Hitchhiker's Guide to Rajiv Malhotra's Works

IMPORTANT POST BY RAJIV MALHOTRA. VISIT THE EGROUP FOR FULL DETAILS, UPDATES, AND DISCUSSION. > LANDMARK RULING IN US FEDERAL COURT AGAINST HINDUPHOBIC CABAL: The > ruling is avai...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2019/02/capeems-work-results-in-landmark-to.html

(RM forum thread from October 2014 on a topic that is as relevant today as it was then. emphasis ours). Posted by Rajiv Malhotra:Many Hindu leaders refer to themselves as Rightwing in order to...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2018/02/rejecting-hinduism-rightwing.html

LINK TO RMF THREAD.   NOTE: This is a long post, and I sincerely apologize for that. The topic is so vast that it is difficult to summarize. I request your patience and indulgence in readin...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-grand-narrative-needs-correct.html

This post is reproduced from this thread in Rajiv Malhotra's forum posted by Infinity Foundation India (IFI). Please visit the forum to follow the developments in this thread and thank these two...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-small-but-significant-contribution.html

An Infinity India Foundation (IFI) Report. A small IFI team (you know who you are) put in incredible hard work on the ground, working quietly behind the scenes. Their quick thinking and teamwork...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-report-on-swadeshi-indology.html

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RajivMalhotraDiscussion/conversations/topics/15103 Rajiv Malhotra responds (marked in blue or red) to a forum member's comments quoting Hindus who attack TB...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/02/ramayana-is-both-spiritual-and-socio.html

Dr. Nellutla Naveena Chandra Article by Devdutt Patnaik: https://scroll.in/article/801243/why-is-ram-misogynist-but-not-the-buddha In this rebuttal Patnaik’s text is shown in underlined ...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/02/ram-was-not-misogynist-stop-spreading.html

(Dr. Elst posted this in the forum. emphasis and highlighting is ours)   Dear friends, the Aryan debate keeps on attracting silly politicos: https://scroll.in/article/732899/video-an-animate...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/01/dr-koenraad-elsts-response-to-scroll.html

The Meditative Mind: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of MRI Studies Comments by Rajiv Malhotra in the forum This is just one such article analyzing modern research. Greater meditation leading ...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2017/01/research-on-meditations-effects-on-brain.html

Rajiv Malhotra's dialogue with Dr. H. R. Nagendra, President VYASA, Bangalore Rajiv Malhotra: Important to watch till the end. My goal was to debate the relationship between yoga and Sanatana ...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/12/relationship-between-yoga-and-sanatana.html

Here is the link to the forum discussion. (you can join the Satsang. It is free). The short answer to the question is: NO. Read 'Being Different ' for a detailed and in-depth discussion. Here a...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/10/is-there-moksha-in-christianity.html

pic linked from punch.photoshelter.com pic linked from devdutt.com The first image shows British master with Indian sepoy. The body language is asymmetric and explicit. In the second i...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/10/old-and-new-impages-of-sepoy-and-master.html

A forum member DJ writes: Folks, I've been meaning to write this for months, given the importance of this topic. I think we need to tweak our understanding of this matter because it is way off...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-translation-problem.html

Rajiv Malhotra: Andrea Jain who wrote this Hinduphobic article was student of the notorious Jeffrey Kripal (himself a Wendy's Child and target of many of my writings.) Despite all this pedi...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/10/wendy-donigers-grandchildren-mobilized.html

An important point that we want people to understand. Please read the following FAQ closely. Also read the comment by Sonal Mansingh. Question: Why are you targeting Sheldon Pollock personall...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/08/question-why-are-you-targeting-sheldon.html

TWO KINDS OF DIFFERENCES: DIGESTIBLE AND NON-DIGESTIBLE I want to respond to a common confusion about the kind of difference we need to assert in order to protect ourselves. A difference that...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-difference-between-two-kinds-of.html

A very important message from Rajiv in the background of discussions in the forum on some of the stands taken/policies followed by some present day gurus or their lineages. He says: There is...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/08/followers-have-blind-spot-regarding.html

A newly inducted member to the discussion group had a very heart breaking story to relate regarding her experiences as a Hindu professor of English in a Christian college in Madurai, Tamil Nadu....

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/forum-members-experience-as-hindu.html

By Rajiv Malhotra Here are my thoughts, and the ways I solicit and deal with critical feedback in order to strengthen my work. Principles: Being from software R&D background, I understand th...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/how-i-prioritize-my-work-battles.html

This is a reproduction of the second part of the review of TBFS done by Shrinivas Tilak for the magazine Hindu Vishva Refutation of Sheldon Pollock on Sanskrit and sanskriti by Rajiv Malhotra ...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/part-2-of-review-of-tbfs-by-shrinivas.html

By Ravi Joshi This following interview of Rajiv Malhotra discusses the critique made by R Ganesh of Rajiv’s latest book The Battle for Sanskrit which deals with the scholarship of American I...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/interview-with-rajiv-malhotra-point-by.html

BY NAVEEN CHANDRA The article The Repression of Religious Studies by Wendy Doniger touches on many topics of which I chose to answer a few. A. INTELLECTUAL TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY VIOLATIONS S...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/dont-cry-dona-from-chicago.html

Players and Priorities in the Kurukshetra By Rajiv Malhotra While 25 years ago I routinely faced serious resistance from our community when I discussed how our discourse is dominated by outs...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/working-draft-players-and-priorities-in.html

This blog initially appeared here and is penned by Megh Kalyanasundaram On 2016 April 15, in a talk at Columbia University by Shri Rajiv Malhotra, a member of the audience, introduced himself...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-limited-assessment-of-and-response-to.html

This is a reproduction of an articles that first appeared in the Business Standard penned by Prof. Makarand Paranjape. “From its colonial origins in Justice Sir William to its consummation ...

https://beingdifferentforum.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-deepest-orientalist-by-prof.html