From Bodh Gaya to Mumbai, protests to ‘free’ Buddhist temple gather steam
An agitation demanding the end of ‘Brahmin control’ over the Mahabodhi temple has struck a chord in Maharashtra and other ...
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A Gandhian Approach to Dialogue: the Adversary is Not the Enemy
In this blog, part of our Food Sovereignty and Spirituality series, AgroecologyNow interviewed Siddharta, founder of Pipal ...
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
The Three Ambedkars: force, energy, and pragmatism in action
Explore the intellectual interplay between Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Prof. John Dewey's pragmatism in understanding societal ...
AP Photos: “Shinbyu,” a rite of passage for young Buddhists in Myanmar
Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist ...
Breaking chains, building futures
KK Kochu spearheaded a cultural and democratic transformation in Kerala’s Dalit movement, steering it toward a cultural and democratic turn in the wake of the Mandal-Masjid era and the rise of ...
Balu refuses to return to kazhakam post at Koodalmanikyam temple amid caste discrimination controversy
THRISSUR: While the row over the alleged caste discrimination at Irinjalakuda Koodalmanikyam temple has triggered protests across the state, B A Balu, the Thiruvananthapuram resident who was appointed ...