Author's information:
The author, Dr. Subhash C. Sharma (PhD/Mech/UBC/1978), originally from Ansoli in Himachal Pradesh (India), received engineering education in India, U.S.A. and Canada. He wishes to thank his family for patiently putting up with him and regrets any neglect or difficulty due to circumstances beyond his control. His webpage is http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/biodata.html and email address [email protected]
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Links to the author's webpages:
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/
Is it some kind of fossil or a rock (Dinosaur fossils in India?)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/dino-egg.html
On the origins of curry or kaddy
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/kaaddnaa-curry.html
A roadside flowerbed
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/flowerbed.html
Fun with computers
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/computers.html
The myth of brahmins discouraging education and literacy for non-brahmins long ago
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/caste_discrimination-myth.html
Discriminatory policies, practices and attitudes
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/discriminations.html
Why has India stopped producing great thinkers and philosophers?
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/philosopher.html
Not everyone and everything is same or equal to Brahman (God) in Advaita:
Brahman according to Samkara's Advaita
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/brahman_absolute.html
Man's place in the world and his shared responsibility
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/human-responsibility.html
What should be the core message of religion?
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/religion-message.html
On the ethics and morality
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/ethics_morality.html
Ambition, reality and jibes
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/ambition.html
Hindu Caste System & Hinduism: Vedic vocations (Hindu castes) were
not related to heredity (birth)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/_caste.html
In pursuit of clean and hygienic surroundings
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/slum.html
Is formless God the nirguna Brahman?
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/nirguna-saguna.html
Sudra in the Purusha Sukta
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/purusha_sukta-sudra.html
Brahmin priest from a sudra, dalit or scheduled caste
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/dalit_becomes_brahmin.html
The origin of Hindu castes
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/caste_origin.html
Equality, peace and harmony in a pluralistic society and myth about the caste system
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/equality.html
Religion and caste in government
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/nonsecularism.html
How old are the Vedas and who can read them?
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vedas.html
Where did the Vedas originate?
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vedas-origin.html
Vedic view on sorcery, magic, worthless worship and astrology
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sorcery-astrology.html
Vrata or the vow ("fasting")
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vrata_fasting.html
A temple shelter for women and children
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/temple_shelter.html
Gyana, Karma and Bhakti
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/gyana_karma_bhakti.html
Compatibility of a text with the Srutis
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sruti_compatibility.html
Signifying a deity through attributes
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/deity.html
The origin of the elephant image for Ganesha
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/ganesha.html
Hindu tradition of honoring animals and nature
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/honoring_nature.html
Theistic and non-theistic Hindu philosophies
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/aastika_nastika.html
Misconceptions about Hinduism
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/misconceptions.html
Qualities for a brahmin -- the story of Satyakama
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/brahmin-qualities.html
Upanayanam: Dvija (Twice born) and Yagyopavit (Sacred thread)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/upanayanam.html
Economic disparity among brahmins and the reverse discrimination in jobs
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/brahmin_discrimination.html
Shantanu's story in the Mahabharata
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/shantanu_story.html
Infiltration of casteist ideas into Ramayana and Mahabharata
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/epic_infiltration.html
The tragic heroes of Mahabharata
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/tragic_heroes-mahabharata.html
Shiv-ling and Agni worship (yajna)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/agni.html
Timeless traditions, expressions and symbols
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/customs.html
Sudershan-chakra etc.: Early sources of inspiration
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sudershan.html
The cost of learning: the parable of Yagnavalkaya�s cattle
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sruti_learning.html
Sanskrit and the Sruti
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sanskrit_sruti.html
Use of foreign words in Sanskrit
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sanskrit_foreign_words.html
Hindu caste system & Democracy
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/caste.html
Manu, smriti and the medical paradox
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/manu_smriti.html
The myth about Manusmriti
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/manusmriti_myth.html
Vedic hymns on the practice of medicine
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vedic_physicians.html
Significance of Hindu and Hindu dharma (Hinduism)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/hindu_hinduism.html
BRAHMAN (God) in Hinduism
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/brahman.html
Worship and prayer according to Vedas
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vedic_deity.html
An example of external worship
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/external_worship.html
Krishna and Brahman
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/krishna_brahman.html
Gita as the multifaceted text
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/gita.html
Essence of the Ramayana
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/ramayana.html
Symbolism in the Ramayana
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/ramayana_symbolism.html
Karma, Suffering and the Message to Arjuna
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/karma.html
Eight avataar and their evolutionary significance
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/eight-avataar.html
Misquoting religious texts to support casteism and rituals and oppose widow-remarriage
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/misquoted-texts.html
The roots of the word Dravid
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/dravid.html
Issues involving ancient Hindu women
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/women.html
Cremation and its origin in Hinduism
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/cremation.html
Niyoga system of fertilization
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/niyoga_birth.html
Going bullish with animal power
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/animal_power.html
Solution to the Temple - Mosque dispute
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/temple-mosque.html
Karva Chauth and its social significance
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/karva-chauth.html
Feminine health and sexuality issues in India
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/feminine_issues.html
Case against legalizing the prostitution (sex-trade)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sex-trade.html
Environmental pollution due to overcrowding and fewer resources
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/environmental_pollution.html
Improving the sanitation situation in India
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/sanitation_india.html
Aiding the society as a janitor (bhangi)
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/dalit.html
Vedanta Sutra and the Vedanta
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vedanta.html
Vaisesika or the philosophy of Atomistic Pluralism
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vaisesika.html
The Purva Mimamsa philosophy
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/purva_mimamsa.html
Yoga and the Yoga philosophy
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/yoga.html
Inter-relatedness of Brahmanical (Vedic) philosophies
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/brahmanical_philosophies.html
The doctrines of Saivism and Saktism
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/saivism-saktism.html
Philosophies of Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka, Vallabha, Caitanya, Bhaskara and Yadavaprakasa
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/vaisnava-philosophies.html
Conflict between Religionist and Materialist philosophies
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/religionist-materialist.html
Believers, religious people and the peace prayer
http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/peace-prayer.html