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Not Oppressed: A Statement of Shudra Pride
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Not Oppressed: A Statement of Shudra Pride

Maragatham- March 2, 2020

Do not believe them when they say that we are victims. Do not believe them when they say our ancestors were uneducated and that our ... Read More

Battle for Epistemic Supremacy
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Battle for Epistemic Supremacy

Akshay Srinivasan- January 6, 2020

There can be little doubt that the normative knowledge-systems are calling upon their hosts for a Hindu genocide. They’re deemed right, not just by our ... Read More

An Indian Classics Curriculum
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An Indian Classics Curriculum

Subhash Kak- August 10, 2019

An Indian-culture centered classics curriculum should be dedicated to universal values and principles and in addition to material on literature, philosophy, polity (arthaśāstra as well ... Read More

The imperative of decolonizing Indian education
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The imperative of decolonizing Indian education

Jyotirmaya Tripathy- November 2, 2018

Nehruvian understanding of society left no room for any organic engagement with India’s traditions; rather it created a complex of academics, intellectuals, publishing houses and ... Read More

Pragmatic Poets: John Dewey & Rabindranath Tagore
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Pragmatic Poets: John Dewey & Rabindranath Tagore

Yvette Rosser- February 19, 2018

Tagore's philosophy of education drew its original inspiration from the "forest schools" of the Vedic period in which a small number of students studied all ... Read More