DVG

Essays

Dear New York Times: Eat Your Elitism. This is India's Century

Dear New York Times: Eat Your Elitism. This is India's Century

A critique of the consistently racist coverage of India by the New York Times and why it cannot reform itself.

Some Protagonists of Sacred Traditions: The Book that Sanctifies Every Hindu Home

Some Protagonists of Sacred Traditions: The Book that Sanctifies Every Hindu Home

DVG's profound Kannada masterpiece, "Vaidikadharmasampradāyastharu" is a heartfelt showcase of the lives of some Vedic traditionalists that he personally knew. Its English translation titled "Some Protagonists of Sacred Traditions" is now available for purchase. It is a work that has pleased our Dev

The Hindu Joint Family as the Purest Form of Democracy

The Hindu Joint Family as the Purest Form of Democracy

In the second episode, DVG gives us a captivating and heartwarming portrait of the innate strength of a Hindu joint family system and characterises it as a government of the people in the real sense.

A Century of Cultural Erosion: Or How Hindus Lost Access to their Own Society and Culture

A Century of Cultural Erosion: Or How Hindus Lost Access to their Own Society and Culture

The first episode of a series featuring an English adaptation of DVG’s lecture titled "Samskruti" delivered at All India Radio on May 10, 1957. It an invaluable piece of contemplation on the rapid changes that had occurred in the Hindu society over the past half century.

The Last Days of a Sadhvi

The Last Days of a Sadhvi

A profoundly moving episode of the last days of Sri C. Vasudevaiah's sister-in-law, a true Sadhvi, shows what the Hindu society has really lost.

The 1949 Dehradun Session of the Congress: Or Nawab Nehru as an Apologist for Corruption

The 1949 Dehradun Session of the Congress: Or Nawab Nehru as an Apologist for Corruption

In this episode, DVG provides several eye-opening details about how pervasive corruption had become as early as 1949. We learn that the Dehradun Session of the Congress witnessed Nehru offering a pathetic apologia for this rot.

The Village Schoolteacher who Sought Time for Svādhyāya

The Village Schoolteacher who Sought Time for Svādhyāya

DVG narrates an ennobling anecdote of a poor village schoolteacher who did not mind his incredible hardships but wanted time for Svādhyāya or self-study. This is our remembrance of DVG on his 136th birthday.

The Debt the Hindu Civilisation Owes to Manu

The Debt the Hindu Civilisation Owes to Manu

In the concluding episode of the Manusmriti Special Series, DVG expounds on the debt that the Hindu civilisation owes to the Manusmriti.

The Philosophy of Equality in the Manusmriti

The Philosophy of Equality in the Manusmriti

In this brilliant episode, DVG breaks down the Manusmriti's philosophy of equality on five planes.

The Manusmriti Special Series: DVG’s Guide to Understanding the Manusmriti

The Manusmriti Special Series: DVG’s Guide to Understanding the Manusmriti

The first episode of a series on correctly understanding the Manusmriti drawn from D.V. Gundappa's treatise titled "The Code of Manu."