Ram Rajya existed centuries before the word secularism entered political language. Yet its ideal of just rule, equal protection and the welfare of all can help us understand why secularism has become central to modern India.
SENIOR JOURNALIST & BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Ram Rajya existed centuries before the word secularism entered political language. Yet its ideal of just rule, equal protection and the welfare of all can help us understand why secularism has become central to modern India.
When a citizen must sign a declaration before entering a church, India must ask whether freedom of religion is still a constitutional right—or a privilege that minorities must prove they deserve.
Religions have fought over God for centuries. But Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism may have more in common than their followers admit: love, compassion, truth, self-realisation and human unity.
In an age when religious identity seems to rule our lives, the best option is to quietly transcend conventional labels, and adopt the belief that humanity itself is the most enduring faith.
Paramahansa Yogananda hailed America as a beacon of spirituality, yet its trail of wars, interventions, and suffering exposes a disturbing chasm between its sacred ideals and global conduct.
Why is it so hard to find God? Because we do not yet desire Him above all else. The tragedy is not that God hides, but that we don’t see Him. Yet there is hope that everyone will find God in the end. The only question is how long we choose to delay.