Indian History in Perspective- 1: How India Colonized the World
India is an ancient land. Yet most of our history books do not do any justice to the antiquity of our motherland and focus merely on the political history, especially of the last 1,000 years. Pre-history is considered separate from history proper and is taught, if at all, separately along with archaeology, geology, anthropology, molecular biology and More...
Snippets From Kurukshetra War In Mahabharata-III: Micro Details Of The War
[contextly_sidebar id=”W3HG0HIQfFThlIAoOVRWYfGjlXwQxMJX”] TROOP FORMATIONS (VYŪHA) The nuanced details of the 18 days war is quite interesting. Elaborate details of the Vyūhās (troop formations) on More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be- 3
[contextly_sidebar id=”5XSpl0cxDCsgE1p0g0dkR7I5AcS0QtNq”] In part 1 and 2 of this four-part series we discussed the views emerging from the Indian and foreign gaze respectively. The Indian gaze comprises More...
How Old is The Hindu Temple?
India has the largest number of monuments in the world. Even after large-scale destruction of its temples during the Islamic invasions of India, still thousands upon thousands of the Hindu temples survive. Though More...
Abortion, a Dharmic Perspective- I: Who is a Jiva?
[contextly_sidebar id=”Mw9jd4wFEOavtLbS8GJtDUQcO0bEpg90″] Abortion has been a contentious topic across the world with people debating the issue, especially its moral and legal aspects, in and out. The More...
Book Review: The Indian Renaissance by Sanjeev Sanyal
The Indian Rennaissance: India’s Rise after a Thousand Years of Decline by Sanjeev Sanyal is available both in paperback and hardcover. The book by Sanjeev Sanyal called ‘The Indian Renaissance’ is truly More...
Chatuskoti: The four sided negation-I
Towards the end of the 12th century, the Islamist raider Bakthiyar Khilji ransacked the ancient Buddhist university of Nalanda in eastern India. Apart from the many students and monks who lived there, the monastery More...
Dasha Mahavidyas-II: Chinnamasta
[contextly_sidebar id=”bZNQq8rm338h7LHlB1YGWOr6m5o4i7zs”] Among the various Mahavidyas arguably the most awe inspiring iconography is that of Goddess Chinnamastā. She appears either 5th or 6th in the More...
Book Review: The Educational Heritage of Ancient India by Sahana Singh
The Educational Heritage of Ancient India: How an Ecosystem of Learning was Laid to Waste by Sahana Singh is available on Amazon. In her book, The Educational Heritage of Ancient India, Sahana Singh shakes the More...
Snippets From Kurukshetra War In Mahabharata-II: Casualties In War
[contextly_sidebar id=”UF0m9D6fWcH8eYJcsQhvW6Xj6Z69OFBS”] Vyāsā mentions in detail the casualties in the war. There are details of who killed whom, when, at what time of the day, with whose help, and More...