Europe
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New avatar for old crusades
For the Muslim world secularism, rationality, liberalism and democracy are just new avatars of their old Christian foes.
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Dark Clouds Looming
The darkness was associated with the forest and fairness with the rain, darkness with wilderness and fairness with civilization. One was not better than the other. Both were needed for the circle of life.
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The Hijra Legacy
The Supreme Court of India has finally recognised hijras as the third gender. This must be seen as a victory of ‘Indian culture’.
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That Delightful Honeymoon
In the mouths of political celibates, the word ‘honeymoon’ can become vulgar. But the word itself is full of tenderness, anxieties and aspirations of newly weds.
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A Change of Language
Language is dynamic. And since words create worlds, the world is dynamic. This dynamism is seen in religion too.
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No Diversity in Babel
Yes, diversity creates conflict and competition but it also allows for the rising of new ideas.
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The imagined absence of feudalism
While the feudal orders are frowned by the new world of politics and economics, the human desire to dominate cannot be underestimated.
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The yearning for a full stop
The body will have a full stop; but does the mind? Does the mind resist the death of the body and demands freedom from this physical tyranny?
