mon, Mar 25, 2019
As We Celebrate The BraveSubscriber Only
March 05,2019 01:15:11 AM
Our public life is, increasingly, being configured by fear.
Tue, Mar 05, 2019
Belief without truthSubscriber Only
December 20,2018 00:40:27 AM
Religion and superstition are mirror images. Superstition can, therefore, pass for religion, especially when the people know only rituals and practices — all priestly inventions — and are ignorant of the ethical and philosophical principles embedded in scriptures.
Thu, Dec 20, 2018
Why I have been assaultedSubscriber Only
August 18,2018 00:45:23 AM
My ideal of social justice runs counter to the casteism of Sangh Parivar. But my disagreements are spiritual, not political.
Sat, Aug 18, 2018
Faith Vs Blind FaithSubscriber Only
July 18,2018 00:51:17 AM
Without reason in our religious outlook we let the clergy manipulate us
Thu, Jul 19, 2018
Godman’s BurdenSubscriber Only
June 22,2018 01:10:54 AM
Bhayyuji Maharaj’s suicide highlight pressures that overtake the spiritually inclined
Fri, Jun 22, 2018
A perverse ploySubscriber Only
February 12,2018 01:30:22 AM
I am a man of faith. The cynical political calculation of Ram Janmabhoomi movement is intolerable to me.
Mon, Feb 12, 2018
About dignitySubscriber Only
November 17,2017 00:40:33 AM
A sense of justice and fair play demands that unskilled workers are paid at least as much as their counterparts in the organised sector.
Fri, Nov 17, 2017
In good faith: Superstition caricatures GodSubscriber Only
September 23,2017 00:25:20 AM
Light of the Vedas is an antidote to ignorance.
Sat, Sep 23, 2017
Real Freedom Of ReligionSubscriber Only
June 09,2017 00:10:53 AM
To help India, contemporary spiritualism must break the shackles on its own soul
Fri, Jun 09, 2017
Why Baba Ramdev would do well to go into vanvaasSubscriber Only
April 06,2016 23:42:37 PM
What Ramdev has done is criminal. He is sowing seeds of horrendous violence in the minds of unsuspecting people within an ambience of faith. This is incitement of the most dangerous kind.
Thu, Apr 07, 2016
Who cares about temple entry?Subscriber Only
February 06,2016 00:05:56 AM
Male-dominated ‘places of worship’ are, in fact, places where god doesn’t reside.
Sat, Feb 06, 2016
BJP vs Sonia: The Great Indian ShowSubscriber Only
July 24,2003 00:00:00 AM
It is not my call to defend anyone in particular. But it is certainly my call to defend good sense and fair play in public life. I find it d...
Thu, Jul 24, 2003Reforming Hinduism from withinSubscriber Only
October 30,2002 00:00:00 AM
It is a great pity that the radical spiritual legacy that Swami Dayanand enunciated as the Arya Samaj movement more than a century ago could...
Wed, Oct 30, 2002Courage at other’s cost is no courageSubscriber Only
January 21,2000 00:00:00 AM
Mushirul Hasan's article ``No Hindu Machismo, please'' (IE, January 12), calls for a clarification regarding references to the Arya Samaj....
Fri, Jan 21, 2000Journalism of Courage
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