Kanishka Sukumar While India is free from British rule, it is yet to be free from the hegemony of angrezi. Angrezi atyachar Angrezi, that is English, is more than a language of words in India. It is a language of status. As old hierarchies dissolve, angrezi is a fine moat …
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Editorial Note : The book Dialectic Spiritualism presents a purvapaksha of thirty six Western Thinkers in incisive Srila Prabhupada style. A few select ones will be republished as part of the IK Masters Series. From 1973 to 1976 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami …
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Dr Priyanka Shandilya Editorial Note: This article is part of a Series on the purvapaksha of Western interpretations of Āyurveda. The claims and arguments made in the paper “The Path to Liberation through Yogic Mindfulness in Early Ayurveda” by Dominik Wujastyk are examined with the traditional drishti. One of the traditional “tools”of the videshi trade …
Videshi scholarship accuses Charaka of “plagiarism” : The Battle for Āyurveda begins … Read More »
Editorial Note: Published in 2002 , this essay by Rajiv Malhotra , is a purvapaksha of the intellectual landscape of the “study of india”. Everything described nearly two decades ago, is as relevant as ever. The work and intellectual output of Rajiv Malhotra, since, resonates with the thinking articulated in …
Author: VVN Rao Here I use the term ’digestion’ in the sense of ‘appropriation of ideas without acknowledging their source” (See: Debating Digestion & Translation / Interview with Spanish Diplomat Dr. Oscar Pujol). There are numerous examples of digestion of Hindu literary, philosophical and scientific ideas across the West. One, …
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Editorial Note : The book Dialectic Spiritualism presents a purvapaksha of thirty six Western Thinkers in incisive Srila Prabhupada style. A few select ones will be republished as part of the IK Masters Series. From 1973 to 1976 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami …
Author: Shruthee MS Author’s Note : Is the left vs right divide in India complicating things? Here I discuss the impact of reductionist identities’ on India. The left versus right battle is not visible just on the screens of idiot boxes, but has acquired a domestic, industrial, artistic, and what …
K K Hebsoor Author’s Note: In this essay, the author lays out how one of the fundamental tenets of Christianity – the exclusivity of Christ’s divinity and the people’s blind acceptance of it – has wreaked havoc in American society and is largely the cause of the racial strife it …
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K K Hebsoor Author’s Note : This article is the second chapter of the author’s book, “The Heart of Christ: Unraveling 9 Hard Sayings from the bible Through the Lens of Vedanta.” In this book, the author selects nine sayings from the Bible whose traditional explanations he finds rather underwhelming. …
Author: Bhaskar Aspari. Editorial Note: Bhaskar Aspari , discusses the metaphysics of (karma) action and the source of Kshatra in the context of Dharma. Take a close look at the articulation of dissent in this picture. What does it tell us? Is this a genuine cry for justice backed by …
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Author: Jayakara Poojari. Editor: Shruthee. Just a year ago, the 17th general elections concluded, with the BJP party, the only major hindutva party coming back to power with a tsunami of votes. The so-called Right Wing of India celebrated the victory and as usual, rejoiced in their post election gala …
Coloniality and Bharatiya Drishti: #NEP2020 is COLONIZED Read More »
Author: – Karthik TS. Let us assume we start making a list of successful companies that do not have a brand identity. Almost everyone will bet that such a list will be filled with white space. Humans have always had the affinity to listen to stories and that’s what brands …
Bharat’s Grand Narrative for Global Leadership .. A Manthan Read More »
Prologue I must confess that I winced, shocked at the maliciousness of the authors of the piece titled “AYUSH Kwath or Kadha cannot boost immunity to fight against COVID-19” that appeared in ALT News on 10th August 2020[i]. I had just taken my eyes off an engaging article published in …
AYUSH Kwath & Immune Boosting : The “Empire Strikes Back” – without Evidence Read More »
Author: K Sankaran. A brief discussion of the malady of India’s Higher Education is presented … There is a serious problem in the Higher Education (HE) Regulatory framework. The country still suffers from the legacy of Thomas Macauley’s introduction of the University of London Model (teaching shop model) rather than …
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Author: K Sankaran. The “Caste” system in India is a big in-your-face existential problem. If honestly analyzed (ignoring the political, evangelical,vote-banking, colonial motives etc.), the problem that the “caste” narrative tries to address is larger – one of entitlement orientation. In this case, the entitlement on account of birth. If …
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Author: Damo. Editorial Note: The obsession with Indians and the things Indian, lies deep in the American psyche. Indians are forever a deep threat (living “pagans”) to this new “Christian Nation”. The threat from the other group of Indians (100+ Million of them) was successfully seen off, thanks to the …
Indians and Caste : “Made in the USA” Atrocity Literature Read More »
Author: Keshav Rathnam Editorial Note: Young IK Keshav , presents a video on the strategy of Inculturation in the context of present-day India. In Christianity, inculturation is the adaptation of the way Church teachings are presented to other, mostly non-Christian, cultures and, in turn, the influence of those cultures on …
Author: Arun Subramanian. Read part 1 here Essential Consumption index The computation of this index will indicate the production and consumption of essentials (one can define a set of 10 essentials covering food and health), and must be measured bottom-up in the country to indicate how the basic physiological needs …
Measuring Purush(ARTHA) – a Purvapaksha of Economic metrics – Part 2 Read More »
Author: Arun Subramanian. Does the economy exist for people, or do people exist for the economy? The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global economic event and game changer, comparable to some of the most challenging milestones of this century. We have seen the level of panic manifest in the public …
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Author: K Sankaran. Society runs on the basis of the Legislature-Executive-Judiciary as the power triad; as if, it is power that is all important. Added to it is the fourth estate, the Free Press. We need to recognize another key institutional organ of society that can shape society which is …
Author: – Divya Nagaraj. The Goal of Education This can be answered in two ways, through the western (adharmic) lens and the dharmic lens. Let us first examine this question through the western lens. In the Western sense, put in most simplistic terms, the goal of education is to attain …
Chandramouli Soorian A lot of Indian intellectuals including respected engineers seem to have a naive belief in the global “technology free market”. This will hopefully be an assertion of the gut feeling you might have always had, if not an eye opener. War was on in early 2000s It was …
Author: Ananth Sethuraman. Read the earlier parts in this Series by Shri Ananth here Introduction edX is a provider of massive open online courses [Ref 1]. It was founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the courses that edX offers is titled Hinduism Through Its Scriptures …
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Author: Dr.Priyanka Shandilya. Editorial Note: This article is part of a Series on the purvapaksha of Western interpretations of Āyurveda. The claims and arguments made in the paper “AGNI AND SOMA: A UNIVERSAL CLASSIFICATION” by Dominik Wujastyk are examined with the traditional drishti. Serious claims as to Ayurveda’s “foreign” origins are made by Wujastyk. The interesting and …
Author: Prof. K Gopinath. Editorial Note: Prof. Gopinath in an incisive piece (with illuminating Notes), highlights the issues that need to be considered. not just in terms of strategy but also calls out to activists and public intellectuals to be honest and true to India’s civilizational pedigree, when pursuing efforts …
Are caste identity and casteism the defining feature of Indian American ethnic and religious interaction? Should American companies mandate caste sensitivity training courses? Those who scoff at the absurdity of such questions should perhaps pay attention to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), a state agency charged with enforcing….
After coming to power in 2004, the Congress-Communist combine needed just one year to put these textbooks in place. The BJP hasn’t even made a start. But even more hateful than the BJP’s utterly wrong priorities is the dishonesty of the thousands of Bhakts who have…
Editorial Note: This article is part of a Series on the purvapaksha of Western interpretations of Āyurveda. The claims and arguments made in the paper “Medicine and Dharma” by Dominik Wujastyk are examined with the traditional drishti. Videshi (by drishti) scholar Wujastyk implies in his 2004 paper that Āyurveda is Adharma. Prof. Wujastyk first…
Transcript: The Pen is Nastier than the sword PART 1 – Introduction Namaste Wonderful person, This is a series of videos based on the work of Shri Rajiv Malhotra What I found fascinating about his work is that he is not too hung up about providing answers but rather provokes …
In the era of intellectual imperialism, the Non-Left is slowly learning to give importance to ideas and it’s proponents, not just to politicians, but despite the Non-Left’s relentless trolling of people like Ravish Kumar or Romila Thapar or Devdutt Pattanaik, these divisive figures remain…
“All ancient Indian sciences have their roots in the vedas and strive toward a common goal, the moksha. Ayurveda and its paradigms too are robustly rooted in Vedas and in the ethico-cultural context of “Bharata”, hence its association with the Vedas is indissoluble”. Ayurveda, the Indian…
|| श्री || In the current crisis of coronavirus, India seems to be doing better than the western world. Countries like US, UK, Italy which are expected to have better health facilities and hygiene have…
Author: Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay. History as it is In Indian history curriculum, Emperor Ashoka is an important figure, being the only other emperor in India apart from Akbar to have received the honorific “Great”. The following is an excerpt on Ashoka from a typical NCERT history text book used in Indian schools. …
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The United States Commission on International Religions Freedom (USCIRF) is in the news and as guessed for all the wrong reasons. They have released their annual report for the year 2020 – in which India has been put under the Countries of Particular
COVID19 has dramatically impacted the way we live. For the current millennial generation it will forever be their 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. All the things we have taken for granted- struck with a vicious blow in the form of a reality check. The way we shop, the…
Shri Rajiv Malhotra’s recent discussion on the upcoming series of books on the UTurn theory and on the nature of Civilisational Digestion, has provoked deep churn. It raises serious questions on current narratives, which are designed to invoke awe of the
The year 2020, while entering the annals of humanity marked by the COVID-19 pandemic with origins in the Wuhan province of China, coincides with the 70th year of India-China diplomatic relations. The long advertisements across newspapers and the
From China’s Problem to Global Crisis For days people ignored #ChinaCoronaVirus – it was at best a footnote in most discussions. In early days people referred to it as the Wuhan Coronavirus and most thought that it would remain localized to China – so let
Editorial Note: Relevant as ever, Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s views on conversion. The article below features a case study, reiterating Swamiji’s call to end conversion. Hindus just never seem to wake up. The Mauritius Declaration was signed in 2018. Despite the
Editorial note: Dr. Koenraad Elst wrote this for the Infinity Foundation Mandala project almost two decades ago. The recent interview of ex-Christian Esther Dhanraj has provoked lots of discussion. This essay by Dr. Elst, in his own inimitable style, we hope
Dr. Koenraad Elst wrote this for the Infinity Foundation Mandala project almost two decades ago. The recent interview of ex-Christian Esther Dhanraj has provoked lots of discussion. This essay by Dr. Elst, in his own inimitable style, we hope, will add
Introduction edX is a provider of massive open online courses [Ref 1]. It was founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the courses that edX offers is titled Hinduism Through Its Scriptures [Ref 2]. The course covers some
Eden Frontier Dichotomy – It refers to a Biblical Christian myth that where the life of Christians is civilized, developed because of providence is Eden, and whatever is beyond their influence is a Frontier, land of the “others”, pagan and Satan worshipers, evil and
Rajiv Malhotra ji has pioneered a new movement and kindled reawakening of Hindu Dharma against various existential threats it is facing in the modern Kurukshetra. He has successfully inspired and motivated many for this cause by his path breaking brilliant
“The churning of the milky ocean or ‘Samudra Manthana’ shows the eternal struggle between the two poles of order(personified by devas) and Chaos(personified as asuras). The nectar is produced only after a pot of poison emerges from the ocean-demonstrating the interdependence between good and bad. The myth points the way …
