Joaquin Flores is a Mexican-American journalist, analyst and the director of Center for
Syncretic Studies, a think tank for
syncretic and new ideological frameworks to promote political and geopolitical alternatives.
Summary: New Delhi (India), Aug 23 (ANI): India has long been known for its 'Ganga-Jamuni tahzeeb' or the
syncretic culture, where diverse religions, especially Hindus and Muslims, live in harmony to create a unique culture.
It is these perpetuated dangerous definitions that the poetry of Agha Ali resists against; with its yearning for a much more fluid,
syncretic, overlapped, beautiful universe.
The Black Muslim Movement (BMM) is a largely black urban movement in the US that has many of the attributes of a
syncretic Sufi movement.
It was a
syncretic empire that had its origins in Central Asia and included large parts of what today is northern Pakistan.
The letter asked people to protect the 'Constitution and our
syncretic, secular ethos' and vote 'bigotry, hatred, and apathy' out of power.
"These objects are the product of a
syncretic mix of animist, pre-colonial beliefs, popular Catholicism and cabbalistic and masonic traditions.
In the session 'A conversation with Ahmed Rashid' speakers Zahid Husain and Fatemeh Aman had an interesting discussion while in a parallel session, 'Dilli jo ek sheher thha', Asif Farrukhi talked with Zehra Nigah and Saif Mahmood, the author of 'Beloved Delhi', about Mughal Delhi, its
syncretic culture and its great Urdu poets.
He said Ein Gwlad intended to be a "
syncretic" party, taking ideas from the left, right and centre.
India is famed for its
syncretic culture, where the body-politic is informed by various ideologies, which sometimes clash and clang.