David Frawley

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David Frawley

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What is Narendra Modi’s India?

Jun 8, 2019, 10:58 PM IST

Narendra Modi embodies India’s new developmental ethos at an economic level but also its new pride in its profound civilisation. He has captured both India’s glorious past and its vast future potential. He is at home in Shiva temples in Varanasi and Kedarnath and at the same time with the military throughout the country, and with technocrats from throughout the world

Hinduism, Hindutva, BJP, Rahul Gandhi, Modi, Congress, Yogi Adityanath, Sabarimala, Ram Mandir

Pursuing the rising Hindu vote

Nov 27, 2018, 12:26 PM IST

2019 will mark how the Hindu community and its growing sense of identity will shape the political future of India.

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Isn't India’s secularism continuing with colonial anti-Hindu agenda?

Nov 14, 2018, 10:15 PM IST

Hindus should not be deprived of the religious rights that are given to Christians and Muslims. Otherwise, India is still following the same policy of the colonial era of denigrating and exploiting the Hindus.

Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Indian courts, India news, Church, Communism, Dharma

Are the courts the new gurus for the Hindus?

Oct 25, 2018, 4:43 PM IST

Courts have no justification for regulating Hindu religious practices, particularly when they are not doing the same for other religions. Such court interference in a majority religion is unprecedented in the world and legally questionable.

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Hindus voting NOTA or abstaining on election day will not bring a better government

Oct 15, 2018, 3:26 PM IST

Surely, anti-dharmic forces are daunting and deep-seated but their power is on the decline and it must be further reduced. This may take more than another five years. In fact, it must remain an ongoing and enduring endeavour for decades to come.

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Ayodhya land dispute: Hindus have strong social, religious, national case

Sep 28, 2018, 10:40 AM IST

The unresolved Ram temple issue has kept the spirit of the country suppressed. Let India welcome Sri Ram and his family at their home in Ayodhya. They are no threat to anyone or to any worship of the Divine

Hindu dharma, Hinduism, RSS, Marxism, communism, JNU, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo

How India's great cultural heritage trumps radical Left propaganda

Sep 20, 2018, 9:20 PM IST

The battle is not fascist Hindus versus the liberal Left but dharmic traditions versus the radical Left that is opposed to India's great cultural and civilisational heritage

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How Swami Vivekananda transformed global spirituality

Sep 11, 2018, 1:08 PM IST

Swami Vivekananda brought Yoga, Vedanta and Hinduism to the world as part of a global spiritual transformation from outer religious beliefs to inner spiritual practices, allowing each individual to discover the higher truth within his or her own nature.

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Janmashtami 2018: Importance of Shri Krishna and Indian politics

Sep 2, 2018, 2:06 PM IST

Can we ascertain what Shri Krishna might do today? Certainly, India in 2019 faces another major challenge that could be called a new Kurukshetra

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Narendra Modi’s elusive opposition and Congress shadow

Aug 30, 2018, 7:52 PM IST

Compared to the murky shadow alliance that some refer to as the Mahagathbandhan, which shows no clarity as to how they could govern or develop India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shines clearly, casting a light forward, not dragging the country back into the darkness and behind the scenes machinations

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Independence Day appeal: Reclaim influence of India’s vast culture, timeless civilisation

Aug 13, 2018, 3:16 PM IST

A resurgent India requires a new diplomatic image of India as its own civilisational centre, notably its role in the Indo-Pacific region — not just reacting to political currents from the outside, but developing both India’s soft power and hard power

Why assertive Hanuman is rising again in India

Assertive Hanuman rising again because Hindus face persecution in their own country

Aug 6, 2018, 4:31 PM IST

Hindus continue to be shamed and humiliated as intolerant oppressors, when they are usually the victims. The courts regulate Hindu practices, while not interfering with those of other religions. Hindu temples are run by State governments, with non-Hindus or anti-Hindus on their temple boards, and temple revenues expropriated by the state for whatever purpose the state deems fit...

Baba Ramdev and India’s yoga gurus face biased attacks from Western media

Aug 2, 2018, 12:19 PM IST

It is time for the Western media to mature in its coverage of India, India’s culture and its yoga gurus that are bringing benefits to millions throughout the world.

Guru Purnima: Should we make media or netas our new gurus?

Guru Purnima: Should we make opinionated media or self-serving netas our new gurus?

Jul 27, 2018, 9:56 AM IST

The guru is India’s main export to the world. The Hindu tradition of guru goes beyond teaching merely from books, but today do we know who must guide us?