Category Archives: GOD & ME

You’ve probably seen them. The self-proclaimed defenders of “Sanatan Dharma” flooding your social media feeds—posting memes of Hindu gods, threatening dissenters, abusing journalists, and claiming victimhood while sounding like online bullies. They call themselves “Sanatanis,” believers in one of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions. A tradition that gave humanity the concept of dharma, the BhagavadContinue reading “Why Are Sanatanis Online So Angry?”

Why we can’t stop adding God to genius Indians have a strange and enduring obsession: the need to spiritualise human talent. It’s not enough for someone to be a genius—they must have had divine backing, supernatural ancestry, or at the very least, a mythological sidekick whispering mantras into their ears. It’s as if the humanContinue reading “The Divine Ghostwriters of India”

Caste-based hierarchy wasn’t a divine decree. It was a human design — institutionalized, enforced, and brutalized into the Hindu system by upper-caste Hindus. This is a reminder for those who still believe Hinduism never imposed anything on anyone. There is a comfortable lie many modern Hindus love to tell themselves — that their religion isContinue reading “Caste Wasn’t Ordained by God — It Was Enforced by Upper-Caste Hindus”

In the Vedic tradition, all knowledge — śruti (that which is heard), smṛti (that which is remembered), śāstra (scriptures), and purāṇa (mythic lore) — has already mapped out the full spectrum of human experience. There is nothing a man will go through in his life that hasn’t already been articulated in the Rigveda’s hymns, the Upanishadic silence, or the stories of the MahabharataContinue reading “Shruti, Smriti… and Smarana: When Wisdom Becomes Real”

In India, we make more demands from God than we do from the government. We ask God for jobs, money, marriage, visas, promotions, children, marks, and sometimes even cricket wins. We light lamps, break coconuts, donate coins, offer our hair, and chant elaborate mantras — all in the hope that the Almighty will answer ourContinue reading “God, Government, and the Great Indian Irony”

Life unfolds in three inevitable phases — the beginning, the middle, and the end. No matter how fortunate, talented, or protected a human being may be, at least one of these phases will carry the weight of suffering. That is a universal law, not a personal punishment. Yet, many confuse struggles with suffering. Struggles are self-interpreted obstacles — exams, heartbreaks,Continue reading “The Three Phases of Life and the Divine Choice of Suffering”

People often turn to holy scriptures in search of God — hoping that within the pages of the Bible, the Quran, the Bhagavad Gita, or any sacred text, they will find the divine truth. But here’s a paradox: you won’t truly understand the working of God by reading any of the holy books — unless you’veContinue reading “Realisation Before Revelation: Why Holy Books May Not Reveal God”

Religion is often hailed as the great unifier. And yet, walk into any religious procession, and you’ll see it doing the exact opposite—revealing a thousand different faces wearing the same mask of devotion. The atheist stays home—not out of disrespect, but because he sees no point in a ritual he doesn’t believe in. The true believer alsoContinue reading “One Procession, Many Faces”

Once upon a time, a man sculpted a statue of God—chiseled not from divine vision, but from the contours of human imagination. He gave it form, shape, and posture based on what he thought God should look like. And just like that, God descended into the world—not as an infinite force, but as a stoneContinue reading “The Simple Purpose of a Temple in India”

I am a Tamil, not a Hindu,That name was never mine,It came from the lens of the British eye —But my blood knows only one sign:Tamil. I bow not to Ram of northern lore,My feet find no path to Ayodhya’s door.My God is fierce, with a spear in hand,Murugan — the soul of this southernContinue reading “I Am a Tamil – Not a Hindu”