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Vyasa Purnima: The Unsurpassed Educational Heritage of India

Vyasa Purnima: The Unsurpassed Educational Heritage of India

A detailed exploration of Vyasa Purnima or Guru Purnima, a sacred day that reminds Hindus of the unparalleled educational heritage of Bharatavarsha. There is nothing like this anywhere in the world.

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

Forget Hindi Imposition: Language Conflicts Have Only Harmed Sanatana Civilization

Forget Hindi Imposition: Language Conflicts Have Only Harmed Sanatana Civilization

Let’s examine two quotes by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: 1. Hindi is that language which both Hindus and Muslims speak and is written in Nagri and Persian script. This Hindi is not completely Sanskritised, nor is it loaded with Persian vocabulary… [Address to the eighth Hindi Sahitya Sammelan in Indore

The Worst Nightmare of the Congress Party is the Building of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

The Worst Nightmare of the Congress Party is the Building of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has bombed Article 370 and 35A into the dustbin of history thereby paving way for the complete integration of Kashmir into the rest of Bharatavarsha. But this is only a sacred Dharma that has just begun. It will reach its completion and fruition when Kashmir will

Bharatavarsha is the Original Sanatana Home: It’s Our Responsibility to Safeguard it

Bharatavarsha is the Original Sanatana Home: It’s Our Responsibility to Safeguard it

Let me list a few names at random. Ananda Coomaraswamy, Subrahmanya Bharati, C. Rajagopalachari, P.V. Kane, Kavyakantha Ganapathimuni (the preeminent disciple of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi), Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel, Pandit Lekh Ram, N.S. Rajaram…and this is a really short list. Among other extraordinary contributions, they launched

Why the Narendra Modi Government must Establish a Body to Investigate US Religious Interference in India

Why the Narendra Modi Government must Establish a Body to Investigate US Religious Interference in India

The death of the missionary and soul-predator John Allen Chau, a US citizen should be viewed for what it is: the latest in a long line of religious interference by the US on Indian territory. And the Sentinelese tribe has best demonstrated Colonel Jessup’s memorable dialogue in A

A Glimpse of the Daily Routine and Life of a Brahmin Patriarch

A Glimpse of the Daily Routine and Life of a Brahmin Patriarch

A slice of the daily routine of a typical Brahmin who lived in India just a century ago

The Cultural Weakening of India and the Hindu Civilisational Continuum

The Cultural Weakening of India and the Hindu Civilisational Continuum

What is common to the two avoidable events that occurred recently, viz, the so-called #MeToo dog-and-pony show, and second, the pushback against and persecution of the lakhs of Sabarimala protestors? In a line, the common factor in both is the near-total erosion of the identity of

It’s Nearly Five Hundred Years: Sri Ramachandra is Awaiting his Return to his Own Home

It’s Nearly Five Hundred Years: Sri Ramachandra is Awaiting his Return to his Own Home

IF there’s one person who has his finger on the pulse of Hindu pusillanimity, inertia and self-imposed helplessness with deadly accuracy, it is Sri Sri Asaduddin Owaisi. Here’s what he said in the wake of the Supreme Court’s latest pronouncement on the Ayodhya case. Asaduddin Owaisi,

Hindus Still Don’t Own the Narrative about themselves

Hindus Still Don’t Own the Narrative about themselves

This essay is more in the nature of an attempt. To examine the socio-political and cultural narrative about India that was set in motion roughly around the colonial period. This narrative continues to remain profoundly Adharmic. More dangerously, the Hindus don’t own this narrative about themselves. Even worse,

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