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Transsexualism in hindu mythology
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020 In spite of India showing progress in various medical, economic and social fronts, the care of the transgender individual is still encumbered by the various biases and taboos that people hold. But, this was not true in the antiquity. Hindu mythology holds transgender individuals in a status equal to other genders.
Shiva Prakash Srinivasan +1 more
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Nations and Nationalism, 1999 Abstract. In this contribution I want to first examine some aspects of the influence of Orientalism and Christianity on the construction of a notion of Hinduism which could serve as the basis for nationalism. Second, I want to explore two influential claims about the uniqueness and superiority of the Hindu religion and its practitioners.
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Hindu-Christian Dialogue: A Hindu Perspective
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies, 2001 I wish to express my deep appreciation and thanks to Professor Harold Coward for inviting me to contribute an article on Hindu-Christian Dialogue: A Hindu Perspective for his Bulletin. This theme has engaged my interest for the last three decades, and I am glad at the opportunity to express my thoughts on this very relevant and significant subject at ...
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, 2018 Keluarga Hindu adalah keluarga inti sebagai dasar sistem kekerabatan Hindu yang terdiri atas ayah, ibu dan anak – anaknya yang belum kawin, yang mana keluarga inti ini juga sering disebut dengan keluarga batih (nuclear family).
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Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2004 Marriage, pregnancy, and birth rituals Many expectant mothers have fears and anxieties about their pregnancy. For Hindu pregnant women, these general concerns may be compounded by difficulties in communicating with healthcare professionals. It is our aim in this paper to provide clinicians with a basic understanding of Hindu birth customs in the hope ...
A R, Gatrad, M, Ray, A, Sheikh
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Journal of Political Ideologies, 2023 This essay proposes Hindu Orientalism as a central category of analysis across disciplines. It begins by demonstrating how the claim to decolonize India is in fact (re/neo)colonial in many ways as it recasts Western Orientalism in the catalogue of Hindu Orientalism to shape India as well as the world.
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Primitivizing the Hindus: Hindus as Oppressive and Hierarchical
AbstractThe contentions of the Francophone postcolonial thinkers are proven fair and square when critically examining Mill’s chapters on the Hindu people in the History. This chapter thoroughly exposes the various parameters on which Mill characterized the Hindu people, Hinduism, and Ancient India as savage and barbaric.
Kundan Singh, Krishna Maheshwari
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HINDU AND CHRISTIAN SADHUISM [PDF]
International Review of Mission, 1921 n ...
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Hindu Family Institution in Nemade's Hindu
Hindu: Jagnyachi Samriddha Adgal by Bhalchandra Nemade presents “Hindu” as a plural, civilizational ethos rather than a fixed religion. Through Khanderao’s time-spanning consciousness, the novel connects Indus Valley Civilisation with contemporary India, examining cultural continuity, ethics, and social institutions.
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