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Whiteness Studies and Implications for Indian-American Identity

Posted on Apr 26 2007

A new 175-page bibliography is launched on American Whiteness Studies, along with a brief discussion on how this topic relates to my research on identity in America, including implications for Indian-Americans.

Follow up on Manusmriti to my article in Outlook India

Posted on Feb 12 2006

Response to some comments to my recent article on Outlook India

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Is anthropology of western culture by others banned?

Posted on Jun 15 2004

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The Westernized side of my background

Posted on Apr 27 2004

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Rejoinder to Mr. Vedantam's column

Posted on Apr 26 2004

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Geopolitics and Sanskrit Phobia

Posted on Jul 5 2005

In modern Westernized universities, Sanskrit is taught primarily as a language only and that too in connection with Indo-European philology. On the other hand, other major languages such as English, Arabic and Mandarin are treated as containers of their respective unique civilizational worldviews; the same approach is not accorded to Sanskrit. In fact, the word itself has a wider, more general meaning in the sense of civilization. Etymologically, Sanskrit means "elaborated," "refined," "cultured," or "civilized," implying wholeness of expression. Employed by the refined and educated as a language and a means of communication, Sanskrit has also been a vehicle of civilizational transmission and evolution.

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Myth of Hindu Sameness

Posted on Nov 18 2004

Difference-with-respect is an attitude that is practically unachievable through History-Centric religions, except in the form of artificial political correctness commonly referred to as 'tolerance'.

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Dialog on Whiteness Studies

Posted on Sep 20 2004

I often hear liberal persons say that they are colorblind, i.e. they do not see any difference among persons based on color. But you and most White Studies scholars criticize the policy known as colorblindness. Why?

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Ten Challenges to Washington Post

Posted on Apr 26 2004

Mr. Vedantam further confuses my stances concerning India's geopolitical matters with my critiques of academic works by certain scholars of Hinduism. He uses my views on the former to claim that I am engaged in PR in the latter, thereby undermining the seriousness of my critical charge.

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Washington Post and Hinduphobia

Posted on Apr 20 2004

In our world of constant change, many entrenched paradigms and worldviews are being challenged by marginalized voices. As a patriotic American, I consider these healthy debates as another stage in the series of progressive movements, like civil rights, feminism, gay rights and other movements that started as underdogs and outsiders to the established power structure and had to battle at great expense for

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RISA Lila - 2 - Limp Scholarship and Demonology

Posted on Nov 17 2003

Dating back to the earliest occupation of India by the British, academic scholarship has often studied and depicted India and its religious and cultural traditions as consisting of the exotic cultures of distant and primitive peoples.

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Problematizing God's Interventions in History

Posted on Mar 19 2003

Can universal truth-claims be considered scientific, if they are contingent upon a particular account of history, especially a historical event that could never be replicated? Specifically, what does a scientist think of claims of God's unique interventions that are space-time discontinuities, and that either violated or permanently changed the laws of the cosmos? Can science afford to legitimize any

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RISA Lila - 1: Wendy's Child Syndrome

Posted on Sep 6 2002

The present essay deals with yet another important discipline, namely, Religious Studies, which is growing rapidly in the US and in many other countries. Unfortunately, this is not so in India, where a peculiar brand of “secularism” has prevented aca

The Axis of Neocolonialism

Posted on Jul 10 2002

This essay argues that intellectual svaraj (self-rule) is as fundamental to the long term success of a civilization as is svaraj in the political and financial areas. Therefore, it is important to ask: whose way of representing knowledge will be in control? It is the representation system that defines the metaphors and terminology, interprets what they mean in various situations, influences what issues are selected to focus on

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America's Last Chance

Posted on Jun 8 2002

It is vital for America to put pragmatism in the front and ideology in the back seat. This article is written from the perspective of American interests: Now might be America's last chance to gain control over Pakistan's nukes, before neo-Taliban elements take control of Pakistan's military

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A Business Model of Religion - 2

Posted on Apr 24 2002

Religion has become heavily institutionalized involving giant multinational religious enterprises. This essay examines the effects of institutionalized competition by looking primarily at the way Christianity has utilized the business process very successfully

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Hinduism in American Classrooms

Posted on Mar 18 2002

...as a teacher he has important things to say about the way schools portray India and its traditions. Second, as he identifies himself as a Hindu, his insights may also reflect the views of many 'Euro-American Hindus', i.e. the over 15 million Americans who now practice Hindu activities, such as yoga, meditation, and kirtan, amongst others

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The Root of India-Pakistan Conflicts

Posted on Feb 11 2002

Any genuine attempt to address geopolitical problems must look deeper than examining merely the symptoms of conflict. This essay calls for a paradigm shift in the understanding of the root cause, without which attempts to resolve the 'Kashmir issue' shall fail, or at best bring temporary relief. It concludes by defining the 'hard question' that must be tackled by the world community

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CNN's Pakistan Bias

Posted on Jan 11 2002

Many Indians and Western scholars are deeply disappointed by CNN's coverage of events in Afghanistan and the recent India-Pakistan tensions. CNN's top journalists and anchor persons, including Wolf Blitzer and Christiane Amanpour, seem frozen in a Cold War geopolitical mindset.

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A Business Model of Religion - 1

Posted on Dec 31 2001

This essay compares the management and business realm with the practices of organized religion. It calls for a paradigm shift in the study of religion.

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