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Neighbors of Arya

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  Neighbours: Arya, his parent and his sister used to live in a typical individual house with multiple portions. His family stays on rent and the landlord of the building stays a few kilometres away. Arya’s father used to have a small business of fancy and stationery store. His mother used to help his father in his business apart from handling the household work. It was January 1998. A lady with a kid came and knocked on the door. Arya’s mother opened the door and enquired who the lady was. Lady: Heard there is a portion for rent. Arya’s mother: Yes, who are you and who gave the details? Lady: My name is Rani and Arif who stays at the corner of this street gave the details. We are looking for a rental. Arya’s mother: Wait, I will bring the key to that portion. Arya’s mother, Rani and her kid went to see the portion that was available for rent. During the conversation, Rani introduced herself as a homemaker and she has four kids. She also said that she used to stay in ...

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Book Review - Conversion, An Assault on Truth

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Book-1/2025 Title - Conversion - An Assault on Truth Authors - Dr S.L Bhyrappa, M. Chidananda Murthy, David Frawley, R Ganesh, N.S Rajaram, Swami Dayananda Saraswati. Publishers - Sahitya Prakashana, Hubli First Published Year – 2009 Image courtesy – www.exoticindiaart.com The book deals with religious conversions in India, the Indian perspective and global phenomenon, and the impact of religious conversions on Hindu demographics. Before going into a detailed review of the book, I want to express a little about my perspective on religious conversions which I will later elaborate on and make as a book. For me, there are three perspectives for analysing religious conversions. 1. Morality - To give a brief about the idea of morality from a non-religious perspective, in general, morality refers to the principles that define good or bad, right and wrong behaviour. If we remove the class and religious perspectives of individuals, they are more or less the same globally. If som...