Notes on Culture

How the All India Progressive Writers' Association was Used as a Communist Vehicle to Bulldoze Indian Literature
Origins of The All India Progressive Writers' Association, an organ of the Communist Party of India that invaded the Indian literary space in the 1930s and inflicted enormous damage
Svadharma, Rajadharma, Jurisprudence and the Philosophy of Life in the Manusmriti
In this episode, DVG presents eye-opening summaries of the chapters dealing with Svadharma, Rajadharma, Jurisprudence and the Philosophy of Life in the Manusmriti.
The Fragrant History of the World of Ancient Indian Perfumes
A brief history of the magnificent world of ancient Indian perfumes and cosmetics lost in time. India was the world leader in the perfume industry for more than five hundred years.
When Our Mahajans and Shroffs Financed the Pleasures of the Officers of the British Raj
In the second part of this series, Dr. Francis provides an eye-opening picture of the manner in which the officers of the British Raj took enormous loans from our Mahajans and Shroffs (moneylenders) f ...
Ghar-Wapsi Temple Surrounded by Mosque.jpg
The concluding episode of this series offers some suggestions regarding Ghar-Wapsi and some measures to counter the existential threat faced by the Hindu community
Nori
Despite his busy schedule, Nori Narasimha Sastry produced an astonishing body of outstanding literature in Telugu
Rama
An evocative essay that shows why Bhagavan Sri Rama is the sculptor of Bharatavarsha's national character
A Searing Portrait of Macaulay’s Hindu Children: Circa 1916
We begin a new series documenting the emergence of what was once known as Neo-Indians, a class of Western-educated Hindus.
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