ESSENTIAL PRACTICES DOCTRINE: PART 1

The larger debate regarding State and Religion is always-What is the best policy; exclusion or intrusion? The definition of ‘Secular’ in Merriam-Webster focuses on indifference, exclusion and to an extent- rejection of religion. The Indian model of secularism is inclusive and is based on the principle of equal respect to all religions thereby ruling out…

Faith and Life

Faith usually gives a religious connotation to the topic being addressed. But what is faith in its totality? Faith is the belief of an individual. It can be towards anything or object. Some people believe in God, some don’t. Some have faith in divine yogi and yoginis some don’t. Some think time is god. Some…

WHEN FAITH AND LAWS COLLIDE

WHEN FAITH AND LAWS COLLIDE Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. What should we tend to do once the law conflicts with a person’s spiritual obligations? Consequently, fashionable law and faith are complementary, contradictory and coinciding sources of rule-making, assessment and execution. Each introduce obedience and obligations, leadership, establishments and legal…

Religion Diversity (Brief Outlook)

Thorough observations from ‘Global’ point of view highlight that specific groups of people hailing from individual countries usually practice religion in common at a larger scale ,lastly making the country religiously dominant. There are evidently handful of countries worldwide with active population practicing more than 2 to 4 religions and contributing significant amount of belief diversity…