From Maatar to Mother: Seeing Sanskrit in English
“How are your Sanskrit studies going?” asked Indira, a dear friend. Over the years, attending Sanskrit classes, I used to be fascinated as I began sensing similarities between many English words and Sanskrit More...
Anglophonic Hegemony and Indian Languages
In the wake of a statement by Sri. Venkaiah Naidu urging cultivation of Hindi by all Indians, a specter of an anti-Hindi agitation is being raised from some quarters. It is time to understand deeply, some plain More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be- 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”cehr5yAKWI4dX2h76yWEGL5QqxyDyCEZ”] In Part 1, I discussed the Indigenous and Ambedkar’s views of our culture and history. The Indigenous view covered how the sages viewed our More...
Yaska’s Nirukta and his reflections on language
“The person, who is able to recite the Vedas, but does not understand its meaning is like a post (sthaanu), or a mere load-bearer (bhaarahaara); but he who understands the meaning will attain all good here and More...
Fallacies of Proto-Indo-European-2
[contextly_sidebar id=”znLPOzk6zsyqVpU4fdfjwwDZqX1YGJmS”] In a previous paper, I presented several general fallacies regarding Proto-Indo-European. In this I continue with more specific ones relating More...
The Great Night of Lord Shiva
Shivaratri is unambiguously the most prominent and significant of spiritual festivals for all who worship Shiva and Shakti. Every year on the 14th tithi during the Krshna Paksha of the month of Magha or the month More...
బాబా నేర్పిన తాండవ కేళి మహాత్మ్యము, మాతృభాషా గౌరవము
శివశక్తి స్వరూపుడు, సర్వేశుడు అయిన భగవాన్ శ్రీ సత్యసాయిబాబావారు ప్రసాదించిన అనుగ్రహప్రేమతో More...
Catching Glimpses of Mahadeva
For years, Amarnath had a special pull over me. The allure of that remote cave in the snowy depths of Kashmir was irresistible. But obstacle after obstacle kept me from my destination – either the route was More...
Want to fly with the meaning of Sanskrit verses? Grammar is the key
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं गोविन्दं भज मूढमते | संप्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले न हि न हि More...
Hierarchy In Nature – Order In Dharma
“Power” is considered an ability, the exercise of which can influence or control behaviour, in our context, of people. The term “authority” is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social More...