Narrative and meta-narrative in Tony Joseph’s opus on ‘Aryan’ Invasion Theory
It is remarkably ironic that the last word — positively the very last word — on paleoanthropology was produced by Tony Joseph in The Hindu newspaper “How genetics is settling the Aryan Invasion debate” More...
New Tactics: Attack Yoga to malign Hindus
On the occasion of the International Yoga Day there was an article published in the Scroll, by one Vikram Zutshi, arguing against the Hindu roots of Yoga, and questioning why Patanjali’s yoga is given so much More...
Interview with Yogi Amrit Desai- I: Hatha Yoga is integrated into Ashtanga Yoga
Editor’s Note: Yogi Amrit Desai is the pioneer who brought Hatha Yoga to America. When he first came to America (5th February 1960), there was hardly any yoga anywhere. There were other teachers, who had brought More...
What Constitutes Yoga, What Doesn’t
With another “International Yoga Day” having approached, it is good time to ponder over some fundamental questions like what constitutes Yoga and what does not. This article seeks to answer both these questions What More...
Western Postural Yoga: Promoting Postures in the name of Yoga
Yogāsana practice can be a gateway to deeper spiritual teachings with a proper background of the Yogic wisdom or āsana practice can just be a form of exercise, aerobics, and gymnastics. Āsana, physical practice More...
Yoga Teachers need Yoga, not superficial imposition of Code of Ethics
In her recent article in The New York Times titled “Yoga Teachers Need a Code of Ethics”, Sarah Herrington makes a case for a need for “Code of Ethics” for Yoga teachers in the current aftermath of scandals More...
In Conversation with Nithin Sridhar on ‘Musings on Hinduism’
What is Dharma? Why do you call yourself a Hindu? After all, what is the Hindu view on certain issues like menstruation? Is there a distinct Hindu gaze? Also, is that gaze a fixed rigid gaze? Or is it something More...
Deconstructing Arun Shourie’s “Two Saints”
Two Saints: Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi by Arun Shourie has been published by Harper Collins and is available on Amazon. Arun Shourie’s new book, “Two Saints” More...
केरल में सरेआम काटी गई गाय, हाय-हाय, हाय-हाय, हाय-हाय
केरल में गाय काटी गई, रिपोर्ट में आया कि भैंस कटी है, फिर आया कि बैल काटा गया है और अंततः More...
वैदिकी कालगणना- २ वैदिकं समयमापनम् अधिकमासव्यवस्था च
[contextly_sidebar id=”OjISvWXQbTjgcHiivR3LICHjvkYpB4mP”] अस्मिन् द्वितीये लेखे कालमाननां नाडिकायन्त्रस्य More...