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533Review of Spirituality in Daily Life: Experiencing God EverydayThe Vedanta Kesari 101 (5): 201-2. 2014.The proof-reader of this review has missed an article within the review. This is basically a negative review of the book.
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645Review of A Vedantic Key to the GospelsPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 120 (12): 720-21. 2015.This is a review which contextualizes this book within Christian hermeneutics.
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841This is the first draft of a paper presented in an international conference in West Bengal.
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893The Discussion of Evil in ChristianityPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (9): 540-542. 2013.This is a study in theodicy (the Christian Problem of Evil).
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794Review of Hinduism The Faith EternalVedanta Kesari 43-44. 2016.This review shows how Hinduism had been instrumental in removing (sic) the oppression of women in India. The review also mentions the much misunderstood Aghoris.
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3591Partition lies, Advaita Vedanta and Bhisham Sahni’s TamasIn Pinaki Roy & Ashim Kumar Sarkar (eds.), Portrayal of the Indian Partition in History, Literature, and Media, . 2016.This is a re-look at the (Indian) Partition event through the lens of Advaita Vedanta.
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785Chronicity and Temporality: A Revisionary Hermeneutics of TimePrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 120 (10): 606-609. 2015.This is a rethinking of the problems posed by time; especially European concepts of time.
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576Review of The Yogi of Walden: Henry David ThoreauPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 116 (7): 515-16. 2011.This review is slightly negative. It shows how the author is not up to date in understanding Thoreau.
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573Review of Chinnamastā: The Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric GoddessPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (10): 720-21. 2016.Chinnamasta and Tantra are both misunderstood. This review, without being pedantic, looks at Wikipedia, the ten Mahavidyas and Chinnamasta. This review is in continuation of a non-academic article on Tantra published in January, 2016, in Prabuddha Bharata by the same reviewer.
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597Letter to the Editor which raises questions for Catholic PriestsCatholic Herald, Kolkata (Mouthpiece of the Archdiocese of Calcutta). 2008.This letter deals with the problem of atheism and Catholicism. After mourning the loss of a Jesuit priest, the author turns to a previous issue of the paper. In that issue a prominent Jesuit administrator of the Calcutta Province of the Jesuits had praised Romila Thapar. This letter asks whether Thapar is acceptable to Catholic Christianity since she is avowedly an atheist. The Catholic priest in question did not reply and continues in his priestly office. The then editor of the Herald printed t…Read more
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808The Prophetic Dilemma & finding Prophets in our TimesCatholic Herald, Kolkata. 2009.This was printed in the Catholic Herald, Kolkata, the mouthpiece of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta.
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844Review of Nome's One SelfPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (4): 433-434. 2016.This is a review of one of the recent books of Master Nome's. This review highlights how Advaita Vedanta negotiates the Problem of Evil.
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825Prolegomenon to the Study of EvilPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 118 (4): 278-281. 2013.This is a discussion on the Problem of Evil.
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480Dark Nights of the Soul: an inter- religious approachCatholic Herald, Kolkata. 2008.This was printed long ago at a transitional phase in the writer's life. It speaks of the angst of being alone in a cooling world.
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1088Review of The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose: Volume VI, 1969–1973Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (7): 576-77. 2016.This review shows how Auden was a philosopher of religion and therefore, this review calls for reassessing the poet Auden as a philosopher concerned with prayer and the necessity of the transcendent in life.
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1135Review of Evil In Modern Thought: An Alternative History of PhilosophyPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (1): 287-89. 2016.This review speaks highly of Susan Neiman but laments her lack of fuller treatment of Martin Heidegger.
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1288On St. Ignatius of Loyola and the clinical condition of Depression from a Hindu perspectiveDissertation, for Formative Spirituality. 2009 (?).This is a Hindu reading of St. Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises for passing an examination. This is not the final dissertation but only a draft which underwent many changes. It is unpublished.
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483Review of Nome's The Quintessence of True BeingPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (June (06)): 530. 2016.Master Nome makes Advaita Vedanta accessible to us without losing its rigour. This review shows how a neophyte to Advaita Vedanta can use this book to remap the domains of hermeneutics and translations studies.
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887Review of Alternative Standpoints: A Tribute to Kalidas BhattacharyyaPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (September): 673. 2016.This review brings to the fore the Indian philosopher Kalidas Bhattacharyya. It makes a case for Indian and Asian Studies' scholars to take up the study of Bhattacharya so that his corpus can be used to construct a clear hermeneutic for assessing and accessing Indian texts, say in English and also other English literary texts. Bhattacharyya has been neglected too long by the world.
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31Is the Carnage Necessary: a Hindu CritiqueCatholic Herald, Kolkata. 2008.This is a Hindu take on violence perpetrated on Christians.
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2787Review of Vijñāna Bhairava: The Manual for Self-RealizationPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 117 (8): 429-30. 2012.This is a review of a classical text of Kashmiri Shaivism.
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755Review of Giorgio Agamben's Pilate and JesusPrabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121 (4): 431-33. 2016.This review shows Agamben as reading Dante and misunderstanding the Jesus event.
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639Open to Scrutiny: an outsider hears the Bhadu and the TushuIn Achintya Mandal & Mrinal Dhank (eds.), n.a., N.a.. 2013-15 (?).This is a very brief paper on subaltern songs.
Areas of Interest
| Philosophy of Religion |
| Asian Philosophy |