A Few Basic Guides for Decolonising the Hindu Psyche
In the concluding episode we examine some fundamental contrasts with the Western framework of Indology and offer a few guides to decolonise the Hindu psyche.
The New Indian Renaissance as a Guide to Decolonisation
A little-studied period of recent Indian history is the Golden Age of the New Indian Renaissance spanning the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. The jaw-dropping contribution of this period to Hindu decolonisation is a sure shot guide for our own time.
The Lost Access to the Hindu Societal Past
Unlike Muslim regimes, the British consciously destroyed traditional Hindu institutions as a result of which today's Hindu society has lost access to its own societal past.
Decolonisation is a National Duty and a Hindu Civilisational Impertive
Decolonisation is diagnosis, scholarship, process and a civilizational continuum and not a mere "goal" to be achieved
A Glimpse into the Indian American Community in the Early 20th Century: A Tale Optimism, Sincerity and Disquiet
The first part of a series offering a peek into the conditions of the Indian American community in the early 20th Century. Much historical learning ensues from studying this phenomenon.
A Turkic Muslim Treasure-Hunter Sells an Ancient Sanskrit Manuscript to a Colonial British Colonel in China
At Kucha, now in Xinjiang, Colonel Hamilton Bower buys an ancient Sanskrit Manuscript from a Turkic Muslim treasure-hunter for a paltry sum and then brings it back to India.
Who Drank European Liquor in the 19th Century Gorakhpur?
The second and concluding episode of this series contains elaborate data of "drinkers" hailing from various Varnas in Gorakhpur.
When Warren Hastings Received a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Sanskrit Pandits at Kashi: An Untold Story
After Warren Hastings was acquitted from his impeachment trial, he received congratulatory letters from groups of Sanskrit Pandits from Benares.
What the Dark Corners of the East India Company's Loot of India Reveals about the Innate British Character
A deep dive into some of the details of the East India Company's heartless loot of India gives us several insights into the intrinsic Briton character that was at the root of England's colonisation of large parts of the globe.
Peripatetic Slaves of Mammon: Lala Har Dayal on the Indian Spies in Early 20th Century America
The polymath scholar and intrepid revolutionary, Lala Har Dayal provides a little-known account of his firsthand experiences with Indian spies of the colonial British Government who tried to infiltrate the Hindu community in America in the early 20th Century.