Towards a Vocabulary and an Aesthetic of Nationalism- II

During the heyday of Indian nationalism at the close of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, the nationalistic idiom that our poets had forged may be divided into two broad categories: one, More...

Towards a Vocabulary and an Aesthetic of Nationalism- I

In the wake of the Anti-CAA riots across the country, the renewed mischievous “azadi” sloganeering on the streets, and radical leftist hooliganism in the name of dissent in our university campuses, it has become More...

Sri Aurobindo and India’s Rebirth- A book by Michel Danino

A book comes along once in a way which hits you hard; and this is one of those. I discovered Swami Vivekananda through his Complete Works at the age of 40, and I kicked myself for having missed it for such a prolonged More...

How RSS-affiliated NGOs make a positive difference

Recently, the IB had come out with a report questioning the motives and agenda of the foreign funded NGOs operating in India.  It is alleged that they have an anti-development agenda, which has caused serious More...

Nationalism as a misstatement of Hindu concerns

Time and again, also after Narendra Modi’s historic election victory, we see a correct pro-Hindu message take an erroneous nationalist turn which detracts from its original pro-Hindu intention. This is precisely More...