Notes on Culture

In the Company of Sadhus: Sri Sri Naga Baba, the Digambara Sadhu of Varanasi
The first episode of a series documenting the exalted spiritual lives of obscure Sadhus and Sanyasis.
Illustration of an Indian History Scholar busy in Research
The sort of cultural commitment that the exemplars of Indian history had set for themselves is truly astonishing
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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
Kundalini Meditation
The Mad Baba of Benares delivers a profound and detailed discourse on the Yoga of Kundalini
Recalling Leela Samson’s Sultanate of Unaccountability at Kalakshetra: The Impossibility of Undoing Cultural Destruction
Recalling how Leela Samson de-Hinduised Kalakshetra Foundation and Christianised Bharatanatyam and faces a CBI inquiry for corruption and criminal conspiracy
Jvalaji
The Ateshgah Fire Temple in Baku, Azerbaijan, was originally the Hindu temple named Jvalaji built in 1745
Amar Chitra Katha: A Quiet Cultural Revolution that Saved Two Generations of Our Children
An essay recounting an overlooked, contemporary cultural revolution ushered in through children's comics
How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb
A brief journey exploring the approach, method and discipline that went behind Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's writing his five-volume magnum opus, "History of Aurangzeb."
Mantapa Rama Upadhyaya: The Entrepreneur who Consecrated his Life in a Profound Mantapa
The first of a profile of Sri Mantapa Rama Upadhyaya, a profound entrepreneur who embodied the timeless Sanatana business values and ran a thriving shop in Saligrama near Udupi.
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