Hindustan Times
Clearly one of the best films I’ve seen this year, Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf — the brilliant cinematic adaptation of Ruskin Bond’s short story Susanna’s Seven Husbands — is a gripping story of one woman’s tragic black humour sojourn with seven men. Read more
(17 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 7 Khoon Maaf, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Buddhism, Christian, Edwin Rodrigues, Film, Hindu, hindustan times, husbands, Irrfan Khan, Jainism, John Abraham, Muslim, Naseeruddin Shah, Neil Nitin Mukesh, news, Parsees, Priyanka Chopra, Ruskin Bond, sado-masochist, Sikhism, Susanna’s Seven Husbands, Vishal Bhardwaj
Education of the mind doesn’t always destroy faith of the heart. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Cutting the Edge, Gautam Chikermane, hindustantimes, ht blogs, Islam law, Muslim, news, religion
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
(No Ratings Yet) 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
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
The practice of reading spiritual texts together is gathering momentum. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Cambridge University, Christian, civic, community, Duke University, Grassroots Scriptural Reasoning on Campus, Jewish, Judaic studies, momentum, Muslim, Peter Ochs, philosophy, religious, sacred scriptures, scriptural reasoning, spiritual texts, UK, University of Virginia, US
It is getting increasingly clear that God has nothing to do with religion. And that the perpetuation of a particular kind of exclusive belief — this is god and none else — through evangelising and setting up and managing schools and hospitals is a sort of imperialist quest for more minds to sacrifice at the alter of influence, power and money. Read more
(7 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Abby Nurre, belief system, Buddhist, Catholic, economy, evangelist, Facebook, God, Hindu, influence, Jain, money, Muslim, organised religion, power, religion, Sanatan Dharm, Sikh, St. Edmonds Catholic School, students
