Category Archive for: ‘Maria Wirth’

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    Why Not Hindu India?

    What if an Indian had written this… Would anyone believe it? By Maria Wirth Though I have lived in India for a long time, there are still issues here that I find hard to understand. For example, why do so many educated Indians become agitated when …

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    Why I am against Conversion

    By Maria Wirth In 1999, the Pope declared in Mumbai that in the 21st century the cross will be planted in Asia. Strangely, there was not much objection in the media that the Pope expressed so openly his eagerness to convert Hindus. Not only the …

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  • A Peek Into The Lives Of Some People In Himalayan Villages

    A Peek Into The Lives Of Some People In Himalayan Villages

    by Maria Worth It is again this beautiful time before Diwali. Five years ago, I got a glimpse into the simple and spiritual lives of villagers off the beaten track in the Himalayas. ‘Would you like to come to some villages around Chamba?’ a friend …

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    What is the Meaning of Life?

    By Maria Wirth This question is natural for any human being and is asked in every generation by many of the youth. I remember it troubled me a lot when I was young. I don’t think I could have found the answer on my own …

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    What Is Sanatana Dharma According to You?

    Someone asked me this question recently. Sanatana Dharma is so vast; it has so many aspects. How to put it briefly? Let me try. Sanatana means eternal and Dharm is difficult to translate. It means: to do what is right in a given situation, to …

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  • Book Review of From the Beginning of Time By Maria Wirth

    Book Review of From the Beginning of Time

    By Maria Wirth It hardly ever happened in recent times that I read a book from cover to cover within a few days, due to the huge daily influx of information via the internet. But it happened after I received From the Beginning of Time …

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  • Don’t Lecture India: Look at Your Own Record

    Don’t Lecture India: Look at Your Own Record

    By Maria Wirth Europeans have a horrifying record regarding human rights violations. Germany is well known for an unprecedented, systematic holocaust of Jews and gypsies right in the middle of Europe only 80 years ago. Yet Britain, France, Portugal and others were as brutal with …

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  • Love In India By Maria Wirth

    Love In India By Maria Wirth

    Author by Maria Wirth There is no other country where basic questions crop up as quickly as in India,” a young Spanish woman recently told me. I fully agreed with her, as it reminded me of my early time in India some 30 years ago. …

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