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Is there really a Hindu religion?

 Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/183585/ For the past month or so, readers have been asking me this question via email - Is there really a Hindu religion? Majority of them are youngsters, beneficiaries of modern education and are interested in culture. But all they listen to are social media and the politicians' blather only. I replied rather irritated, "Hindus have a uniqueness. It is only them, who learn about their religion from their enemies and from those who have vowed to destroy their religion." Just give it a thought. How many numerous philosophers and scholars have existed here. How many books have been written. Nobody reads those. But they form an opinion about Hindu religion listening to the hatred speeches of those who do not have even an iota of understanding on the history or the spirituality of Hindu religion. Is there any other religion that exhibits such a pitiful state? To form an understanding by reading books and placing the concepts within t...
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Ancient, Modern historiography & Fiction - 2

Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/197250/ Date: 23-Mar-2024 The short-stories collection "Padaiyal" is a historical fiction like that of "Aayiram Ootrukkal".  They are stories from the period of Nayaks - Marathas. I am writing this article to explain about why such historical fictions are written, how to approach them and the relationship between these fictions and history. All of us have this hallucination that history is an absolute entity like a thing that exists and that it comprises of truths that have been entirely established. Because, we read history as such in our institutions. History is a discussion forum. But it is provided as a collection of information. Only when we realize that historiography is an ideological space where myriad histories are written, can we proceed with further discussion. Ancient communities like India are deeply rooted in ancient historiography. Modern historiography is two centuries old here. Modern historiography is taugh...
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Apolitical

  Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/168246/ Date: 7-Jul-2022   Dear J, Someone had posted this in Facebook. Personalities in Tamil Nadu, who did a great job in preventing people like me, who were born in the 80s and had reached the mid-life stage, from getting ensnared in any party based politics are: Rajinikanth et al in Cinema, Jaggi Vasudev et al in Spirituality, Nammalvar et al in agriculture, Sundara Ramaswamy then and Jeyamohan now in literature... This is my assertion, people with different opinion - move on. What's your perspective? Anonymous   Dear friend, If its asked as to what really is my job, I would like to cite this sentence. I wouldn't place myself in the list. Still, I am certainly trying to create a circle of thinkers who are apolitical. My communication is not with the general community per se. I do not have any correspondence with them. They cannot get through to my writings. Nor do I have the inclination to reach through to them. So, I am not...
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