Vedanta Sees Clash of Values; Not Civilization
Vedanta sees no conflict between rational thought and spirituality. What it sees is a clash of values rather than a clash of civilizations. This can be useful for understanding the turbulent world today. Navaratna Rajaram finds out more… A striking feature of European and now American society is the conflict More...
Vedanta and the 21st Century: Reality in Vedanta and Science
“There are striking similarities between the fundamental questions about the nature of reality asked by modern scientists and Vedantic thinkers. First of several articles More...
Appeasement or Surrender: Where is India Headed?
“The murky campaign that scuttled Salman Rushdie’s program raises questions about its will to fight terrorism. The Gandhi family’s secrecy and diversion over issues More...
India must emphasize excellence to reverse slide
“Indians are slipping badly in crucial fields like science and mathematics. This is the result of pandering to weakness instead of encouraging excellence. India needs More...
Decolonizing Education
Freeing education In 1891, speaking to a group of young men, Swami Vivekananda said: “Study Sanskrit, but along with it study Western sciences as well. Learn accuracy, More...
Nothing Vedic about ‘Vedic Mathematics’?
“India has made a significant contribution to mathematics including the place value system, and algebra and geometry. We should learn this history and not create myths More...
The History of Jihadi Terror
Hulagu seiges Baghdad 1258 “Concept of Jihad, carried forward by those Islamic terrorists, is an integral part of Islamic scripture.” says Dr. N S Rajaram while quoting More...
When Cricket Threatened The British Empire
On January 18, 1933, when England and Australia were locked in a grim struggle for the Ashes in the third test at Adelaide, the Australian Board of Control (for cricket) sent More...
The Sacred & Paganism
By N.S. Rajaram Sacredness The distinguishing feature of pagan beliefs and cultures is their sense of the sacred— of sacredness as something that pervades the universe, its More...
THE EVIDENCE AT AYODHYA
The Hari-Vishnu Inscription found at Ayodhya. By Dr. N S Rajaram The ‘disputed’ structure For all the sound and fury in the media about Ayodhya, the historical question More...
