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By Abhinav Agarwal On Saturday, July 15th, 2017
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Book Review: Natural Enmity, by Ashay Naik

The book “Natural Enmity- Reflections on the Niti and Rasa of the Panchatantra [Book 1]” by Ashay Naik is available for purchase from Amazon. Ashay Naik’s book, “Natural Enmity – Reflections More...

By Pankaj Saxena On Thursday, July 13th, 2017
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Many Meanings Of The Hindu Temple

[contextly_sidebar id=”dgtuSBRGt24vaLhwYoX5H2IWKoznH01R”] The Hindu temple like all other Hindu objects is symbolic, symbolizing the most refined knowledge that the ancient saints of India had codified. More...

By Rajiv Malhotra On Thursday, July 6th, 2017
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ધર્મ એટલે રિલિજીયન નહીં

The article has been translated from English by Udit Shah. ધર્મ શબ્દનાં અનેક અર્થ છે અને ક્યા સંદર્ભમાં વપરાય છે એ પ્રમાણે More...

By Paanchajanyaa On Friday, June 30th, 2017
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HR & CE and Mismanagement of Temples – The case of Srivilliputtur

Srivilliputtur in the Virudhunagar district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu is famous for the Vatapatrasayee Temple, which is one among the 108 Vaishnava Divya Desams and the Andal temple, the place where Andal More...

By Aneesh Gokhale On Friday, June 2nd, 2017
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From NCERT Joke Book: ‘British Became Supreme Power in 1765 Itself’

Most of us very clearly remember how our school history books drilled into our heads that the Mughal empire was succeeded by the British empire. To those whose memories are a bit fuzzy, I have posted a screenshot More...

By Ram Ohri On Monday, May 29th, 2017
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Book Review: Brainwashed Republic by Neeraj Atri and Munieshwer A Sagar

Brainwashed Republic by Neeraj Atri and Munieshwer A Sagar has been published by Abhishek Publications and is available on Amazon. The difficult to put down book, ‘Brainwashed Republic’ authored by Neeraj Atri More...

By Koenraad Elst On Thursday, April 13th, 2017
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The Chinese self-designation Hua and the root-word Ᾱrya

It is but rare that I take the trouble to write a mere summary of a paper I have read with increasing enthusiasm. Here is one occasion. It pertains to “The earliest Chinese words for ‘the Chinese’: the phonology, More...

By Dr. Rangan Ramakrishnan On Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
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History, Textbooks and Distortion

Vedic era and Vedic society The most ancient literary evidence in Indian history is the Veda. The ancient archaeological sites are that of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Unanimously all history textbooks tell that both More...

By Abhinav Agarwal On Friday, December 25th, 2015
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The Maratha Military Genius: The Battle of Palkhed

Among the notable battles fought in India, the Battle of Palkhed, between Peswha Baji Rao I and the Nizam-ul-Mulk, would not readily spring to mind for many. Which is a pity, for several reasons. While the three More...

By Ashish Dhar On Monday, November 16th, 2015
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Age of Empires Version 2.0

History is the window through which we peek into the past, as we strive to shed light on the present and without which, we cannot hope to form an opinion on the kind of future we are headed towards. Construction More...