Indians abroad face very silly and annoying questions about India! Next time you get asked an annoying question on India, answer it like this…read on, it’s funny! Q. What does that red dot on women’s forehead mean? A. Well, in ancient times, Indian men used to practice archery skills by target practicing by aiming at [...]
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Questions, we get asked!
Posted in India Uncut, tagged A Tiger in Malgudi, and-drawn rickshaws, archery skills, atheism, cars, Christianity, elephants, forests, Hindu, Hindu women, Hinduism, India corruption, Indian men, Indians, Indians abroad, Islam, Jewish, R K Narayanan, red dot, Salman Rushdie, silly questions on India, snake charmers, tigers, vegetarian, way of life, wife's red dot on February 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The Mists of Avalon
Posted in Book review, tagged Arthurian legends, Christianity, feminist perspective, God, Goddess, Gwenhwyfar, Igraine, King Arthur’s Round Table, Lancelot, Marion (Zimmer) Bradley, Morgaine, Morguase, Paganism, Pellinore’s dragon, the Holy Grail, Viviane on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marion Zimmer Bradley retells the Arthurian legends from the point of view of the women – the much maligned Morgaine, Viviane, Igraine, Gwenhwyfar and Morguase. A feminist perspective which gives the classic characters new depth and dimension. It’s a fantastic and pleasant read, whose flaws don’t make it any less interesting. The Mists of Avalon [...]
Spiritual abuse!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, India Uncut, tagged Christianity, Cindy Kunsman, cultic, emotional incest, enmeshed families, he South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century, spiritual abuse, UnderMuchGrace on January 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I didn’t even know that a word called spiritual abuse existed till I read Cindy Kunsman’s UnderMuchGrace blog (My friends will of course be quick to remind me there are lot of things I don’t know Defining spiritual abuse Spiritual abuse describes the process by which a spiritual authority misuses their power and the trust [...]
Fight the Mental Burqa!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, India Uncut, tagged Christianity, Fight the Mental Burqa, patriarchy, UnderMuchGrace, women on January 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
While reading UnderMuchGrace, I came upon the reason behind the graphic Fight the Mental Burqa on White Washed Feminists. Since I really liked what they said, I’m posting the pledge here. Fight the Mental Burqa! A woman is imprisoned by a Mental, Burqa if her entire formation, or her present indoctrination by those claiming to [...]
Prairie Muffins; the ultimate in conservative Christianity
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged Christianity, homemakers, housewives, patriarchy, Prairie Muffins, pro-patriarchy on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Prairie Muffins are a little, crazy women’s group in the US that I got introduced to through fellow bloggers. This group believes in patriarchy and Christianity, so they feel their ultimate calling is to be obey their husbands, be good, little housewives and bring up other “little Prairie Muffins.” So I thought I’d have a [...]
Joyce Meyer on money, money & more money
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, Quotable Quotes, tagged Christianity, Get Rich gospel, gospel, Joyce Meyer, Name It And Claim it, prosperity gospel on November 13, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Wiki on Joyce Meyer: Pauline Joyce Hutchison Meyer, more commonly known as Joyce Meyer (born on June 4, 1943) is a Charismatic Christian author and speaker. Her television and radio programs air in 25 languages in 200 countries, and she has written over 70 books on Christianity. Some say she is a proponent of the [...]
