Sunil, A random group of differences would not help identify any object or entity; but a structured group of differences would do. We can ask the question...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/science/02free.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=955a97875084f083&ex=1167886800&pagewanted=all . [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi friends, I am posting the abstract of the B. N. Ganguli memorial lecture that Giorgio Agamben is going to give at CSDS Delhi on 11th January. It may be of...
... Thanks for the note, Avinash. I do not have the luxury of attending his talk; however, this does not precluding me raising one question, a question you can...
"The trivial truth in disguise is: that the economic and governmental vocation of modern democracies has roots in this theological legacy." Why is this...
... 1. We all live in some or another culltural milieu. Living is a relation--we can write out the history of some individual that way 2. we are all influenced...
I will try to get hold of the written lecture if available and post it later. I am sorry I do not understand your question vnr, so even if I have an ...
Avinash, Assume that one shows that (a) secularism has its roots in christian theologies. Subsequently, the same person appeals that (b) secularism should be...
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... I still don't quite get it. Even if scientific theories presuppose many things, they ultimately derive their conclusions independent of theology. This is...
... What's wrong with presupposing theology? The answer depends on the theory of religion. 1. Theology is false, because religion is 'opium of masses' or is ...
Still not convincing enough, I'm afraid. I agree that religion is what it says about itself and so cannot simply be rejected as "opium of the masses". But...
What's the point of the contention between us? That some theories presupposed theologies is bad. Many folks defend that position on the basis that religion is...
Add another fact to that: many 'atheists' have taken part in the development of such theories. So, we have two facts: 1. There are theories that presupposed...
Since there's been no activity here since a long time, thought i will share this incident with you... This is from an autobiography of a well known progressive...
Hi Dunkin, This confusion prevails everywhere unnecessarily. The farming community, atleast in the princely state of Mysore ( Hale maisooru) maintains the...
... day ... I guess there's a lot to a name. This reminds me of the story in a part of north india where some of the locals went up in arms against the...
January 23, 2007 Do You Believe in Magic? By BENEDICT CAREY A graduate school application can go sour in as many ways as a blind date. The personal essay might...
Dear Prathipada Pratipadha, some of the incidents that you mention have also drawn my attention. We have erred somewhere, like Kattimuni, the author of the ...
... Dear Dunkin, uh! no need to confuse here about the confusion. The prevailing confusion I was talking about was the confused understanding of the term...
Dear Pratipada, The actual situation in Karnataka as I have come to understand is a bit complex. People usually offer puja to Nandi, the bull. I have not come...
... community in the USA, which might be of interest to some of our group ... I think the term NRI is inappropriate in this context. Most of the second...
jakob, great article! I dont understand the following under 'The Nature of Pagan Traditions', you say - "In reality, however, the notion of God is absent in...
Dear all Doing pooja to Basava for a former in a village is a tradition. This tradition is observed not only by Lingayath but by other jati people also, I do...
Dear Dunkin, some of your views from the post require further clarification. You say, "...but do people traditionally offer pooja to him, in any form other...
... Dear Prathipada You are absolutely right, doing puja to bull is nothing to do with Basava the reformer, some how they(people, formers) never bother about...
To all the interlocutors in the discussion, This discussion is turning out be extremely useful for my own research work. Perhaps, therefore, I should make...
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