Reeling Tales

Now feminism or women empowerment was so far limited only to the point of denigrating Hinduism and calling certain Hindu practices wrong or outdated. In the name of being intellectual, if you call certain Hindu beliefs or customs wrong, then you are considered a feminist.  And for this, so-called intellectuals like Dia Mirza were active and so you get statements or advertisements from these celebrities which highlight their perspective of wrongdoings only in Hinduism. For example, in one interview, Dia Mirza explained why her family stopped the practice of Kanyadaan.  Even Alia Bhatt was once a part of an advertisement which tried to demean the practice of Kanyadaan. But recently, Radhika Merchant Ambani has shown them a mirror by highlighting how, in Hindu tradition, even some gods are popularly identified through the names of their mothers, reflecting the respect shown to motherhood and women. And this is quite true.  Even the countless names like Sita-Ram and Radha-Kri...

On International Yoga Day, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi,  senior Union ministers, and leaders across various states were performing yoga and taking deep breaths in and out, there was perhaps one minister in the Modi cabinet who, despite his best efforts, could not breathe easy at all. On 21 June, as ministers across the country used yoga to relax their bodies and calm their minds, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was likely dealing with an entirely different kind of pressure. The reason is simple. Following the massive controversy surrounding the alleged NEET paper leak in 2024, both the Education Minister and his ministry came under intense scrutiny. As a result, ensuring that this year's examination process remained secure became one of the government's biggest challenges. To prevent any repetition of past controversies, extensive arrangements were reportedly put in place. Paper setters, translators, and examiners were said to have been kept isolated from the...