Tag Archives: Religion

Caste outside Hinduism

Posted on June 24, 2006 | Comments Off

India is a land of complex mixing of traditions and cultures. Through its ever continuous evolution, it has developed local flavours of religions. It has adopted practices, assimilated traditions, and even transformed the religious practices that have emerged in foreign … Continue reading →

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Religion and Politics

Posted on November 25, 2005 | Comments Off

If religion is the belief in supernatural, its propriety in civilised society lies in the cognizance of conciliating the divergences to euphony, which is characterised by harmony of universe and is symbolic of the supernatural arbiter. And if religion is … Continue reading →

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Vishwakarma Puja

Posted on September 17, 2005 | Comments Off

Vishwakarma Puja is a big occasion of celebration in the industrial belt. This comes every year on Sept 17th. The festival celebrating the God of Industrial Craft ie. Vishwakarma is an important but less known dimension of Bengal. This time … Continue reading →

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World History: Youthful Curiosities

Posted on August 10, 2005 | Comments Off

Questions I asked a few years back on H-World Forum » » I would like to ask certain questions to the specialists on this forum. But before that, I would rather give a brief background. I have studied the Medieval … Continue reading →

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Secularism and Pluralism

Posted on January 16, 2005 | Comments Off

Secularism and pluralism are the two sides of the same coin. A society to exist needs religion – it cannot do without it. However, in todays world situation where the insularity of historical society has largely vanished, we find that … Continue reading →

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Modern Hinduism

Posted on January 1, 2005 | Comments Off

Modern Hinduism © Anup Mukherjee [A version of this (somewhat extended) exposition was published in the Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Routledge)] Hinduism in modern times has undergone tremendous reformist changes and has tended to focus on peace rather than … Continue reading →

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Cultural Context and Interpretations

Posted on December 16, 2004 | Comments Off

Culture gives meaning to our actions and ideas. Any action or idea can have meaning only in a particular cultural context. Waving the hand in a particular context may mean greeting, while in another it may mean a warning or … Continue reading →

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Sufi Movement

Posted on December 2, 2004 | Comments Off

Sufi movement emerged during the early medieval times in India with the interaction of the Islamic culture with the Hindu culture. There were different trends of the sufi movement – some were religious and social, some were linked to the … Continue reading →

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Religion, Food and Bengal

Posted on September 29, 2004 | Comments Off

I find it strange of how people react to food vis-a-vis their religion. Most of this strange thing is related to methods and reasons for taking/not-taking non-veg food – though not restricted to that alone. In India, for non-veg, Hindus … Continue reading →

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Hinduism in Modern Times

Posted on November 1, 2003 | Comments Off

Hinduism in Modern Times © Anup Mukherjee (Nov 2003) Hinduism in modern times is reflection of continuity and of progressive changes that occurred in its various traditions and institutions during the 19th and 20th centuries. By eighteenth century many ills … Continue reading →

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