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On heroes, martyrs, and beheadings…

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 13, 20133 mins

Shared on my friend’s Facebook wall – a point of view from an army man (friend’s friend) who has served at the LOC (don’t know when or for how long). Provides a fresh perspective on what exactly the…

Swami Vivekananda on Spiritual Conquest (Part 2)

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20135 mins

[Editor’s Prelude] This is Part 2 of a two-part blog series on Swami Vivekananda’s ideas on spiritual conquest – from a talk titled The Work Before Us delivered at the Triplicane Literary Society…

Swami Vivekananda on Spiritual Conquest

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20138 mins

*[Editor’s Prelude] Was Swami Vivekananda the first ambassador of Hinduism to the West? The more one reads of his writings and lectures, one begin to realize that he was possibly Hinduism’s first (and…

Understanding Rama’s Sita Conundrum – view from Swami Vivekananda

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 03, 20134 mins

Most Hindus probably learned the numerous stories in Ramayana from Amar Chitra Katha comics. If you’ve been a reasonably voracious reader in your youth, you might have also read C. Rajagopalcharya’s…

Backstory on John D. Rockefeller’s First Public Donation

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 01, 20132 mins

[John D. Rockefeller (Pic courtesy storiesofusa.com) My most inspired Kindle purchase in 2012 (for a ‘princely’ sum of $1.99) was The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Last night I learnt that John…

Aftermath of Delhi gangrape: a set of must-read articles and tweets

Vishy KurugantiDecember 28, 20122 mins

Barring onetwo, the rest of the curated articles should appeal to your head rather than your heart. Added For Anonymous after the girl’s death earlier today. The Problem is Us How to go from outrage…

The danger to women lurks within us

Vishy KurugantiDecember 28, 20121 mins

In a Dec 27, 2012 editorial in The Hindu, Praveen Swami shares several statistics on how other countries have combated rape. Lest we take too much comfort from some of the statistics, he reminds us…

Crime does not pay – a rebooting manifesto

Vishy KurugantiDecember 27, 20124 mins

It’s been over a week since a hapless young medical student was brutally gang-raped and mercilessly beaten to within a micro-inch of her life. In this glorious nation’s capital.. inside a moving…

Treat us as human beings, not goddesses please!

Vishy KurugantiDecember 20, 20121 mins

My wife shared this on her Facebook wall today… Its a myth – not history – that women in India are treated as goddesses…and even in the greatest epics/myths, one goddess-woman was publicly stripped by…

A runner gets rid of a corn… and photoblogs the metamorphosis

Vishy KurugantiDecember 18, 20121 mins

Disclaimer: the pictures below are NOT for the squeamish. After 2nd 24-hour usage of the Scholl corn cap Believe me when I say “it does NOT hurt” Almost done… Fresh pink skin whitened by…

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