culture
Commentary
No Branches without Roots — An Understanding of Hindu Social Structure from the Outside In — Part I
Separation causes blindness. In America, the urban legend goes, that when school children are asked where milk comes from, they all answer, “From the ... Read More
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)
Book Review: The Indian Conservative by Jaithirth Rao
The conversion of traditions to religions by the Europeans, and we Indians accepting it wholesale, is the root of all problems related to religion in ... Read More
Archives, Blog
Towards achieving ‘critical mass’ for Indic cause: How we can contribute
Critical mass is achieved when there is a sufficient number of people following an idea, a movement, an innovation, the rate of adoption/acceptance of that ... Read More
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)
Secularism in India: History, Implications and Alternatives
Dharmic pluralism rather than secularism is therefore India’s way forward. Read More
Archives, Indology
The perils of textual transmission: decapitation and recapitulation
This article aims to develop the relationship between the Mahabharata’s outer narratives and its literary, written, and philosophical character. Read More