Abbakka Prerana || श्री || Try to buy an alphabet book for Indian languages and you will come across books titled something like “My bilingual baby”. Westerners feel proud to make their children bilingual because most of them know only one language. On the other hand, most Indians know 3 …
English: a tool for DeRacination: #EnglishNonUsables Read More »
Abbakka Prerana Author Note: Some readers could infer that this piece is justifying dowry or lynching. This is , as i see it , the effect of the binary thinking that western universalism forces – respecting one God leads to disrespecting other gods and vice versa. Non-westerners also imbibe the …
#Drishti matters .. a “dramatic” case study .. #TKTSKK Read More »
Abbakka Prerana Author Note: I review the book “The Gita: For Children” by Roopa Pai. It is a National bestseller and award winning book. There would be many reasons why someone would want to read the book, but the book blurb asks the question “Why haven’t you read it yet?” …
Indoctrinating #WesternUniversalism using the Gita Read More »
Abbakka Prerana || श्री || When we hear the word “charity” what comes to our mind is helping the needy, magnanimity, selflessness, etc. But do you know about the different varieties of charity? Let me describe some versions of charity I have come across. The Selling Generation – Catching them …
“Charity”, #WesternUniversalism examined: ≠ Daana Read More »
Abbakka Prerana Editorial Note: In a thought provoking article, reversing the gaze on Science from a layperson perspective, Abbakka raises some very important points about the nature of “Modern Science”, especially the influence of its roots and evolution. Just as adherents of Christianity claim it to be the Religion of …
As I was reading the chapter व्यवस्था और अव्यवस्था (Order and Chaos) of the book विभिन्नता (Being Different), it reminded me of the few years that I spent in the US. We frequently get to know of experiences of foreigners visiting India and their experiences with the Indian chaos. Here are some experiences of an Indian with the orderliness in the US. Before I begin, I would…
|| श्री || In the current crisis of coronavirus, India seems to be doing better than the western world. Countries like US, UK, Italy which are expected to have better health facilities and hygiene have…
