Book Review: Saffron Swords by Manoshi Sinha
Manoshi Sinha Rawal’s “Saffron Swords – Centuries of Indic Resistance to invaders” is perhaps the only book loaded with so many real yet unknown Indian lion hearts, who are unfortunately faded in historic oblivion. Undeniably Manoshi has meticulously researched and penned down the events of many lost luminaries from regional historical More...
Indology after Rakhigarhi: How DNA is demolishing the Aryan Invasion Theory
An entire industry that has dealt in scientific racism is on the verge of entering the dustbin of history. The genetic analysis of a 4,500 year old skeleton that belonged to a woman from Rakhigarhi, the largest More...
Wonders, Mysteries and Misconceptions in Indian Astronomy – I
Most Readers are aware that the Indian civilization is among the oldest in the world, if not actually THE oldest. They are also aware that Indian astronomy shares and reflects the age and maturity of its civilization. And More...
Distortions, Errors, Misrepresentations – Devdutt Pattanaik’s Mahabharata
Devdutt Pattkanaik is one of India’s bestselling authors on Hinduism today. He has a breezy, eay-to-read style, packaged for consumption by today’s urban Hindu who may have little time to delve deeper into More...
Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- II
The first part saw the wonderful book dealing with how Christian and Enlightenment values at the roots of the missionary and Orientalist/Indologist efforts in India converged to a similar theme. Idolatry was the More...
Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- I
Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India: Visions of Horror, Allegories of Enlightenment By Swagato Ganguly is available for purchase on Amazon. Swagato Ganguly is a reputed journalist on the editorial More...
Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- VI
The caste picture of India has serious ramifications for the country internationally. When UK tries to legislate to make ‘caste system’ as a basis for discrimination and thus compensation, it is a time to More...
Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- V
The Aryans are the most ubiquitous beings existing in all studies related to India. They are widely responsible for many important things in our country; amongst them, driving away the original Dravidian inhabitants More...
Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- IV
The three major frameworks with which the Europeans crystallised their ideas on the Indian caste system were the Christian issues in the Iberian Peninsula, the Protestant problems with the Jews and Catholics, More...
Book Summary: Western Foundations of the Caste System- III
The academia, media, NGO activists, and society intellectuals popularize the conception of the Shramana and Bhakti movements, which includes Buddhism and Jainism, as revolting against the caste system in times More...