Posted on October 2, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
This article http://www.indianexpress.com/news/You-re-either-with-us-or-against-us/368483 - an article by an IPS officer defining how the police has a “thankless job” and has to work with either conspiracy theories or flak.
The title of the article - “You’re either with us or against us” - rather sadly, defines the more highlighted muslim mindset, which is mostly a result of [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
This is a wonderful article by Arif Mohammed Khan, citing the poor leadership offered to the Muslim community from self-proclaimed muslim bodies such as the Personal Law Board, Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat and Jamaat-e-Islami. These organisations he says hijack the core muslim agenda, often backed by shameless political patronage, just as had happened in the Shah Bano [...]
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Posted on August 24, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
Acceptance of the havoc created by Aurangzeb, and in general by other followers of orthodox Islam, is key to having a progressive dialogue to make movement forward towards religious harmony in India. This article refers to research conducted by Francois Gautier, by studying Mughal references archived in Bikaner Museum. The author then tries to link this with a case to muslims softening their stand on Babri Masjid, suggesting voluntary relocation of some key flash points such as the Babri Masjid, as a radical step by the community to win over the confidence of the hindus, who have over the decades and centuries been in complete acceptance of Islam and demonstrated this by adoption of the mystical Sufi traditions and saints as their own.
Filed under: Creating a new Spiritual movement, Essays on Hinduism and Islam, Spirituality and Religion | Tagged: Aurangzeb, Conversions, Hinduism, islam, Terrorism | 8 Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
n 2004 my friend and mentor, Prasanna Lal Das, wrote an article called “Article 370 - a case to extend it beyond Kashmir“, and ofcourse as most Indians do, I was out of my wits on reading the title. To me Article 370 was clearly another case of appeasement of “kashmiri muslims”. I never read [...]
Filed under: Advocacy and Activism, Articles, State of the Nation | Tagged: india, secularism, Kashmir, Article 370, Indian Constitution, conflict management, federalism, self-determination, liberty | No Comments »
Posted on July 29, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
I found this couplet from Omar Khayyam particularly beautiful and in line with mysticism in nearly all the world’s religions. To create a better world, and find a new spirituality for us, this is a better pursuit rather as opposed to fighting on theology, which is always open to interpretation.
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I sent my Soul through the [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
I came across this very good website about Free and moderate Muslims working globally towards creation of a secular and democratic middle east, including Saudi Arabia.
Their website is: http://www.freemuslims.org/.
I quote several positions from their website which are very inspiring, healing and I believe progressive, thus leading to steps to create a better a world:
The Free [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
Posted on July 5, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
During my visit in January 2008 to our project sites in Orissa I took the opportunity to teach Pranayaam to the children above Class III. Some videos:
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
This is another initiative by Srijan Foundation Trust to help change government (state and central) policies and mismanagement of issues that concerns the ordinary citizen of the city/country.
See: http://curethis.wordpress.com/ to see some recent posts on water mismanagement by the Delhi government.
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
I came across this video on TED.com: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/153
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