September, 2007
Spiritual healing?
This is probably just ASKING for trouble in these religiously charged times, what with national debate revolving around the authenticity of claims that Ram may have been a mythical figure... Especially given that one faction rejects outright the possibilty that he may not actually have been of divine provenance -- which all along I though was a Judaeo-Christian construct, with Hinduism not pushing for a god/son of god status. (I mean, sure we have a pantheon of gods, and a trinity, but didn't mythology merge with legend and folklore or are we not to question the Word?) Nevertheless, even though I'm all for open debate, one thing I do know for sure, is that these are turbo-charged times, when public figures need to be hyper-sensitive, not to antagonise anyone, or upset religious sentiments. Which is why I'm not even talking about Ram (or Lord Ram, as you....




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Amrita Tripathi is a news anchor with CNN-IBN, and also doubles up as Health and Books Editor. An MA in Philosophy from St Stephen's College, Delhi University, she has also taught a few undergraduate classes at her alma mater, informally! When she is not tracking health issues, Amrita is busy chasing the literary dream. Her debut novel Broken News was published in 2010. Before joining CNN-IBN, Amrita worked with The Indian Express.




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