When the Constitution of India was being drafted, there were suggestions that the term ‘secular’ be included in the preamble. Both Nehru and Ambedkar did not take the suggestion seriously, because they felt that India was a religious country and the term ‘secular’ would not...Read More
The Second World Parliament of Religions (Chicago,1993) published a Declaration of a Global Ethic, which had four basic affirmations: 1. Commitment to a culture of non-violence and respect for life 2. Commitment to a culture of solidarity and a just economic order 3. Commitment to...Read More
Nearly twenty years ago, I wrote a paper on “Liberation: An Inter-religious Project” for a book Leave the Temple: Indian Paths to Human Liberation (1992), edited by Dr. Felix Wilfred and originally published in German (1988). Both the situation and our perspectives have been changing...Read More
In Hinduism (and India) power and partnership in Hindu society (and religion) is heavily structured and determined by the caste system. The Muslim and the British empires protected and used the system for their own ends for a millennium. India has a functioning democratic political...Read More
Pope Francis is fast emerging as a model of dialogue both in word and deed. One of his early gestures was a letter to the Italian daily La Republica. A former Editor, Eugenio Scalfari, had written two articles commenting on the Pope’s encyclical Lumen Fidei...Read More
