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Mandar A. Pattekar

Prosylatism: A bane on humanity

Apr 9, 2024

Prosylatism: A bane on humanity

Apr 9, 2024

Unraveling the Truth Behind India’s CAA Bill: Debunking Misrepresentations by the Irresponsible…

On March 11, 2024, the Union home ministry of India has operationalized the Citizenship (Amendment Act (CAA) which was passed by the…

Mar 12, 2024

Unraveling the Truth Behind India’s CAA Bill: Debunking Misrepresentations by the Irresponsible…

Mar 12, 2024

A shameful blot on an exemplary event.

The 9th Parliament of the World’s Religions was convened in Chicago on August 14 to August 18, 2023 on a very grand scale. This global…

Aug 29, 2023

A shameful blot on an exemplary event.

Aug 29, 2023

Elevator speech on Hinduism

On many occasions, I have been asked by non-Hindus, about the essence of Hindu Dharma. Like many of us, I have struggled in the brief…

Apr 28, 2022

Elevator speech on Hinduism

Apr 28, 2022

A Yogathon for All

My introduction to Surya Namaskar was at a very early age. Every morning I used to wake up hearing sounds of students reciting the thirteen…

Mar 3, 2022

Mar 3, 2022

The evening of Life (Vanaprasth-ashram)

Late in the afternoon of life, as the shadows start getting longer, the mind starts contemplating the approaching evening of our life…

Jan 8, 2022

The evening of Life (Vanaprasth-ashram)

Jan 8, 2022

Memories of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha during my formative years in India

I vividly remember the time in my childhood when at an age of 10–12 years, my friends and I used to play cricket after school, in the space…

Dec 6, 2021

Dec 6, 2021

A Very Brief History of Hindus in the United States

Many immigrant Hindus including me have stood outside US consulates in India hoping for the approval of their student Visa and consider it…

Nov 23, 2021

A Very Brief History of Hindus in the United States

Nov 23, 2021

Who is Dnyaneshwar and why his buffalo?

Nov 5, 2021

Nov 5, 2021

Raksha Bandhan — A potential world festival

I am an optimist. I sincerely believe that if every human felt a bond with another, we may be able to overcome greed, lust for power, and…

Nov 5, 2021

Nov 5, 2021

Guru

My salutations to the guru who opens the eyes of the one who is blind due to the darkness of ignorance with an ointment of knowledge.

Nov 5, 2021

Nov 5, 2021

Sewa — Selfless service

Sewa is selfless service performed without expecting anything in return. It is an act performed by humans as a basic property of being a…

Nov 5, 2021

Nov 5, 2021

Debts of Humans

Yesterday, I was at a dinner hosted at a friend’s house when the person sitting opposite me introduced himself. In turn, I introduced…

Nov 5, 2021

Nov 5, 2021

Goals of life

In Sanskrit, the ancient language of the Hindus, there is a term called Simhavalokan — Lion’s gaze. When a lion is walking, after covering…

Nov 5, 2021

Goals of life

Nov 5, 2021

Diwali: More than just a Hindu Festival of Lights

Diwali, the Hindu festival, is nowadays oversimplified as “the festival of lights.” Better understanding of Diwali….

Nov 4, 2021

Nov 4, 2021

Hindu MANDIR (temple): Its MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE

Why do we go to the temple? This question sometimes comes to our mind, especially after we have not gone to the temple for some time or…

Aug 2, 2021

Aug 2, 2021

The Hindu 300 (not the Spartans) — Battle of Paavan Khind

There are times when the future of an entire dream of independence of an oppressed people rested on the mettle and sacrifice of few people…

Mar 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021

Holiday tree — kalpataru

In prehistoric times the good and the evil forces churned the ocean of the cosmos, and one of the unique objects which the Divine granted…

Dec 15, 2020

Dec 15, 2020

Lighting the light within — Diwa

My family has had some ancestors who were highly spiritually evolved individuals. My paternal grandmother’s father was a householder yogi…

Dec 15, 2020

Dec 15, 2020

True Nature of things

True nature of things (Swabhava)

Dec 15, 2020

Dec 15, 2020

Mandar A. Pattekar

Mandar A. Pattekar

Mandar is a radiologist by profession and is very interested in studying and sharing wisdom from the Hindu Dharma to the world audience.

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