Culture

Essays exploring the vast repository of the Hindu Cultural ethos

Essays

Making of a National Treasure: How the History and Culture of the Indian People was Written

Making of a National Treasure: How the History and Culture of the Indian People was Written

The full story of how the eleven volumes of the majestic History and Culture of the Indian People were written. About fifty scholars working over 26 years created this masterpiece of Indian history.

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The Unresolved Contrast Between the Philosophical History and Political History of India

The Unresolved Contrast Between the Philosophical History and Political History of India

K.M. Munshi's brilliant exposition of the gap and the contrast that exists between the philosophical and the political history of India. Unless this gap is resolved, the highly charged battles of Indian history writing will continue.

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The Inspiring Life of Mahatapasvi Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu

The Inspiring Life of Mahatapasvi Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu

A tribute to Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu, the Sanskrit and Telugu scholar par excellence who has bequeathed an inspiring legacy of dedicated service to Sanatana Dharma and Sanskrit.

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The Nehruvian Squandering of the Hindu Cultural Empire: Nuggets from DVG

The Nehruvian Squandering of the Hindu Cultural Empire: Nuggets from DVG

Excerpts from DVG's writings on how the Nehruvian policy after Independence systematically destroyed India's cultural empire in southeast Asia leading to a loss of cultural self-confidence.

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K.M. Munshi's Flowing Stream Approach to the Study of Indian History

K.M. Munshi's Flowing Stream Approach to the Study of Indian History

Kulapati K.M. Munshi delineates his approach to the study of Indian History as a flowing stream through time instead of using dynasties and isolated periods.

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The Grand World of Daana and the Civilisational Value we Have Lost

The Grand World of Daana and the Civilisational Value we Have Lost

An essay on the Sanatana conception of Daana or charity and the levels at which it works, and how it has shaped the Hindu civilisation and society.

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Revisiting K.M. Munshi's Majestic Vision for Writing India's History

Revisiting K.M. Munshi's Majestic Vision for Writing India's History

The first part of a series exploring Kulapati K.M. Munshi's vision for writing the comprehensive history of India

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No, You can't Separate Yoga from Sanatana Dharma

No, You can't Separate Yoga from Sanatana Dharma

An essay that traces the philosophical, textual, traditional and practical roots of Yoga and exposes the attempts both by the West and Indian Yoga entrepreneurs to dissociate Yoga from its Hindu moorings.

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Introducing the Jivana of Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

Introducing the Jivana of Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

A pen portrait of Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, one of the literary titans of Kannada who redefined the short story genre and set a high standard for journalism as the editor of the monthly, Jivana.

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A Postmortem and an Epitaph of Indian  Progressive Literature

A Postmortem and an Epitaph of Indian Progressive Literature

An overall assessment of the trajectory, downfall and death of Progressive literature in India and the damage it has inflicted on the literary and cultural sensibilities of our people.

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