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Biases in Hinduism Studies
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Biases in Hinduism Studies

On September 10, 2004 by Abhijit Bagal

The purpose of this essay is to highlight the growing dissatisfaction on the part of the Indian American Hindu Diaspora with the way Hinduism, Hindus, and India have been depicted and mis-portrayed in the American education system, and about the urgency to…

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Great Expectations: Hindu Revival Movements in Java, Indonesia
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Great Expectations: Hindu Revival Movements in Java, Indonesia

On July 23, 2004 by Thomas Reuter

Hindu empires had flourished in Java for a millennium until they were replaced by expanding Islamic polities in the 15th century, setting the stage for Indonesia becoming the world’s largest Muslim nation. In the 1970s, however, a new Hindu revival movement began…

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Alerting Naked Emperors in an Age of Academic Arrogance
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Alerting Naked Emperors in an Age of Academic Arrogance

On May 20, 2004 by Narayanan Komerath

“Although there seem to be no myths or folktales in which Ganesa explicitly performs oral sex, his insatiable appetite for sweets may be interpreted as an effort to satisfy a hunger that seems inappropriate in an otherwise ascetic disposition, a hunger having…

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