Anthropocentricity of Modernity and its Effects on Ecology: Lessons from the Mahabharata
“If anthropocentricity with respect to ecological problems is the problem – envisioning the universe as a dharmic system, in which we are instigated to be unselfish, is the answer”. – Professor Vishwa Adluri “So More...
AncientVoice: A Digital Portal to Veda-Itihāsa-Purānas
Abstract AncientVoice is an online portal containing 23,000 plus wikified pages on Mahābhārata, Rāmāyana, Ṛgveda, Yajurveda (both Kṛṣna and Sukla recensions), Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda and Vishnu Purāna. More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- VIII
[contextly_sidebar id=”zXpV18x7QihUfGgmUpn27zUkZA9ytDRG”] Purāṇas These texts are extensive compendiums of the history and sacred traditions of Bhāratvarṣa (the earlier name of the Indian subcontinent). More...
Some Lessons from Mahabharata
The Mahabharata as a great epic is relevant even today. It is called fifth Veda as it encompasses literally all things “good” and “evil” in our society. Delving deep into the psychology and the attributes More...
Does Rutgers University promote White Supremacy and Hinduphobia?
Why is it that the West thinks that it is game to put down anything Hindu? Why is there such hatred among its population towards the people of the third biggest religion in the World, which has millenniums of unbroken More...
Mahabharata Immersion: An agyaata vaas
The Pandavas spent the final year of their exile incognito called as the agyaata vaas. They did so in King Virat’s kingdom taking on different identities and serving the Kingdom such that they would not recognized More...
Book Review: Leadership Dharma by Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Leadership Dharma, Arjuna the Timeless Metaphor by Raghu Ananthanarayanan is available for purchase on Amazon. The morning sun was soft and beautiful as it lit up the garden. The birds were chirping excitedly, More...
Immersing in Mahabharata: An interview with Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Raghu Ananthanarayanan is a management consultant, who has immersed himself deeply in the Indian tradition of Itihasa-Purana, especially in Mahabharata and its characters. He regularly conducts Mahabharata Immersion More...
Book Review: Yuganta by Iravati Karve
Yuganta by Iravati Karve can be purchased from Amazon One must set aside any kind of judgmental attitude. As the Mahabharata says, there are neither perfectly good, nor perfectly bad people. Viewing it as we do More...
Asymmetrical Application of Dharma: Unlearnt Lessons
Fiction or otherwise the movie “Padmavat” quintessentially repeats what can be called as the asymmetric application of “Dharma” by Indian rulers. In one of scenes, the Mewar king Ratan Singh following his More...