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Dharma Files | Analysing the Preamble to Indian Constitution from dharmic perspective
Arvind Sharma • 3 years agoThe word ‘secular’ was introduced into the Preamble during the period of Emergency (1975-77), imposed by Indira Gandhi
Dharma Files | How dharma and dhamma may seem similar but carry contrasting meanings
Arvind Sharma • 3 years agoA look at the usage of the two terms by Swami Vivekananda and BR Ambedkar, and how they end up possessing antithetical orientations
Dharma Files | Why ‘dharma’ is not identical with religion or Hinduism, though it overlaps with it
Arvind Sharma • 3 years agoAlthough we have become accustomed to routinely translating the English and European word 'religion' with the Sanskrit or Indic word dharma, the semantic ambience, or even flavour, surrounding the two words is different
Kshitij Ravi Prasad, ex Dharmatic Entertainment producer, granted bail after arrest in drugs case
• 4 years agoKshitij Ravi Prasad, arrested on 26 September by the NCB, won't come out of jail on 26 November as he is also implicated in another case, the bail plea of which will be heard on 3 December,
From Radical Dharma to All About Love, a look at queer Black Buddhist perspectives on spiritual practice in contemporary texts
Chintan Girish Modi • 5 years agoSeveral queer Black Buddhist authors have showed me how spiritual practice can be a liberating force in the face of challenges as huge as racism, sexism and queerphobia.
Asur review: Arshad Warsi, Barun Sobti's Voot Select thriller is an audacious take on how corrosive religion can be
Pratishrutiganguly • 5 years agoAsur is a cat-and-mouse thriller where a team of CBI forensic experts tries to hunt down a gifted serial killer with a penchant for religious fanaticism.
Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship — Vicky Kaushal wraps up shooting for first instalment of Dharma's horror franchise
• 6 years agoBhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship, which marks the directorial debut of Bhanu Pratap Singh, is slated to hit the theatres on 15 November this year
Devdutt Pattanaik on his new book Faith: 'Myths are a necessary part of the human condition, not just ancient times'
Nitya Atmakur • 6 years agoIn his latest book Faith, Devdutt Pattanaik attempts to meticulously explain the various aspects of Hinduism that might baffle the modern practitioner, even the most seemingly irrelevant ones
Good News, starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, to release on 19 July, 2019
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAkshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan will portray a married couple, trying to conceive a baby in Good News.
Bahubali 2 switches from 'dharma' to ‘political correctness’, and does equal disservice to both
Mk Raghavendra • 8 years agoIt is revealing that in an age in which tradition is being venerated, Bahubali 2 holds up such an impoverished moral vision for public consumption — and is still widely acclaimed