Kusum Choppra

In an era of untrammelled attacks on traditional religious beliefs from a forceful Hindutva and Islam, Dr. Hiro Badlani has performed signal service to Hindu youth diaspora, in unraveling facets and percepts, as they evolved over millennia to our times. Today, the young generations of the substantial Indians scattered around the world do need a versatile introduction to the richness of their own religion: away from the old mumbo jumbo to an understanding of how its evolution over millennia allows adapting and synthesizing to a technological future, while abiding by ancient creeds of tolerance and kindness, and adapting to whichever corner of the globe they are in, to ensure the peace and harmony that made India a great nation. Dr. Badlani’s research reveals a wealth of information and archives of the most ancient religion, preserved not only all over India, but also institutions scattered at different foreign locales, that have preserved manuscripts, even some digital formats fro...

Just read a post  about a village in UP where Hindus and Muslims not only live in harmony but also intermarry uninhibited by regulations of either side.  Forcibly converted by Aurangzeb, they have since learned to life happily with each other.. In my historical novel MASTANI I detailed the brahmin and kshtriya roots of both  Peshwa Baji Rao I and  his second wife Mastani. Yet their offspring were railroaded  into Islam because her mother was muslim.  that happened for  political  and succession  reasons perhaps.  It took three generations for them to actually assimilate Islam. Two centuries down the line, none other than Lokmanya Tilak invited the muslim branch to Pune to suggest a return to the family fold.  The attempt foundered on Brahmin rocks who demanded : will they become brahmins or ksytriyas?   who will marry their children? Another century the line to the release of  my MASTANI to bring about a rapprochement...