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The invasion of State of Orrisa

August 28, 2010 – 9:59 AM | No Comment | 1,022 views
The invasion of State of Orrisa

By Mohit Vijay
Evil Christian Evangelisation
ORISSA VISION-2020 is a Saturation Church Planting programme of India Evangelistic Association. India Evangelistic Association is an indigenous faith ministry working in Orissa since 1984. The primary vision of IEA is to reach the Unreached …

Curing corruption through culture

August 25, 2010 – 6:30 PM | No Comment | 819 views
Curing corruption through culture

Abuse of power is a recurring theme in the world around us since time immemorial. It’s the classic contention of power in the hands of the undeserving. Scriptures relate the story of Sringi, a reactive young lad possessing the …

The Man Who Defies Medical Science

August 25, 2010 – 10:04 AM | No Comment | 920 views
The Man Who Defies Medical Science

By Manu Gupta
Investigations of a sadhu who has not eaten for sixty years give food for thought to scientists and spiritualists. Exclusive interview between Dr. Manu Gupta and Prahalad Jani.
Ambaji, Gujarat: I am sitting in front …

Zakir Naik’s Lies and the Vedic Truth

August 18, 2010 – 9:29 AM | 6 Comments | 5,874 views
Zakir Naik’s Lies and the Vedic Truth

By : Swami Abhayananda Tirtha
Zakir Naik quotes Yajur veda (32.3) to prove that God doesn’t have a form. Whether God has a form or not according to Vedic scriptures is a secondary point. It’s more important …

Kandhamal : The Real Story

August 15, 2010 – 9:17 AM | No Comment | 1,239 views
Kandhamal : The Real Story

By Sandhya Jain
Was the alleged rape of an Orissa nun, following the assassination of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four sanyasis in Kandhamal on Krishna Janmasthami, Aug. 23, 2008, an afterthought by missionaries targetted by enraged Hindus? Was …

Evolutionary Ethics

August 13, 2010 – 9:13 AM | One Comment | 4,894 views
Evolutionary Ethics

By Sesa Dasa
Let’s start with where we are in agreement with Moral naturalists. I agree with the Moral Naturalists that it is possible to better understand human nature through the study of animal behavior. Beyond …

Hindu terrorism doesn’t exist, but do we want one?

August 11, 2010 – 9:08 AM | 7 Comments | 3,688 views
Hindu terrorism doesn’t exist, but do we want one?

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from …

Seven Blunders that Will Always Haunt India

August 8, 2010 – 8:50 AM | No Comment | 1,161 views
Seven Blunders that Will Always Haunt India

By Major General Mrinal Suman
History is most unforgiving. As historical mistakes cannot be undone, they have complex cascading effect on a nation’s future. Here is a saga of seven historical blunders that have changed the course of independent India’s …

Diet for a Dead or Dying Planet

August 6, 2010 – 8:37 AM | No Comment | 902 views
Diet for a Dead or Dying Planet

By Dr Gary Kohls
The economic system known as capitalism has regularly brought America’s economy (and the world’s) to its knees. The most recent examples are the Cheney/Bush economic crash of 2008 and Big Oil’s British Petroleum/Halliburton …

Midwifing the birth of ninety Pakistan’s in India

August 5, 2010 – 8:26 AM | No Comment | 2,202 views
Midwifing the birth of ninety Pakistan’s in India

By Dr Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary
Long long ago, chastened by the disastrous consequence of the separatism of the Muslim minority in India, that led to the partition of the country and holocaust of more than a …