Are these just comedy movies?

Yesterday, we watched a Hindi movie – “Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani”. While the overall movie was really nice and enjoyable, there were some parts of the movie which I found very uncomfortable.
The hero of the movie is a pure vegetarian. His friends convince him that he should take to non-vegetarian food since the Christian [...]

The hypocrisy of our “secular” leaders

Yesterday, we all witnessed a total solar eclipse. For devout Hindus, eclipses are a great time to pursue spiritual progress. Many of our scriptures and Puranas talk about the virtues of meditation, prayer, river-bath and Japa during this “Parva Kala” (auspicious time). People over thousands of years have also experienced the benefits of spiritual activity [...]

Progress on the portals

Last week, Samata and I combined a personal visit to Mangalore (to attend a marriage) with some work on the “Temples of Tulunadu” project. I was able to visit Belmannu, Bola, Kandalike and Pavanje. In the coming weeks, I will publish small writeups, as usual, on the Anandatirtha website. Visiting these temples right in the [...]

Where were you, dear Media?

Last week, there were clashes between two groups resulting in communal tension in Mysore. Result – four temples were destroyed. A former mayor was attacked and property destroyed. The main stream media (MSM) reported about this for maybe …hmmm….let’s see ….two mins?
Read this article here. The report has a few disturbing photographs as well. This [...]

Is the media not disturbing communal harmony?

Varun Gandhi has made some really nasty comments against Muslims. He has been charged under section 153A of the Indian Penal Code for “spreading enmity between two communities”. I am reproducing section 153A of the IPC here below.“Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, [...]

One day in the beach

It had been a really long time since I last visited Mangalore (probably five years ago in 2009) so I decided to get back to my hometown. This time, for a change, instead of visiting the temples in the region, I decided to go on a beach picnic. It was, after all, beaches that Mangalore [...]

What Chaplin stood for..

The film stars of Karnataka are going to now protest – against the protest – to install a Charlie Chaplin statue. It does not matter if the only people claiming it as having a communal tinge are the ‘anti-protesters’ themselves. Looks like appropriateness should never be questioned. It does not matter if the statue looks [...]

Why Charlie? They are making a Chaplin out of us

Recently, a film director had to give up his plan to erect a huge statue of the Hollywood personality Charlie Chaplin at a Mangalore beach. The “Vichara-vadis” are already up against the protest of the locals who have successfully prevented the idea from going ahead.
While the local leader of the BJP has denied that the [...]

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