Culture

Essays exploring the vast repository of the Hindu Cultural ethos

Essays

Nawab Nehru as a Curse on Prayaga

Nawab Nehru as a Curse on Prayaga

The honest student of Indian history cannot but help to contrast the profound spiritual history and inheritance of Prayaga with Nawab Nehru who never understood its real significance.

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Remember Dhanga’s Pious Service to Sanatana Dharma the Next Time you Visit Khajuraho

Remember Dhanga’s Pious Service to Sanatana Dharma the Next Time you Visit Khajuraho

The incalculable service of the Chandela Emperor, Dhanga towards protecting and propagating Sanatana Dharma is a little-known story. A great Bhakta of Shiva, his pious end is quite an extraordinary saga.

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Annotations from Prayaga: An Introduction

Annotations from Prayaga: An Introduction

Prayaga, known as the Tīrtha-cakravarti (Emperor of Pilgrimages) is one of the cradles of the Sanatana civilisation. Even the briefest journey into its profound annals helps us grasp the accurate perspective from which to understand Hindu history. This is the first part of a new series.

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A Tale of Two Picchais: “Śivapiccai” Mudaliar and Sundar Picchai

A Tale of Two Picchais: “Śivapiccai” Mudaliar and Sundar Picchai

The Hindu cultural sensibility must exercise immense caution before celebrating the material successes of Americanised or Westernised Indians who have lost touch with their roots.

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How Macaulayite Hindus Destroyed the Pandit System of Scholarship

How Macaulayite Hindus Destroyed the Pandit System of Scholarship

A Meeting held at the Bombay University Senate in 1913, among other things, set a blueprint of sorts to destroy the time-honoured system of scholarly education that produced Pandits of the highest order.

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The Neo-Indian is Caught in the Silken Net of Woven by Western Civilisation

The Neo-Indian is Caught in the Silken Net of Woven by Western Civilisation

World War I showed how the modern West was no different from the Huns and Vandals in committing untold savageries after looting colossal wealth across the globe. Yet, the Neo-Indian is enthralled by its glamour and glitter.

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European Contempt for Hindu Society Ingested by Neo-Hindus

European Contempt for Hindu Society Ingested by Neo-Hindus

The Neo-Hindu was so enamoured and brainwashed by the European model that he knows no way of reform except that propagated by Western Civilisation.

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A Searing Portrait of Macaulay’s Hindu Children: Circa 1916

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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The Four Pillars that Sustain Sanatana Bharata

The Four Pillars that Sustain Sanatana Bharata

A brief exposition on the foundational philosophical pillars that built and continue to sustain Bharatavarsha

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Three Splendid Centuries: The Lessons that Hindu Mercantile Dominance of Muscat Teaches us

Three Splendid Centuries: The Lessons that Hindu Mercantile Dominance of Muscat Teaches us

The first episode of a series narrating the history of the Hindu mercantile dominance of Muscat, Oman, and the lessons we must draw from it for our own time.

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