18Dalai LamaAhimsa is our only chanceagainst the forces of conflict22Mata AmritanandamayiAn interview with thehuggingsaint36Rev. Dr TveitThe Christian core is acalm, anti-colonial one50Hamid AnsariIn conversation with theformervice-president56Abul Qasim NomaniIs a world without Godeven sustainable!64Rabbi Asher LopatinReligion itself is theweaponfor peace72Devdutt PattanaikIt won’t do to blame Godfor the violence among us84Jyotirmaya SharmaBrahminism had dividedeven gods, then came Bhakti 90Shiv VisvanathanThe fate of religions willdecide democracy’s shape98P.A. KrishnanA history of violence andreligion in Tamil Nadu116J.S. GrewalSikhism and militancy: Athree-part study126Upinder SinghLet’s look at our religions’past and learn from history148M.J. WarsiLiberalism clipped transnationalMuslim identity154Rev. Vinod VictorWhen conversion becamea tool for subjugation162Rakhshanda JalilThe silence and thedemonisation of a religion166SadhguruIn the harmonic realm ofthe infinite