Hindustan Times
Regular followers of this blog must have noticed that over the past few days, I have left religion somewhere at the background and instead am focussed on the serial regime changes happening in the Arab world. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Arab world, Cairo, David Cameron, democratic world, Egypt, Egyptian military, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, India, Islamic Revolution, Jean-François Julliard, Journalists, Muslim, news Channel, newsman, Reporters without Borders, West Asia
It’s probably the world’s most interesting development. Who would have thought that after decades of subjugation, the West Asian world would change so quickly? Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Arab Democratisation, Arab region, disaster, Egypt, human rights violations, Internet pipelines, Islam, Jordan, Tunisia, West Asian world
If you’ve been tracking the regime change developments in the Arab countries over the past two weeks, you would know that the real heroes are the people who, with their aspirations of freedom clashing against the brute force of dictators, have hit the streets. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Algeria, Arab countries, Barack Obama, dictators, Egypt, Freedom, Hindus, inflation rate, Jordan, Mubarak, Muslims, people, protests, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, violence, Yemen
The sordid saga of Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi’s appointment and possible resignation as vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom in Deoband leaves needless distaste and shows what religion (any religion) really is all about — crude power play. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.64 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Friday, January 28, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged Darul Uloom, Deoband, Islam, Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, Muslim, Narendra Modi
It’s probably a comment on the need of men to create an abstraction, heap huge power on it and then worship it, term it God, make it a religion. It’s equally a rather harsh but true indictment of the Chinese suppression of this expression. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Algeria, Asia, Association of Religion Data Archives, atheism, China, Chinese Communist Party, chinese population, David Briggs, Egypt, God, Jordan, religion, Tunisia, Youth League
There is an invisible pride Indians feel on the Republic Day and yesterday’s was no different. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Christianity, Christians, Christmas, democracy, diwali, Eid, extremist, fundamentalist, Hindus, Independence Day, Islam, Maoist, Mumbai, Muslims, Republic, Republic Day, Sikhism, stockmarkets, Vande Mataram
Is the universe conscious?
Is everything happening in the mind of God?
Does the mind exist outside the brain? Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Filed under Research, religion · Tagged brain, Deepak Chopra, faith, God, mind, Science, spirituality, universe
The blogs and newspapers are awash with his obituaries. But for the soul of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, who called it a day on Monday morning and has possibly moved on to acquire a new body, the journey to the great beyond wouldn’t have been easy. Read more
(9 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Filed under India, Research · Tagged Chand Khan, Hafiz Ali Khan, hindustan times, Hindustani classical music, journey, Kirana gharana, live concerts, music, musician, Mustaq Hussain Khan, news, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Sawai Gandharva, timeline, Vinayakrao Patwardhan
After the regime change in Tunisia and simmerings in Algeria, Jordan and Egypt, it is now the turn of the dictators of Yemen to face the people’s fury, as thousands of Yemeni activists, students and opposition groups held protests at the capital Sanaa, demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Ali Abdullah Saleh, Aljazeera, Christians, Freedom, Hindus, hindustan times, Islamic nations, news, public expression, Sikhs, Yemen
Avinash, one of the visitors to this blog, had an interesting query about the change in the name of this blog, from Cutting the Edge to Just Faith. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged crime, Cutting the Edge, global banking, hindustan times, Independence, macro-prudential change, news, non-religious issues, religion, spirituality
