Hindutva! We all are familiar with this. But, very few of us know, what it means, truly. Generally, what we taught about Hindutva is that it is the mobilization of masses based on religion, which is not the truth.  The Hindutva is defamed so far that, today, many people found is just the opposite of what it actually means. They called Hindutva the opposite of Hinduism. And, this is just for political gain. The  INC, who ruled for decades, continuously propagated against Hindutva. Because they found it opposition ideology.   Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted  that “ the opposite of Hinduism is Hindutva. ” This is part of a political project by the Congress Party, which also is pushed in Tharoor’s book to hype up this imagined difference.   Congress has realized that there is a perception of it being anti-Hindu which has, in part, led to its electoral defeats while the BJP has ridden on a perception of being sympathetic to Hindu interests. To counter th...

Hindu! I'm Hindu, you are Hindu, but our perception of being Hindu is different. Even, my perception of Hindu is not the same from the very beginning. It keeps changing with age, or truly, with knowledge. Generally, we try to fix it with religion. Hardly one succeeded in it, but for the short term. The term ‘Hindu' first emerged in Persia, which denotes ‘people beyond river Indus', that’s Sindhu. And the land beyond Indus is called Hind. So, the people of Hind are Hindu. As like, the people of India are Indian. It was used in a geographical context. A name given by a foreigner doesn’t change the entity being named. It is even more apt because it demarcates the characteristics, directly or indirectly. As time passes, the word Hindu seen a great evolution. From the people of Hind to Followers of Vedas and far later Idol worshipper. Its meaning becomes geographical to religious.  In general, Being Hindu means following Hindu practices or Hinduism, it is...

We are in the 21st century, India offers a lot of opportunities to women, with women having a voice in everyday life, the business world as well as in political life. Nevertheless, India is still a male-dominated society, where women are often seen as subordinate and inferior to men. Still, discrimination, intolerance, and small-mindedness are highly visible in rural as well as in urban areas, throughout all strata of society. While women are guaranteed equality under the constitution, legal protection has a limited effect, where patriarchal traditions prevail. “It is impossible to think about the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is impossible for a bird to fly on only one wing.” — Swami Vivekananda Today's social structure of patriarchy, which is practiced for thousands of years. A general conception is made root in people's mind, that women should only look after the house and kids. In the last decades, a lot of measures were taken to ...

 When we think of Hinduism, we find it difficult, if not impossible, to define Hinduism or even adequately describe it. Unlike other religions in the world, Hinduism does not claim any one prophet, it does not worship any one god, it does not subscribe to any one dogma, it does not believe in any one philosophic concept, it does not follow any one set of religious rites or performances, in fact, it does not appear to satisfy the narrow traditional features of any religion or creed. It may broadly be described as a way of life and nothing more. Hinduism does not neatly fit into the normal definition of religion as there is no founder, the highest Supreme (Brahman) is not directly worshiped. Hinduism is a collection of believes / philosophies/sciences of the people from the region of the Indus valley. But I guess that you knew this already. Hinduism” Being the oldest and the third-largest faith in the world and with over a billion followers – many believe that Hinduism ...