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Opinion | Who Really Suffers From A Cultural Inferiority Complex?

The question of the inferiority complex turns back on those who seek to diagnose it and examine its causes

monday 20

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | The Hill, Hindu And The Law: Thiruparankundram And The Lamp That Exposed Unequal Secularism

The issue at hand concerns the lighting of the lamp at the Deepathoon, or lamp pillar, located on one of the peaks of the hill

15.12.2025 10

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | The Ambedkar They Don’t Quote: Beyond Selective Narratives

Only by confronting the full range of Ambedkar’s ideas can we have a more truthful conversation about religion, reform, and the society we aspire to...

10.12.2025 9

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | The Peril Of Manufactured Outrage: A Lesson From PV Narasimha Rao

A democracy can endure vigorous disagreement, even fierce partisanship, but it cannot survive the systematic dismantling of trust in its own processes

30.11.2025 20

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | Sabarimala: Faith, Politics And The Making Of A Pilgrimage

Sabarimala now attracts the largest number of visitors from outside Kerala and stands as one of the most significant temples within the broader Hindu...

24.11.2025 10

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | Educated Extremist: The New Face Of Radicalism In India

Along with preventing the radicalisation of Islam, the Islamisation of radicalism must also be prevented, and primary responsibility for this lies...

16.11.2025 10

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | ‘Mother, I Bow to Thee’: The Many Lives of Vande Mataram

One hopes, on the 150th anniversary of the song, a new meaning will emerge — one that comforts and unites everyone

10.11.2025 10

Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | From Vairagya To Vague Bliss: The Dilution Of Philosophy In Modern Indian Spiritualism

The trouble with the new-age spiritual packages that come in the guise of philosophy is that they efface the sophisticated and nuanced traditions of...

02.11.2025 10