Societal Ills: Criticizing Mythology is foolish and pointless
Authored by A.V
The brutal rape and subsequent death of a 23-year old woman in India's capital last month has justifiably created a lot of outrage. The outrage is also much needed because the entire country needs to act as one and act in the right direction to correct the ills that pervade the society as well as governance.
As this brainstorming takes place on social media, news channels, press and in other mediums, fingers are being pointed towards the society and in particular Hinduism. There are indeed certain aspects of the Indian society lik...
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Authored by A. V
Recently, I had an argument with one of my Facebook contacts. He works for a bank in Singapore and travels frequently to China and other South East Asian countries. 90% of his Facebook posts are either full of praises for Chinese growth or criticism of economic and socio-political scenario in India.
He steadfastly refuses to criticiz...
Societal Ills: Criticizing Mythology is foolish and pointless
Authored by A.V
The brutal rape and subsequent death of a 23-year old woman in India's capital last month has justifiably created a lot of outrage. The outrage is also much needed because the entire country needs to act as one and act in the right direction to correct the ills that pervade the society as well as governance.
As this brainstorming take...
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