New York Times Peddles Myth and Calls it History: A response to Romila Thapar
Recently, the New York Times published an article by historian Romila Thapar titled “They Peddle Myths and Call it History“, it goes on to propagate a dozen half truths and full lies. This article attempts to More...
Kaṇāda, Great Physicist and Sage of Antiquity
The achievements of Classical Greece in diverse fields, especially literature (plays and history), mathematics, science, philosophy, and the arts have profoundly influenced world culture. Especially impressive is More...
The Rāma Story and Sanskrit in Ancient Xinjiang
Most people do not know that until about a thousand years ago, the Tarim Basin (northwest of Tibet, which is the part of Xinjiang below the Tian Shin Mountains) was Indic in culture and it was a thriving part of More...
The Death of Proto-Indo-European
In the 19th century, linguists came up with the idea that nearly all modern European languages are descended from an ancestor language called Proto-Indo-European (PIE), which they proposed was spoken prior to about More...
The Making of Early Kashmir – The Making of a New Literary Star
The Making of Early Kashmir: Landscape and Identity in the Rajatarangini by Shonaleeka Kaul is available for purchase on Amazon. Sanskrit, the most defining characteristic of Indic civilization, is not just a language. More...
Indian History in Perspective – 4: India’s Enduring Contributions to Humanity
In the previous part, we had talked about trans-oceanic international trade routes between India and eastern horn of Africa going back to almost 20,000 years, something which is at once mind-boggling, awe-inspiring More...
રાજીવ મલ્હોત્રા અને મીનાક્ષી જૈન વચ્ચે વાર્તાલાપ
The conversation has been translated into Gujarati by Udit Shah આ વાતચીતમાં હું દિલ્હી યુનિવર્સિટીના ઈતિહાસ અને પોલિટિકલ More...
Secularism in India: History, Implications and Alternatives
India officially became a secular nation in 1976 with the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976. [1] [2] But what does secularism mean? Unlike the West which is very clear about the core tenets More...
The Story Of A Priest
[contextly_sidebar id=”Oge4EnFOJ3Y7LFWOkaT4jyReNuQEwM6E”] A Heritage Temple Prashant S. Bhardwaj is the head priest of the Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi. The Veera Narayana Temple is dedicated to Veera More...
ધર્મ ઐતિહાસિક સીમાથી પર છે
[contextly_sidebar id=”Sxla0XFJY94pPSXy8FXqMBakgQBqjkMs”] The article has been translated from English by Udit Shah ખ્રિસ્તી, યહૂદી, ઈસ્લામ જેવા મોટા More...